ACTOR  -  SINGER  -  DIRECTOR  -  DESIGNER
director  Brian A. von Rueden   •   BARITONE
OPERA
 
The Peasant Cantata
Le nozze di Figaro
The Wandering Scholar
The Bear
L’infedeltà fedele
The Rape of Lucretia
The Scarf
A Childhood Miracle
 
MUSICAL THEATRE
 
Putting it Together
Godspell
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Fantasticks
Eat Drink Man Woman (Revue)
A...My Name is Alice
 
THEATRE
 
As You Like It
Naomi in the Living Room
Much Ado About Nothing
Lonely Planet
Amphitryon
 
SCENES
 
La Calisto
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Hänsel und Gretel
Falstaff
Le nozze di Figaro
 
 
J.S. Bach
W.A. Mozart
G. Holst
W. Walton
D. Cimarosa
B. Britten
L. Hoiby
N. Rorem
 
 
 
S. Sondheim
S. Schwartz
C. Gesner
Jones/Schmidt
Various
Boyd/Silver
 
 
 
W. Shakespeare
C. Durang
W. Shakespeare
S. Dietz
J. Molière
 
 
 
F. Cavalli
C. Monteverdi
E. Humperdinck
G. Verdi
W.A. Mozart
 
 
2008
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
 
 
 
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2000
 
 
 
2004
2004
2000
1999
1997
 
 
 
2008
2008
2007
2004
2004
 
 
 
VOX 3 Collective
Millennium Chamber Players
Millennium Chamber Players
Millennium Chamber Players
Millennium Chamber Players
Millennium Chamber Players
Beggar’s Opera Chicago
Roosevelt University
 
 
 
Three-Sided Players
Three-Sided Players
Three-Sided Players
Three-Sided Players
Three-Sided Players
Underground Theatre
 
 
 
die bühne
die bühne
Young Actors Shakespeare
Underground Theatre
Classic Players Theatre
 
 
 
VOX 3 Collective
VOX 3 Collective
VOX 3 Collective
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University
 
 
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
 
 
 
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Valparaiso, IN
 
 
 
Dresden, Germany
Dresden, Germany
Valparaiso, IN
Valparaiso, IN
Wausau, WI
 
 
 
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
 
 
Saori Chiba
Robert Katkov-Trevino
James Morehead
James Morehead
Robert Katkov-Trevino
Robert Katkov-Trevino
Dana Brown
Dana Brown
 
 
 
Paul Nicholson
Paul Nicholson
Paul Nicholson
Paul Nicholson
Paul Nicholson
Kimberly Beasley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saori Chiba
Saori Chiba
James Morehead
Dana Brown
Dana Brown
director résumé
SKILLS
 
  1. 6 years of German language (Goethe-Institut, university, high school); two-year residency in Dresden, Germany
  2. 2 semesters of conversational Italian (Berlitz, Istituto Italiano); summer program “Studio Lirico” in Anghiari, Italy
  3. Training and performing experience with Southern, British, German, & Russian dialects
  4. 8 years of work as costume designer and choreographer of musicals and opera
 
EDUCATION
 
  1. ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois
  2. Master of Music, Vocal Performance, 4.0/4.0, May 2006
 
  1. VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY, Valparaiso, Indiana
  2. Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance, magna cum laude, May 2001
 
  1. DIRECTING TEACHERS: Michael Ehrman, John Steven Paul, Laura Park, Laurie Maegli, Heidie Dunn
  2. ACTING TEACHERS:  BettyAnn Leesberg-Lange, John Steven Paul, R. Andrew White, Laura Park, Michael Ehrman
  3. VOICE TEACHERS:  Mark Crayton, Richard Stilwell, David Holloway, Ralph Klapis, Rändel Wolfe, Barbara Lattimer
 
home   -   bio   -   résumé   -   photos   -   notes   -   contact