B. Peter Westerhoff
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Directing
New York - Off-Off Broadway
Exchange(American Premiere) Blue Heron Theatre @ SOHO REP.
For The Snark is a Boojum Nat Horne Theatre
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Big River*
Pirates of Penzance* (with Emily Loesser, Kirsti Carnahan) Ct. Critic's Circle nomination for Best Musical - 1996
Cabaret*
Anything Goes*
A Chorus Line* (recreated original choreography)
Nutmeg Summer Theatre, CT.
Tintypes*
Same Time, Next Year
1940's Radio Hour*
How to Succeed in Business...*
Bye, Bye Birdie*
Oklahoma State University
Pirates of Penzance* A Chorus LIne*
Sweeney Todd* The Tempest
Lend Me A Tenor The Miser
Anything Goes* Lucky Stiff*
Buried Child Little Shop of Horrors*
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 Indians
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Working*
Hair* Strange Snow
Peter Pan* Oklahoma!*
Baby with the Bath Water Grease*
A Midsummer Night's Dream* Noises Off
Rimers of Eldritch Fieffer's People
The Doctor in Spite of Himself The Diviners
A Christmas Carol* The Miss Firecracker Contest
University of Connecticut
Side by Side by Sondheim* Streets of New York
The Doctor in Spite of Himself Marat / Sade
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Fieffer's People
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine*
Stage II @ School of the Performing Arts, CT
The Widow's Blind Date The Diviners
North High School, OH.
Mame* The Star Spangled Girl
No, No Nanette* Wait Until Dark
The Real Inspector Hound The Pajama Game*
Dames at Sea* Bye, Bye Birdie*
Pippin* The Effect of Gamma Rays...
* Choreography as well as directing
Choreography
Nutmeg Summer Theatre, CT.
Company Kiss Me Kate
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas I'm Getting My Act Together....
South Pacific Oklahoma!
Nettle Creek Players, IN.
The Music Man Shenandoah
Carousel Hello, Dolly!
Wittenberg University, OH.
Once Upon a Mattress The Three Penny Opera
Godspell Carnival!
North High School, OH
Irene Fiddler on the Roof
Music Man Damn Yankees
Soft Rains (original rock opera)
Company Brandeis University, MA.
1940's Radio Hour Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK
Oh, Coward! University of Connecticut, CT
Best Little Whorehouse ... Oklahoma State University, OK
Adaptations
A Midsummer Night's Dream (from Shakespeare)
A Christmas Carol (from Dickens)
Education
M.F.A. in Directing, University of Connecticut, 1985. Thesis production: A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine (direction and choreography)
B.A. Wittenberg University (Ohio), 1977. Major in Theatre, Speech, and Business
Post graduate study, Professional Director's Seminar of Columbia University, New York, Summer, 1987. (A&S Dean's Incentive Grant)
Sabbatical for the 1993-94 School year - Directing in Connecticut and New York City
December, 1997
VITAE
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in directing, University of Connecticut, 1985. Thesis production: A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE (direction and choreography)
B. A. , Wittenberg University (Ohio), 1977. Major in Speech, Theatre, and Business.
Post graduate study, Professional Director's Seminar of Columbia University, New York, Summer, 1987.
Sabbatical for the 1993-94 School year. Directing and choreographing in Connecticut and New York City
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996- Full Professor of Theatre, OSU
1990-1996 Associate Professor of Theatre, OSU.
1986-1990 Assistant Professor of Theatre, OSU
Associate membership, Graduate Faculty granted, 1987.
1985-1986 Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, OSU.
1983-1985 Graduate adjunct instructor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
1978-1982 Teacher at North High School, Springfield, Ohio.
Courses Taught:
Acting I (OSU, UCONN) Introduction to the Theatre (OSU)
Acting II (OSU) Stage Makeup (OSU)
Acting III (OSU) History of American Musical Theatre
Acting IV (OSU) Stage Management (OSU)
Directing I (OSU, UCONN) Movement for Actors (OSU)
Directing II (OSU, UCONN) Musical Theatre Performance (OSU)
Dance: Tap (UCONN, S.O.P.A. in New Milford CT., privately, OSU)
Jazz (privately)
DIRECTING - Professional
New York - Off-Off Broadway
EXCHANGE (American Premiere) Blue Heron Theatre @ SOHO REP., 1994.
*FOR THE SNARK WAS A BOOJUM(original musical), Nat Horne Theatre, 1977
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
*BIG RIVER
*PIRATES OF PENZANCE (with Emily Loesser, Kirsti Carnahan), 1996
*CABARET (Lighting Kendal Smith), 1995
*ANYTHING GOES(Beaumont version), (lighting-Michael Baldasarri), 1994.
*A CHORUS LINE (recreated original choreography), (lighting- Kendal Smith), 1993.
Nutmeg Summer Theatre, CT.
*TINTYPES, (lighting - Jim Franklin), 1992.
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR, 1992.
*1940'S RADIO HOUR, 1991
*BYE, BYE BIRDIE, (lighting - Dennis Parichy), 1989.
*HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS...(with Ron Pallilo), 1986.
*SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, 1985
Stage II @ School of Performing Arts, CT.
