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Kristin Larson
2421 34th Street, Des Moines, IA 50310
406.370.7944 cell 515.263.2968 office
[email protected]
University Teaching
Grand View University, Des Moines, IA (2007-present)
Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre Arts
Courses designed and taught:
Acting I and II
Performer’s Voice
Directing
Theatre Arts for Children
Theatre Appreciation
Acting Shakespeare
Script Analysis
Theatre History
Introduction to Communication
Additional responsibilities and contributions:
Regional Selection Team, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival
Respondent, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival
Outreach and Recruitment
Minnesota State University, Moorhead (2004-2007)
Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing
Courses designed and taught:
Principles of Stage Directing
Advanced Stage Directing
Principles of Acting
Scene Study
Voice for the Actor
Solo Performance
Acting Shakespeare
Acting for the Camera
Introduction to Theatre
Speech Communication
Additional responsibilities and contributions:
Student Advisement and Orientation
Committee Membership
Respondent, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival
Faculty Advisor, Blackfriars (Theatre service organization)
Leader of Play Reading Group
Outreach and Recruitment
Director, Summer Theatre, Straw Hat Players
Southern Arkansas University (2000-2003)
Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing
Courses designed and taught:
Directing
Fundamentals of Acting
Acting II
Voice and Diction
Additional Responsibilities and contributions:
Student Advisement and Orientation
Committee Membership
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Psi Omega
Public Speaking
Oral Interpretation
Performing Shakespeare
Period Styles (movement)
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Education/Training
The University of Montana, 1994-1997
Master of Fine Arts, Directing
Graduate Teaching Assistantship-Taught Acting for Non-Majors every semester, TA for Theatre Appreciation
Dr. Randy Bolton
Dr. James Kriley
Joseph Proctor
Greg Johnson
Steve Wing
Ann Basinski
Dora Lanier
Directing, Pedagogy, Poetic Language
Directing, Text Analysis, Media Studies
Voice, Directing, Text Analysis, Acting, Scene Study, Shakespeare
Scene Study, Directing
Stage Management
Music, Musical Theatre, Voice
Clowning, Movement
Southern Oregon University, 1990-1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Acting
Outstanding Senior Woman in Theatre Arts, American Association of University Women
Dale Luciano
Dennis Smith
Robyn Rodriguez
Aldo Billingslea
Craig Hudson
Ellen Dennis
Jim Giancarlo
Theatre History, Directing
Acting, Voice, Dialects, Shakespeare, Movement
Greek, Chekhov, Ibsen
Period Styles
Stagecraft
Costume Design and Construction, Stage Makeup, Costume History
Jazz Dance, Choreography, Tap Dance, Musical Theatre
Suzanne Sieber
Modern Dance, Ballet, Jazz, Tap Dance
Columbia College, 1987-1989
Voice and Music (transfer)
Dr. Rod Harris
Barbara Segal
Music Theory, Vocal Jazz, Ear Training
Acting, Voice, Directing, Children’s Theatre
Additional Training
Andrew Wade
Brad Whitmore
Various
Reggio “the hoofer”
Noah Racey
The Language of Romeo and Juliet, Guthrie Theatre, 2004
Meisner Technique (small group intensive) 1991-1992 (two years)
Stage Combat: quarterstaff, unarmed, broadsword
Tap Dance, 1998-2000, Chicago, IL
Tap Dance, 1992, Ashland, OR
Teaching Interests/Abilities
Directing
Acting
Voice and Diction
Dialects/IPA
Dramatic Literature
Introduction to Theatre
Auditioning
Script Analysis
Period Styles
Movement for the Actor
Children’s Theatre
Shakespeare
Improvisation
Oral Interpretation/Poetic Language
Acting for the Camera
Musical Theatre/Tap Dance
Vaudeville/Clowning
Theatre History
Public Speaking
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Additional Teaching Experience
Trollwood Performing Arts School, North Dakota (2005, 2006-summer)
Acting Instructor
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Taught an entry level acting class to middle and high school students in an outdoor setting.
Prepared the students for a final public performance of scenes.
College For Kids, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN (2006-summer)
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Taught a week-long intensive acting class to young students ages 8-13.
