Richard Magee Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

▪ Teach a variety of theatre courses including Acting I, Acting II (advanced scene study), Acting III (classical acting styles), Movement for the Actor, Acting for Everyone, Theatre Appreciation, and Musical Theatre History in Midwestern State University’s Fain College of Fine Arts.▪ Research and implement a robust local and national recruiting strategy for prospective theatre students within the department’s BFA programs. Initiatives included the attendance of various state and national high school audition conferences such as Texas Educational Theatre Association’s TheatreFest 2024, Texas Thespians State Festival, CAP United Auditions, and more, as well as scheduling interviews with various podcasts about the program’s pedagogical philosophies.▪ Supervise and mentor an undergraduate student director for MSU’s main stage production of The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse.▪ Direct a fully-supported theatre production (an adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984) within MSU’s main stage season, with performances taking place in February 2025.▪ Oversee and supervise all publicity and box office responsibilities for the department's main stage season.▪ Serve on Midwestern State University’s Faculty Senate for the 2024/2025 academic year.

Greater New York City Area

• Scout diverse professional actors for representation by this boutique management firm through client referrals, industry showcases, and viral submissions.• Maintain an extensive rolodex of professional actors across the country with whom I have a working knowledge of their unique abilities and backgrounds.• Submit and book talent on theatre, film, television, commercial, and VO projects, including a placement in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway.• Tripled bookings in the theatre division since beginning the job in 2014.• Highly proficient in Breakdown Services, Cast It Talent, and Microsoft Office software.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Direct the casting process for all New City Stage Company projects including a world-premiere production presented during the 2017 Washington D.C. Capital Fringe Festival and a staged reading of a world-premiere play performed in conjunction with Theatre Philadelphia’s inaugural 2018 'Theatre Week.'• Spearhead the solicitation, recruitment and scheduling of hundreds of union & non-union actors for invited audition appointments in front of the ‘NCS’ creative teams.• Identify potential talent for each projects’ specific age range, vocal range, and diversity needs.

• Direct the casting process of a long running Off-Broadway murder mystery musical, a world premiere children’s musical based on a book by Trudy Ludwig, a bilingual children’s play based on a book by Gary Soto, a reality show about the making of an Off-Broadway musical, and much more.• Spearhead the solicitation, recruitment and scheduling of hundreds of union & non-union actors for invited audition appointments in front of the various producers and creative teams.• Identify potential talent for each projects’ specific age range, vocal range, and diversity needs.• Companies and clients include: THE GIRL BEHIND THE CURTAINS PRODUCTIONS/OFF-BROADWAY'S TRUFFLES, IRON BRIDGE THEATRE, CHILDREN’S THEATRE OF CHARLOTTE, CHILDSPLAY THEATRE, TOP HAT PRODUCTIONS, THEALITY TV

Farmville, Virginia, United States

• Teach a variety of theatre performance courses (Acting I, Acting II, Movement I, and Musical Theatre Performance) and academic theatre courses (Civitae’s Issues in Theatre) in Longwood University’s Department of Theatre, Art, Design & Graphic Animation, as well as pilot a theatre course for the university’s esteemed Symposium/Citizenship program (Theatre as a Civic Space).• Research and implement a robust local and national recruiting strategy for prospective theatre students within the department’s BFA in Theatre Performance and Musical Theatre minor.• Direct a fully-supported musical theatre production (Little Shop of Horrors, February 2024) within Longwood’s mainstage season, collaborating with Longwood University’s Department of Music.

Greater New York City Area

• Schedule and staff 50-70 weekly music classes for infants/toddlers across NYC and the five boroughs.• Assist with personal needs and errands for the Founder/Creator/Executive Director.• Draft contracts for private party engagements, presenters, venues, and more.• Communicate with hundreds of clients regarding customer service inquiries.• Solicit new business opportunities (dialing for dollars and cold emailing).• Manage a staff consisting of over a dozen teachers, performers, and vendors.• Market the Off-Broadway show series (performed seasonally at Actors Temple Theatre).• Highly proficient in DocuSign, Dropbox, Sawyer Tools, When to Work, and more.

• Facilitate the organizational, financial, and creative needs of video shoots with budgets averaging 10 thousand dollars.• Handle all traditional 'executive assistant' responsibilities for the Creative Director including script writing, equipment management (over $100,000 worth of gear), calendar management, meetings, phone calls, scheduling, invoicing, talent acquisition, client acquisition, client retention, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.• Build out and manage all social media accounts.• Assist Creative Director with all project management and work flow. Oversee an in-house editing team of four people.• Highly proficient in G Suite, FreshBooks, and Asana.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Direct the casting process for a nationally-recognized festival of three new, full length musicals each year. • Spearhead the solicitation, recruitment and scheduling of hundreds of union & non-union actors for invited audition appointments in front of the ‘MainStreet’ creative teams.• Identify potential talent for each projects’ specific age range, vocal range, and diversity needs.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Provided input in helping develop, grow and further focus the musical theatre curriculum. • Brought in numerous industry guest artists to teach master classes, including Michael Cassara, Baayork Lee, John McDaniel and more. • Coordinated all details of these master classes, securing thousands of dollars in outside funding to pay for them.• Organized the annual, on-campus auditions (at least three held yearly). This included recruitment of new students and creating a highly visible social media presence.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Assisted principal casting for Arden Theatre Company’s 2011/2012 season, including roles in Charlotte’s Web by Joseph Robinette and August: Osage County by Tracy Letts.• Additional casting work for the Arden’s 2017 production of Gypsy.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Drama And Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Musical Theatre

High School Diploma, Theatre/Theater