THE WIDOW'S BLIND DATE, 1994
THE DIVINERS, 1993
DIRECTING - Academic
Oklahoma State University
*PIRATES OF PENZANCE, 1997
*A CHORUS LINE, 1997
THE TEMPEST, 1996
*SWEENEY TODD, 1996
THE MISER, ACTF entry 1995
*LUCKY STIFF, 1995
LEND ME A TENOR, 1994
ANYTHING GOES (Beaumont version), 1993
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, 1992
BURIED CHILD, 1992
*LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, 1991
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940, 1991
*OKLAHOMA, 1990
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, 1990
INDIANS, 1990
* Choreography as well as direction
*HAIR, 1989
*WORKING, 1989
THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST, 1988
*PETER PAN, 1988
STRANGE SNOW, ACTF entry 1988
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER, 1988
*A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 1988
*GREASE, 1987
THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH, 1987
NOISES OFF, 1986
THE DIVINERS, 1986
FEIFFER'S PEOPLE, 1986
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 1985
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
*A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD / A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE, 1985
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, 1984
THE STREETS OF NEW YORK(Assistant Dir.), 1984
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, 1983
MARAT/SADE(Assistant Dir.), 1983
FEIFFER'S PEOPLE, 1983
North High School, Springfield, OH.
*THE PAJAMA GAME, 1982
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND, 1982
THE BAD SEED, 1981
*DAMES AT SEA, 1981
*BYE, BYE BIRDIE, 1981
THE STAR SPANGLED GIRL, 1981
GOODBYE, CHARLIE, 1980
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, 1980
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS..., 1980
*NO, NO NANETTE, 1980
WAIT UNTIL DARK, 1979
*PIPPIN, 1979
*MAME, 1979
*MARY POPPINS, 1978
* Choreography as well as direction
CHOREOGRAPHY - Professional
Nutmeg Summer Theatre, CT.
COMPANY, 1996 (with Dorothy Stanley)
KISS ME KATE, 1991
OKLAHOMA!, 1989
SOUTH PACIFIC, 1986
BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, 1984
I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER..., 1984
Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK.
1940'S RADIO HOUR (director-Jack Hallett), 1986
Nettle Creek Players, Indiana
THE MUSIC MAN, 1978
SHENANDOAH, 1978
BYE, BYE BIRDIE, 1978
HELLO, DOLLY!, 1978
CAROUSEL, 1977
Choreography - Academic
Oklahoma State University, OK.
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, 1986
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
COMPANY, 1985
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
OH, COWARD!, 1982
Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH.
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, 1977
THE THREE PENNY OPERA, 1976
GODSPELL, 1975
CARNIVAL!, 1974
North High School, Springfield, OH.
SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, 1981
THE APPLE TREE, 1975
WEST SIDE STORY, 1980
THE MUSIC MAN, 1975
DAMN YANKEES, 1978
ANYTHING GOES, 1976
IRENE, 1977
PETER PAN, 1976
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, 1975
HELLO DOLLY!, 1974
SOFT RAINS(original rock opera), 1975
Sound Design:
Oklahoma State University
THE MISER, 1995
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, 1995
THE GLASS MENAGERIE, 1993
BURIED CHILD, 1992
THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, 1992
MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940, 1991
THE RAINMAKER, 1990
VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE, 1990
HAIR, 1989
STRANGE SNOW, 1988
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER, 1988
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 1988
Nutmeg Summer Theatre, Storrs, CT.
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR, 1992
School of the Performing Arts, New Milford, CT.
THE DIVINERS, 1993
THE WIDOW'S BLIND DATE, 1994
Blue Heron Theatre @ SOHO REP., New York City
EXCHANGE, 1994
SCRIPT ADAPTATIONS:
Oklahoma State University
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (from Shakespeare), 1988
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (from Dickens), 1985
SEMINARS:
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute, "Tap Dancing Seminar, the Old School", participant.
LaVaughn Robinson (instructor), Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma, 1992
AWARDS:
Nomination for the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, OSU., 1996.
Nomination for AMOCO Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award, 1996.
Nomination for the Robert Foster Cherry Awards for Great Teachers, Baylor University, 1995.
American College Theatre Featival Award for Excellence in Stage Make up design for THE LIVING, 1994.
National Cable Vision Finalist - Directing "Little Shop of Horrors", 1992.
Commercial Advertisement, Independent.
American College Theatre Festival Award in Excellence for SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, an entertainment piece, 1986
Arts and Science Dean's Incentive Grant, 1986 - "Director's Forum at Columbia University", New York City, NY.
Arts and Science Dean's Incentive Grant, 1987 - Development of new musical based on THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC by Teichman and Kaufman.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi, granted 1985.
COLLEGIAL SERVICE
College of Arts and Science:
Fae Rawdon Norris Endowment Fund Committee, OSU, 1995-96
Choreography, University Singers, OSU, 1990-93
Choreography, Centennial Singers, OSU, 1989
University Faculty Retreat, "The Non-traditional Student", Tulsa, OK. 1987
Director, choreographer, performer, SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, OSU Foundation, President's Club Meeting, 1986
Choreography, Co-direction of vaudeville show of Theatre and Music Departments for 4th Anniversary Celebration of Woodward Art Theatre, Woodward, OK., 1985
Department:
Design and execution of OSU Production showcase billboard advertising, 1985-95
United Way Campaign Representative, OSU, 1995
Guest Judge at Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association. Play Festival, Regionals, Okmulgee, OK. 1989
Guest Judge at Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association.
Play Festival, State Finals, Mustang, OK. 1987
Guest Lecturer, Perkins-Tryon High School, "Direction and Choreography in the Theatre", 1986
Guest Judge at Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association.
Play Festival, Regionals, Putnam City, OK. 1985
Chair of Personnel Committee, 1987.
Chair of Personnel Committee, 1993.
Scholarship, Recruiting, Curriculum, Personnel Committees-of-the- whole