MIRLA CRISTE
SAG, AFTRA, AEA, SAFD
Curriculum Vitae
Specialties: Acting, Voice, Speech, Singing and Movement for the Stage
(646) 246-4415
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master of Fine Arts, Drama (Performance). University of California, Irvine, CA. December 1998
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"On Teaching and Teaching Acting: With a Suggested Model for the Acting Classroom"
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| Courses: |
Robert Cohen acting technique (GOTE, Playing Shakespeare); Fitzmaurice and Linklater Voicework for the Actor; International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); stage combat; acting and marketing for the camera; musical theater; playwrighting; theatre pedagogy; dramatic literature; script analysis; mask; and a varied movement sampler (including Chekhov's psychological gesture, LeCoq mime, tai-chi, period dance); theatre collaboration; classical jazz dance
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Bachelor of Arts. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. May, 1985. Theater Major, Dance Minor
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acting (Stanislavsky); dance (modern, ballet, contact improvisation); western theater history; dance history; technical theater; theater production; Shakespeare and dramatic literature
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Actor Combatant. Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) National Stage Combat Workshops, Winston-Salem, NC. 2007, 2008, 2009
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unarmed (actor combatant), rapier & dagger (actor combatant), broadsword (actor combatant), single sword, knife, quarterstaff, sword & shield, small sword
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The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Conservatory, Los Angeles. 1998 - 1999
The Wynn Handman Studio, NYC, 1993-1995
The Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, NYC. 1985-1995
The Riverside Shakespeare Company, NYC. 1988-1989
Various theatre master classes and workshops in the US, UK & Canada
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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University of Georgia, GA. Department of Theatre and Film Studies.
Assistant Professor teaching Undergraduate acting, voice and movement, as well as graduate voice and movement.
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| 7/03 - 6/04 |
Hamilton College, NY. Department of Theatre and Dance.
Visiting Assistant Professor teaching Acting Techniques and Mask Studio.
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| 7/00 - 6/02 |
Oberlin College, OH. Theater and Dance Program.
Visiting Assistant Professor teaching Acting Techniques, Voice and Movement for the Actor, Musical Theater, and Acting for the Camera.
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| 1/00 |
Oberlin College, OH. Theater and Dance Program and Oberlin Film Cooperative
Visiting Instructor teaching ten-day intensive workshop in Acting, Audition & Marketing, and Directing of Actors for the Camera.
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| 9/96 - 6/98 |
University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama
Teaching Assistant serving as primary instructor to undergraduate drama students in acting improvisation, monologue and scene study, and dramatic literature.
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| 2/96 - 6/98 |
ArtsBridge (an outreach program of the University of CA, Irvine, School of the Arts)
Artist/Educator (inaugural team) teaching arts workshops in acting, singing, music & movement, and storytelling in the Orange County school system.
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| 1/93 - 9/95 |
BroadwayNow!™ (a division of Visionary Enterprises, Inc.), NYC
Director of Operations, Partner and key figure in seminar/convention company, providing master classes in acting, singing, dance and the business of professional theater.
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| 1985 - |
Many master classes and workshops both nationally and internationally
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Courses taught (undergraduate)
Acting fundamentals (improvisation, monologues, open scenes)
Scene study (intermediate and advanced)
Voice and movement fundamentals (Alexander, contact improvisation, gesture, dance, Laban, animal essences)
Appreciation of Dramatic Art
Dramatic history and literature
Mask workshop (LeCoq neutral and character mask, personal clown)
Contact improvisation and Contact Theatre
Devising physical theatre workshop (CI, Viewpoints, Grotowski, butoh)
Musical theatre fundamentals (acting, singing and dance)
Acting for the camera
Business of acting and audition techniques
Stage combat fundamentals
Courses taught (graduate)
Movement 1: Body Re-education and Alignment
Movement 2: Gesture and Physical Characterization
Movement 3: Mask Workshop
Movement 4: Stage Combat Fundamentals
Advanced voice (Alexander, Linklater, IPA/dialects)
Musical theatre fundamentals (acting, singing and dance)
Singing For Stage
Master classes and workshops taught
Contact Theatre. "Physical Modalities in Performance/Production" (Session Coordinator) at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Denver, CO. 2008
Contact Theatre. Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes de Movimiento, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula/Puebla, Mexico. 2008
Contact improvisation. Atlanta Contact Improvisation, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 2008
Contact improvisation. Floorspace, Atlanta, GA. 2006
Weekly contact improvisation classes. Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Georgia. 2005-2006
Audition techniques. Broadway Sundays, Greenfield, MA. 1994
Acting, directing and auditioning for the camera. Theater and Dance Program and Oberlin Film Cooperative. 2000
Musical theatre dance repertory. Kathleen Cocco School of Dance, Greenfield, MA. 1999.
