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Kate Meehan
Curriculum Vitae

كيت ممثلة ومنتجة وكاتبة مسرحية حائزة على جوائز، شاركت في أداء أو إنتاج أكثر من 175 مسرحية. وهي تؤمن إيمانًا راسخًا بالتدريب المستمر والدقيق وتسعى إلى اغتنام الفرص لتوسيع قاعدة معارفها في كل فرصة.

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Professional Activities

 

Artistic Management

  • Artistic Director - La Fenice Austin (2009 - present)

  • Artistic Director - Coda Theatre Project (2003 - 2008)

  • Managing Director - Austin Commedia Society (1999 - 2003)

 

Production Dramaturgy

 

  • Duchess of Malfi, Hidden Room Theatre (reproduction court gesture, manners)

  • The Rover, Hidden Room Theatre (Carnivale, mask work)

  • Booth's Richard III, Hidden Room Theatre (Reproduction 1863 stage movement and mannerisms) 

Direction (representative list)

Disco Dracula, La Fenice

Speak No More: Golden Age, La Fenice 

Cthulhu Beach Party, La Fenice

Siege of the Dark Nebula, La Fenice

Publications

Books Authored or Co-Authored

  • "Commedia dell'Arte: Context and Consequence" in The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte, edited by Olly Crick and Judith Chaffee

Non-Refereed Publications

  • Bannerman in Hand: Puppets, Subversion and the Popular Class (Master's Thesis)

  • Immigrants via Popular Culture: A Study of the Portrayal of Various Immigrant Cultures in Vaudeville (Honor's Thesis)

  • Harlots and Starlets: The Cortigiane Oneste and the Women of Commedia dell'Arte, Research Library, Scuola Addestramento Teatrale

      

Lectures and Master Classes 

University Guest Lecturer (Representative List)

  • Do a Jig or Dig a Ditch: Performing the Religious Divide on Irish and American Stages - St. Patrick's College, Dublin, Spring 2014

  • Introduction to Fine Arts, Texas State University, Spring 2013

  • Commedia dell'Arte: Movement Origins - World Dance and Cultures, Texas State University, Spring 2013

  • Medieval Art - Introduction to Fine Arts, Texas State University, Fall 2012

  • Commedia dell'Arte, Department of Theatre, Sol Ross University

  • Outdoor Performance Tropes of the Commedia dell'Arte, Master Class, Texas State University / International Commedia dell'Arte Day, September 2013

  • Agitative Propaganda: Performance for Social Change, Master Class, Digital International Commedia dell'Arte Festival

  • Commedia dell'Arte: Modern Interpretation Round Table, Panel Discussion, Digital International Commedia dell'Arte Festival

Public Master Classes (Representative List)

  • Physical Theatre for Modern Actors (ongoing)

  • Commedia dell'Arte for the Shakespearean Director (ongoing)

  • Commedia dell'Arte: Practical Practice (ongoing)

Education

University

  • BA - History (Summa Cum Laude, in Honors), Theatre Minor. Texas State

  • MA - Theatre History & Criticism (Summa Cum Laude), History Cognate. Texas State

Professional Training and Development (Representative List)

  • Commedia dell'Arte Apprenticeship - Dr. Gian Giacomo Colli

  • Commedia dell'Arte Festival - Windsor - 2013

                Carlo Boso, Michele Bottini, Antonio Fava, others

  • Commedia dell'Arte Workshops - Joan Schirle (pants roles), Olly Crick

  • Alexander Technique - Joan Schirle

  • Theatre History - Dr. John Fleming, Bill O'Connor

  • Acrobalance - Matthew R. Wilson, 

  • Improvisational Theatre - Martin DeMaat, Del Close

  • Direction - Sheldon Patinkin

  • Voice Training - Catherine Slade

  • Text Analysis - Catherine Slade

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Association of Theatre Movement Educators

  • Member, Network of Ensemble Theatres

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