Tess Forsyth Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Placer County, California, United States

Producing Artistic Director, season director and playwright, for Placer Repertory Theater Company.

California

Directing, playwrighting, collaboration, administration, private and group instruction, product/project/program development and management for corporations, private contract and entities such as Dell Arte International, Brenda Wong Aoki, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco and others. Software design/development/management including UI/UX, animation, video, multimedia and voiceover in the high-tech industry. Sample instruction topics at universities and corporations:… Show more Directing, playwrighting, collaboration, administration, private and group instruction, product/project/program development and management for corporations, private contract and entities such as Dell Arte International, Brenda Wong Aoki, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco and others. Software design/development/management including UI/UX, animation, video, multimedia and voiceover in the high-tech industry. Sample instruction topics at universities and corporations: directing, acting (for theater, film, TV/video, opera, voiceover/radio), movement for the actor, voice for the actor, legitimate voice/opera, screenwriting, playwrighting, Women in Film, stand-up comedy writing and performance, stage make-up, audition skills, speech, presentation skills, interview skills, fundraising, marketing/PR, business writing, administration & management, Quality Assurance, Product/Project/Program Management, and other performing arts or business-related topics. Writer/collaborator and director/coach for performing artists, solo artists, stand-up comedians. Develop and direct arts and business programs. For more info on business background, see www.linkedin.com/in/teresaforsyth. Show less

California

Voiceover work, software/multimedia design, UI/UX (user interface, user experience) design, software evaluation, market research, product development leadership and Quality Assurance testing.

San Francisco Bay Area

Director, playwright, co-author/collaborator, performer, and functioned as the executive director for this regional theatre ensemble, which produced primarily original works for local, regional or national tour. Signature work: Wisdom While On My Back with Kathryn Carner. Hosted Beyond Madness (renamed 11:30 Madness) theatre lab / open mic program as a catalyst for cross-fertilization of the creative arts.

Solano County, California

Chair of HR Committee, Co-chair Regrants Program committee, Co-chair fundraising committee. As President, with Exec Dir, successfully lobbied and negotiated with Mall Marketing Dir & Hahn Corporation for free gallery, meeting space/office in the mall in exchange for public art curation. Grant writing (including annual State-Local Partner CAC funds), business and partnership development, gallery curation, events development and management, marketing and outreach, board development. Relationship,… Show more Chair of HR Committee, Co-chair Regrants Program committee, Co-chair fundraising committee. As President, with Exec Dir, successfully lobbied and negotiated with Mall Marketing Dir & Hahn Corporation for free gallery, meeting space/office in the mall in exchange for public art curation. Grant writing (including annual State-Local Partner CAC funds), business and partnership development, gallery curation, events development and management, marketing and outreach, board development. Relationship, partnership and alliance development with each arts and culture organization county-wide, each County Board of Supervisors member, all mayors and key staff for each city, County Superintendent of Schools, principals and teachers throughout the county. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Collaborated initially with Director Jael Weisman and solo performance artist Brenda Wong Aoki to develop and stage new works for national tour (The Queen's Garden, Random Acts of Kindness). Became rehearsal director for existing productions (Tales of the Pacific Rim, Obake!) prior to national tour performances. Shows toured to the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, Dallas Theater Center, etc. Collaborated with Brenda as Dramaturg on published version of The Queen's Garden. Worked with Brenda on… Show more Collaborated initially with Director Jael Weisman and solo performance artist Brenda Wong Aoki to develop and stage new works for national tour (The Queen's Garden, Random Acts of Kindness). Became rehearsal director for existing productions (Tales of the Pacific Rim, Obake!) prior to national tour performances. Shows toured to the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, Dallas Theater Center, etc. Collaborated with Brenda as Dramaturg on published version of The Queen's Garden. Worked with Brenda on Rounder records CD recording of The Queen's Garden, which won an Indy award for Best Spoken Word Album for 1996. Show less

Oakland, Ca

Season Director/playwright at Oakland Lyric Opera for its first two years. Also consultant for executive director/artistic director Marilyn Kosinski and assisted with fundraising events and seeking of partnerships. Taught make-up techniques to cast of Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Blue Lake, Ca

Assistant Director/Co-director, collaborator on new work, "Fear of Falling," the third Scar Tissue Mystery, and restaging shows 1 & 2 (Intrigue at Ah Pah and Road Not Taken) for Redwood Curtain: Scar Tissue Mystery Trilogy international tour. Collaborated on restaging of Slapstick at San Diego Repertory Theater, Fear of Falling restaging at the Cowell Theater in SF. Curriculum development, instructor for Voice for the Actor class. Developed two-week intensive course in Linklater, to include… Show more Assistant Director/Co-director, collaborator on new work, "Fear of Falling," the third Scar Tissue Mystery, and restaging shows 1 & 2 (Intrigue at Ah Pah and Road Not Taken) for Redwood Curtain: Scar Tissue Mystery Trilogy international tour. Collaborated on restaging of Slapstick at San Diego Repertory Theater, Fear of Falling restaging at the Cowell Theater in SF. Curriculum development, instructor for Voice for the Actor class. Developed two-week intensive course in Linklater, to include individualized vocal coaching, psychology and physiology of voice, physics of sound and vocal production, Standard American Dialect, Alexander Technique (posture application). (Did not teach second week of course due to illness.) Show less

San Francisco, Ca

Theater Arts upper division performance course instructor, one semester. Taught Acting Technique, Melodrama and Styles Acting, Rehearsal and Performance Theory, Movement for the Actor, Voice for the Actor, Advanced Theatrical Make-up, and directed the Fall production at the Gill Theatre.

California

Artistic Director, season director/playwright, music composer, sound designer for professional theatre company that was the second largest producer of theatre for family audiences in the state of California. Shows toured to city performance art facilities and schools. Developed curriculum and trained the performers to teach master classes at tour locations.

Vacaville, Ca

Curriculum development, instruction, director and musical director for City of Vacaville Youth Summer Theatre Program (ages 8-18). Curriculum culminated in a musical theatre performance.

Davis, Ca

Staff instructor for two years at UC Davis. Taught Theater Fundamentals, included an introduction to acting, directing, theater history, technical theater, performance spaces, genres, play and scene analysis, Stanislavsky and other acting methods.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Directing, A

Activities and Societies: Founding academic advisor for Musical Theater Club Direct all media (theater, film, video, TV, radio, Opera.

Master Of Science - Ms, Agricultural Business And Management

Activities and Societies: Strategic Leadership & Management, Human Resource Management, Change Management & Innovation, Data Driven.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology, A

Activities and Societies: Magna cum laude on major. Assisted Professor Gille in experimental psychology studies. University choir/soloist.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Dramatic Arts: Directing, A

Activities and Societies: Produced, directed, wrote theatrical productions on and off campus. Worked in scene shop 4 years, lighting 1.

Music: Voice, Legitimate Voice And Opera

Activities and Societies: Vocalist trained by Nancy Ness Bowman (A.K.A. Nancy Nessman). She and Maria Callas were contemporaries who.