PAUL PEERS
Email: paulpeers@ymail.com
- MFA Theatre Directing, Columbia University, New York
Anne Bogart, Andrei Serban, Robert Woodruff, Brian Kulick. - Advanced Diploma of Arts (Acting), Centre for the Performing Arts, Adelaide, Australia
David Kendall, Peter Dunn, Jenn Havelberg, Catherine Carter.
EDUCATION
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Professional
Blue Balloon by Libby Leonard, New Play Feast, New York Theatre Workshop
Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas, Step to the Left Productions
Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, Adelaide Centre for the Arts
Talk to Me like the Rain and Let Me Listen by Tennessee Williams, Sanford Meisner Theatre, New York
Love is in the Air by Dustin Helmer, Pig Brooch Inc. 2005 New York International Fringe Festival
Geöffnet by Katja Laganbach and Gundula Ibhler, Dosto Project, Berlin, Germany (Co-direction)
King Lear by William Shakespeare, Lightning Strike Theatre, Adelaide
Erotica in Black and White by Julia Britton, Budgie Lung Theatre, Adelaide (Reading)
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet, Adelaide Fringe 2000, Ryushin Ensemble Columbia University, New York
Thyestes by Lucius Annæus Seneca (Adaptation) Thesis Production
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Berenger text by Eugene Ionesco
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (Adaptation)
The Proposal by Anton Chekhov
Red Ruth by Paul Peers
THEATRE
- Director
- Amadigi di Gaula by George Frideric Handel, Boston Baroque
- La Finta Giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Montclair State University
Xerxes by George Frideric Handel, Boston Baroque
- Assistant Director
- Der Ferne Klang by Franz Schreker, Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, Bard Summerscape (U.S. Premiere)
- Madam White Snake by Zhou Long, Directed by Robert Woodruff, Opera Boston (World Premiere)
- Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, Bard Summerscape
Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, Arizona Opera
Salome by Richard Strauss, Directed by John Lloyd Davies, Dallas Opera
Tea: A Mirror of Soul by Tan Dun, Directed by Amon Miyamoto, Santa Fe Opera (U.S. Premiere)
Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, Directed by James Robinson, Dallas Opera
Die Tote Stadt by Erich Korngold, Directed by Frank Corsaro, New York City Opera
Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Directed by Jay Jackson, Madison Opera
Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, - Utah Symphony and Opera
Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, Directed by Nicolette Molnár, Utah Symphony and Opera
La Bella Dormente nel Bosco by Ottorino Respighi, Directed by Basil Twist, Spoleto Festival USA/ Lincoln Center Festival 2005
Arianna in Creta by George Frideric Handel, Directed by Christopher Alden, Gotham Chamber Opera - (U.S. Premiere)
Mirandolina by Bohuslav Martinu, Directed by Sam Helfrich, Manhattan School of Music, New York
The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, Directed by Christopher Alden, Eos Orchestra, New York
Poppea Music by Claudio Monteverdi, Directed by Barrie Kosky, Schauspielhaus Wien, Austria (Intern)
OPERA
- Columbia University Fellowship 2002
- Arts SA Mentorship Award 2001, Arts SA Grant 2001, 2003
- Ian Potter Cultural Fellowship 2001, 2002, 2003
- Adelaide Chamber Orchestra Grant
- Faulding Assistant Director Fellowship, State Theatre Company of South Australia
- Awarded Third Prize for Kenbu HMV (His Master’s Voice) Tokyo, Japan
- Awarded First Prize for Kenbu HMV Nagoya, Japan
AWARDS
- 3rd Dan Japanese in Iaido (Sword Discipline)
- Shihan in Kenbu (Sword Dance) traditional Japanese Performing Art
- Speak Conversational Japanese
- 8 years as a Professional Chef concentrating in French and Japanese Cuisine
SPECIAL SKILLS
Anne Bogart, Professor, Columbia University, Phone: +1 212 854 3408
Jeffery Gall, Music Director, John J. Cali School of Music Phone: +1 973 783 5171
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