Morris Beasley Email & Phone Number

Miami Beach, Fl, Us

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

-Reports to the Director of Production.-Responsible for budgeting live performances, events, and festivals.-Supervises union/non-union technical crews for performances, meetings, conferences, etc. -Processes Settlements and Steward Reports for performance, board meetings, and conferences.-Serves as a liaison between the Center and visiting companies. -Coordinates trainings for the Technical Theater Apprenticeship Program.

Greater New York City Area

Albany, New York, United States

-Director of the Telly Award-winning live broadcast of the King Holiday Memorial Observance for New York State’s Governor’s office.-Staged performances for featured artists such as Alvin Ailey Dance Co., Jennifer Holiday, Wintley Phipps, CeCe Peniston, Shirley Caesar, and Doctor Bobby Jones; and legendary keynote speakers such as Rev. Joseph Lowery, Les Brown, Dr. Calvin Butts, and Pastor Floyd Flake.

Greater New York City Area

-Engaged financial and political partners for youth development.-Increased youth engagement by 50%, through in-person and social media outreach. -Lead and coordinated one-on-one and small group meetings, special events, and educational workshops.-Produced a monthly youth-run performance series The Fureeous Youth Art House (FIYAH) for Social Justice.

Brooklyn, Ny

-Lead Teaching Artist for the Arts & Justice Interdisciplinary After-School Program [Fall 2010 and 2011. Fall – Spring 2014]-Directed final performances at WhiteWave Theatre (DUMBO, Brooklyn) 2010 & 2011-Lead students and staff in developing original scripts and productions on themes of social justice, which included a 10th Anniversary exploration of the 9/11 attacks, the Stop & Frisk controversy, and the Trayvon Martin trial. -Facilitator for high school residencies for the Brooklyn Reads literacy and performance poetry workshop series. Spring semesters.-Co-teacher for the Brooklyn Reads/Black Male Achievement Pilot Program (Spring 2014)-Residencies included the very first Specials Needs classes to perform at BAMCafe for the annual Brooklyn Reads culminating events.-Worked with high school faculty to incorporate art-centered curriculum to augment standard school lessons.-Created syllabi and lesson plans, lead discussion topics, group activities, and organized guest presentations. -Assumed the responsibility for teaching critical thinking skills, designing writing assignments, critiquing students’ writing and performances within all workshops. -Edited and compiled student poetry, monologues, and short stories for final anthologies published by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Department of Education and Humanities.

Greater New York City Area

-Served as Full-time Stage Manager from 1999 - 2000 and part-time from 2001 - 2018 -Coordinated performance schedule for a 10-show week.-Collaborated with Chicago & Boston to provide Blue Man performer coverage for all three cities.-Worked with Production Stage Manager to organize special appearances and outside events such as the NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show and more.-Managed Blue Men, show crews & musicians at the flagship venue, the Astor Place Theater, NYC.-Called shows & ran rehearsals.

1702 Mermaid Avenue, Brooklyn, Ny 11224

Youth Development Coordinator - YOUTH STANDLead organizer for Youth Stand, a leadership development program for Coney Island, NY high school students ages 14-18. Responsibilities included:-Established partnerships with local businesses and community-based organizations to host paid internships for Youth Stand Associates (teens).-Organized and/or facilitated workshops and training in career readiness, disaster preparedness, financial literacy, and personal development.-Started as Senior Youth Advocate Counselor [October 2014 - August 2015]

Brooklyn, Ny

• Courses taught: The Spoken Word in African American Text, Re-Defining Manhood through Lyrics & Letters, Dramatic Literature/Performance Workshop• Taught literary and performance-oriented courses and workshops focused on integrating contemporary and classical forms of poetry, spoken word, performance poetry, and hip hop with theatre.• Key contributor in the development and implementation of a co-ed writing and performance course on the social, economic, and political dynamics that generally shape contemporary manhood for African American and Latino males in America. (Re-Defining Manhood through Lyrics & Letters).• Students gained solid skills for developing their creative ideas and transforming them into creative writings and live performances.• Through the use of collaborative learning activities and using hip-hop and spoken word as primary, but not exclusive teaching tools, students developed critical thinking and personal life management skills.• Introduced students to influential classical and contemporary poets from the African American, Western, Eastern, and Caribbean Diaspora, such as Lucille Clifton, Kahlil Gibran, Saul Williams, Mos Def, Shakespeare, Sojourner Truth, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Audre Lorde. (The Spoken Word in African American Text)• Classes were credit-bearing courses for high school students throughout Brooklyn, NY through the College Now program; taught on campus and as in-school residencies.• Edited and directed culminating anthologies and performances for all courses. • Class size ranged from 21-25 students consistently. • Served as Lead Teaching Artist responsible for coordinating approximately seventy-five 9th – 11th-grade students to adapt best-selling novels for the stage. Works included Octavia Butler’s Kindred, Edwidge Danticat’s Krik? Krak! and John Oliver Killens The Cotillion. (Dramatic Literature/Performance Workshop)

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New York City Metropolitan Area

Bring In Da Noise/Bring In Da Funk (Broadway, New York City) September 1997 – January 1999 Served as 1st and 2nd Assistant Stage Manager for the final 16 months of the Broadway production starring Tony Award winners Savion Glover & Ann Duquesnay.Coordinated, and accompanied, cast members for special appearances and performances.-Civil SexSpring 1998Public Theatre-Hamlet December 1998-January 1999Starring: Liev Schriber, Diane Verona, Colm Fiore, and Hamish Linklater.-Called shows.-Coordinated production schedule.-Supervised rehearsals and auditions.-Interfaced with union crews & staff, general management, and producer.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Theatre Arts

Activities and Societies: Howard Players, Fine Arts Student Council

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Theatre/Theater