Prepared students for a final public performance presented for friends and family.
Frenchtown High School, Montana (2004)
Drama and Speech Instructor
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Directed school musical production.
Provided instruction in scene study, monologue, public speaking, oral interpretation, and voice and diction.
Traveled with students to regional competitions.
YMCA, Kids After School Theatre (KAST), Montana (2003)
Workshop Leader/Acting
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Taught weekly workshops in theatre to “at-risk” middle school students.
Created curriculum for development, leading to a final performance.
Firehouse 5 Playhouse, Livingston, Montana, Summer (2003)
Children’s Theatre Instructor (Ages 6-16)
 Taught daily workshops in acting, improvisation, voice, singing, dance and storytelling.
 Performed with the children in an original adaptation of Treasure Island.
Missoula Children’s Theatre, Montana (1997-1998)
Touring Actor/Director/Teacher
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Toured to over 32 communities in the United States teaching children about theatre through their
participation in a production.
Provided daily Instruction of children ages five through eighteen.
Taught interactive classroom workshops in subjects such as Mime, Oral Interpretation, Creative Dramatics,
Theatrical Makeup, and Musical Theatre.
Worked as a liaison between school administrators and The Missoula Children’s Theatre to ensure a positive
and worthwhile week of theatrical experience for the students.
Managed administrative and bookkeeping tasks for the tour team while on the road.
Tour Trainer
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Trained new tour team members to produce their show and prepared them to tour.
Supervised new team on their first week out, to evaluate and complete training.
MCT Performing Arts Camp Instructor
 Taught acting workshops in an intensive summer program for gifted high school students.
Instructor, Independent Workshops
Soap Opera Acting
Acting for the Camera
Lions and Tigers and Grad School, Oh My!
This Moment
The Present Actor
Speaking Shakespeare
KC/ACTF Region V Festival 2006
Fargo Film Camp, 2005
Panelist, KC/ACTF Region V Festival, 2004
Arkansas Thespians' Convention, 2001
Montana Thespians’ Convention, 1996
Montana Young People’s Theatre, 1998
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Directing
Arcadia
Nickel and Dimed
The Pillowman
Alexander and The Terribe, Horrible…
Independence
Rumpelstiltskin Revisited
A Streetcar Named Desire
Foolin’ Around With Infinity
Romantic Fools
Proof
Bright Ideas
A New Brain
Romeo and Juliet
The Vagina Monologues
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Schoolhouse Rock! Live
The Boys Next Door
Two Rooms
Eleemosynary
No Exit
See How They Run
The Fourth Wall
Pond 7-Tales From the Deep End
After You
The Flight of the Butter Boy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Our Country’s Good - Master’s Thesis
More Fun Than Bowling
Tom Stoppard
Joan Holden
Martin McDonagh
Judith Viorst
Lee Blessing
Guy J. Jackson
Tennessee Williams
Steven Dietz
Rich Orloff
David Auburn
Eric Coble
Finn/ Lapine
William Shakespeare
Eve Ensler
Tennessee Williams
Clark Gesner
Newall/Yohe
Tom Griffin
Lee Blessing
Lee Blessing
Jean-Paul Sartre
Phillip King
A.R. Gurney
Guy J. Jackson
Steven Dietz
Guy J. Jackson
Jim Caron
Timberlake Wertenbaker
Steven Dietz
Grand View University, current
Grand View University, 2009
Theater…For a Change, 2009
Grand View University, 2008
Grand View University 2008
Grand View University, 2007
Straw Hat Players, 2007
MSUM, 2006
Theatre B, Fargo, ND
Straw Hat Players, 2006
Theatre B, Fargo, ND, 2006
MSUM, 2005
Straw Hat Players, 2005
MSUM, 2004, 2005
MSUM, 2004
Frenchtown High School, 2003
Southern Arkansas University, 2003
Southern Arkansas University, 2002
Southern Arkansas University, 2002
Southern Arkansas University, 2002
Southern Arkansas University, 2001
Southern Arkansas University, 2001
Southern Arkansas University, 2000
Fantod Theatre, Chicago, 2000
Bailiwick Director’s Festival, Chicago, 1999
Fantod Theatre, Chicago, 1999
Missoula Children’s Theatre, 1997-98
The University of Montana, 1997
The University of Montana, 1995
Lucy
Various
Various
Various
Calamity Jane
Queen
Various
White Woman
Mom
Wicked Queen
Princess of France
Henriette
Ado Annie
Clelia
Sister Amnesia
Sarah
Kit-Kat Girl
Charity
