Selected Creative Résumé


* World Premiere

DIRECTING

The Coronation*

Cuffing Season*

An Iliad

The Wolves

The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder

The Fool*

Coriolanus: Fight Like a Bitch*

A Christmas Carol

Worse Than Tigers *

Nadeshiko *

Made of These *

The Other Woman

Wandering

Pot of Gold *

Pilgrims *

Romeo & Juliet

Snowglobed *

The Other Woman

Skylight

The Rose Tattoo

Battle Cry *

The Servant of Two Masters

Spike Heels

Bitch Magic *

The Wicked Son *

School House Rock LIVE!

The Secret Rapture

The Lover

A short experimental film choreographed by Kelsey Burns, Composed by Meredith Butterworth, Designed by Kate Fry & Steve Kosiba

A short comedic film co-written with and starring Glenna Brucken

Brick Monkey Theater Company

Bucknell University (Guest Director)

New York New Works Theatre Festival

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Green Stage

Rebel Kat Productions

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Forward Flux Productions

Seattle Immersive Theater

Playing in Progress

ReACT

New Century Theater Company

Baker Theatre, Ohio University 

Baker Theatre, Ohio University

Baker Theatre, Ohio University

Baker Theatre, Ohio University

Forum Theatre, Ohio University

Forum Theatre, Ohio University

PA School Tour

Bucknell University

Bucknell University

CHOREOGRAPHY

Assimilation *

Coriolanus: Fight Like a Bitch *

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Othello (fight choreography)

Othello (dance choreography)

Don Nordo Del Midwest *

Slaughterhouse 5 *

The Cherry Orchard

Assassins

The Misanthrope

Holiday

The Clean House

Leading Ladies

Lori Wolter Hudson

Emily Penick 

Kurt Beattie, Director

John Langs

John Langs

John Langs

Erin Brindley

Josh Aaseng

Lyra Descy

Lee Kinney

David Haugen 

Dennis Lee Delaney

Cassandra Pisieczko

Seth Reichgott

New Dramatists

Rebel Kat Productions

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

Seattle Shakespeare

American Players Theatre

Café Nordo

Book-It Repertory Theater

Ohio Valley Summer Theater

Forum Theater, Ohio University

Baker Theater, Ohio University

Baker Theater, Ohio University

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble

Movement Direction/Fight Choreography/Intimacy Direction

The Coronation*

Spring Awakening

The Truth About Santa Claus

Pilgims

Gaurds at the Taj

Tribes

Othello

An Iliad

Mary's Wedding

A Christmas Carol

The Chairs

Emily Penick

Alan Patrick Kenny

Greg Kotis

Emily Penick

Samip Raval

John Langs

John Langs

John Langs

John Langs

John Langs

Leda Hoffman

No Notes Productions

Ohio University

The Tank

Forward Flux Productions

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

American Player's Theater

American Player's Theater

New Century Theatre Company

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

Alchemist Theatre

Assistant Directing

Motherland

Noah Racey Project

A Christmas Carol

Ragtime

End of the Rainbow

Forever Plaid

War is Fucking Awesome

The Seagull

Bethany

An Iliad

The Little Foxes

Complete Works...

Othello

Dick Scanlan

Dick Scanlan

Aaron Posner

Mark Clements, Stephen Mear

Mark Clements

JC Clementz

Robert Ross Parker

John Langs

John Langs

John Langs

Maureen Heffernan

Ron Clark

Theodore Swetz

2nd Stage, NYC 

Symphony Space, NYC

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Vampire Cowboys

American Players Theatre

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

Florida Repertory Theatre

Riverside Theatre

Riverside Theatre

Stage Managing - selected credits

SUMMER CIRCUS SPECTACULAR  

ALICE      

NANO     

RED BASTARD  

LET'S PLAY TWO    

BUCKNELL DANCE COMPANY  

* JUST SO, JR.  

Pedro Reis

Tim McCarty   

Drew Richardson

Eric Davis  

James Goode

Kelly Knox   

Kristine Lewis  

Circus Sarasota

Tour - Hong Kong

QUEST: Arts for Everyone

KO Festival of Performance

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble

Weis Center of Performing Arts

Bristol Riverside Theater

Performance - selected credits

CHICHESTER PSALMS - Singer

ROCKETTE INTENSIVE - Dancer

URINETOWN - Dance Captain

ROAD SIGNS - Actor

 

Eileen Grace

Gary Grant

Tim McCarty

Carnegie Hall

American Airlines Theatre

Bucknell University 

QUEST: Arts for Everyone

Skills

Technical : VectorWorks, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Competent on PC & Mac

Certifications : SAFD certified stage combatant, Certified Yoga Instructor

Singer/Dancer : Coloratura; Tap, jazz, modern, musical theatre, Chinese water sleeves, Hoop Dance, Skilled Yo-Yoist

Acting Training : Stanislavsky, Meisner (full progression), Michael Chekhov, Viewpoints, Mask (neutral, larval, Commedia) Laban, clown, Bartenieff Fundamentals

Languages: Working knowledge of written and spoken French; working knowledge of American Sign Language

Craftswoman: Skilled at set construction, stretching flats, operating power tools, painting both scenery and drops, and props construction including leather work and fiberglass.

Work Experience 

Literary & Artistic Manager at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre.

Artistic Fellowship Director at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre.

Musical Theater Fellow at Playwrights Horizons.

Creative Director of Forward Flux Productions.

Founding Artistic Director of RED STAGE

Adjudicator - Various New Play Festivals. 

Guest Lecturer of directing and career development at Bucknell University. 

Teaching Artist for The Milwaukee Rep Theatrewhich involved visiting schools, leading workshops, and facilitating show-related discussions with low income and at risk youths ages 12 to 18.

Professor “Acting Fundamentals” & “Movement for the Actor”at Ohio University.

Dance Teacher and choreographer of musicals for middle school and high school age students. 

Company Manager of KO Festival of Performance in Amherst MA.

Directing Intern for The Milwaukee Rep Theatrewhich involved assistant directing five main-stage shows, leading understudy rehearsals every day (culminating in an understudy run for each show), and directing two plays in the Rep Lab series. 

Education

MFA Directing, Ohio University        

BA Theatre with honors - Magna Cum Laude, Bucknell University  

    Minors: Dance, French, Religion

 

For Emily Penick's complete résumé and CV, contact her HERE