Hermia
Anybodys
Hannah
Dulcie
Music Theatre Fargo/Moorhead
Music Theatre Fargo/Moorhead 2006
Fargo Arts Society, 2004
MSUM, 2004, 2005, 2006
Virginia City Players, 2002
Virginia City Players, 2002
Virginia City Players, 2002
Chicago Dramatists, 2000
Fantod Theatre, Chicago, 1999
The Missoula Children’s Theatre, 1997-98
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, 1997
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, 1997
The University of Montana, 1996
Old Prison Players, Montana, 1996
Old Prison Players, Montana, 1996
Old Prison Players, Montana, 1995
The University of Montana, 1994
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, 1994
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, 1993
Rogue Music Theatre, OR, 1993
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, 1993
Rogue Music Theatre, OR, 1992
Acting
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
24 Songs
An Evening of Musical Theatre
The Vagina Monologues
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Legend of the Dragon’s Tale
Varied and Vigorous Vaudeville Acts
Asians in America
The Cry Trilogii
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Love’s Labours Lost
The Learned Ladies
Oklahoma!
The Nerd
Nunsense II
Guys ‘n Dolls
Cabaret
Sweet Charity
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
West Side Story
Becoming Memories
The Boyfriend
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Artistic/Administrative Experience
Missoula Children’s Theatre, Montana (2003-2004)
Tour Marketing Assistant/Tour Actor Trainer
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Maintained tour routing calendar and tour actor itineraries.
Conducted initial phone contact with presenters hosting MCT.
Updated and maintained information in tour marketing database.
Organized and executed mailings.
Compiled and maintained files for each organization hosting MCT.
Supervised volunteers assisting in the tour/marketing department.
Substituted for tour/actor directors on the road as needed.
Trained new tour actor/director teams.
Fantod Theatre, Chicago (1998-2000)
Co-founder/Director/Actor
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Established an ensemble-based theatre group dedicated to the production of new plays.
Co-produced three productions over two years.
Organized advertising and marketing.
Directed and acted in productions.
Coordinated with local theatres to procure production and rehearsal spaces.
Planned and advertised auditions.
Acquired a city arts grant to pay for the process of securing not-for-profit status.
Fort Missoula Theatre Company (Summer 2000)
Stage Manager
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Stage-managed full-scale professional outdoor musical.
Oversaw more than 45 performances.
Supervised twenty actors, electronic sound system, live horses, stunts, dust, guns.
Operated two-scene preset light board.
Stowell and Friedman, Ltd. (1998-2000)
Administrative Assistant--Legal
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Organized and maintained appointments for multiple attorneys.
Worked regularly with software (MS Outlook, Access, Word, DayTimer).
Supervised phone and mail responses to mailing for class-action lawsuit.
Organized bulk mailings.
Received calls from potential clients, and handled intake questions from potential claimants.
Created and maintained client and chronological files.
Answered multi-line phone: routed calls and took messages.
Trained new and temporary employees.
Tracked and ordered office supplies, and supervised printing jobs.
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References
Craig A. Ellingson
Chair and Director of Theatre
Minnesota State University Moorhead
1104 7th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56563
218.477.4617 ▫ [email protected]
Tom Brandau
Assistant Professor of Film Studies
Minnesota State University Moorhead
1104 7th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56563
218.477.2950 ▫ [email protected]
Ricky Greenwell
Costume Designer
Minnesota State University Moorhead
1104 7th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56563
218.477.5038 ▫ [email protected]
Dr. Randy Bolton
Professor of Theatre
The University of Montana
Department of Drama/Dance
Missoula, MT 59801
406.243.2880 ▫ [email protected]
Dr. David Wintersteen
Professor of Theatre, Concordia College
Ensemble Member, Theatre B
Moorhead, MN
218.329.3751 ▫ [email protected]