Auditioning for the musical theatre. Kathleen Cocco School of Dance, Greenfield, MA. 1999
Playing Shakespeare. BroadwayNow!, Honolulu, HI. 1994
Musical theatre. Broadway Sundays, Greenfield, MA. 1994
DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY (Professional)
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Rose of Athens Theatre, GA. Fight Choreographer and Movement Director
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| 2009 |
Macbeth. Rose of Athens Theatre, GA. Fight Choreographer
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| 2008 |
Don Juan Comes Back From the War. Theater Emory, GA. Dance Choreographer
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| 2009 |
Savage/Love, a Contact Theatre adaptation. Presented in "Dancing For Dancers," Floorspace, Athens, GA. Director and Performer
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| 2006 |
DRIP. (staged reading). New South Festival, Horizon Theatre, GA. Director
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| 2005 |
Beauty and the Beast. Music Theatre Louisville, KY. Director and Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2004 |
Peter Pan. Music Theatre Louisville, KY. Director and Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2004 |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Music Theatre Louisville, KY. Dance Choreographer
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| 1995 |
"Songs From My Childhood." NYU Delta Kappa Epsilon. Director and Dance Choreographer
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| 1995 |
Gossard International Fashion Show. Gossard International, Ltd., NYC. Dance Choreographer
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| 1993-1994 |
"The Women of Miss Saigon." Don't Tell Mama, NYC. Director
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| 1992 |
A Marriage Proposal. Lahi Philippine Performing Company, NYC. Director
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DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY (Academic)
| 2010 |
The Rez Sisters. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Dance Choreographer
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| 2010 |
Romeo and Juliet. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2009 |
The Colored Museum. University of Georgia, Black Theatrical Ensemble. Dance Choreographer
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| 2008 |
The Pillowman. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Director and Fight Choreographer
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| 2008 |
The Piano Lesson. University of Georgia, Black Theatrical Ensemble. Fight Choreographer
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| 2008 |
Fabulation. University of Georgia, Black Theatrical Ensemble. Dance Choreographer
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| 2007 |
Urinetown. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Director and Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2006 |
The Man Who Came To Dinner. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Director
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| 2006 |
Polaroid Stories. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Director and Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2006 |
Noises Off. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Movement Consultant
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| 2005 |
Anna in the Tropics. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Voice and Dialect Coach
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| 2005 |
Pippin. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Co-director and Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2005 |
The Importance of Being Earnest. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Style and Dialect Coach
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| 2004-2005 |
The Lover. University of Georgia, Department of Theatre and Film Studies. Director
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| 2002 |
In the Garden of Live Flowers. SRU Theatre, PA. Director and Dance/Fight choreographer
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| 2002 |
Closer. Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program. Fight Consultant
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| 2002 |
This Is Our Youth. Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program. Director and Fight Choreographer
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| 2002 |
Blood Wedding. Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program. Director and Dance/Fight Choreographer
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| 2001 |
Company. Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program. Dance Choreographer
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| 2001 |
Equus. Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program. Movement Director and Vocal Consultant
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| 1997 |
Archipelago. SOTA Playwrights Festival, UCI. Director and Playwright
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| 1996 |
Cage: and Bride Within. SOTA Playwrights Festival, UCI. Director and Playwright
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| 1996 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream. UC Irvine Department of Drama. Dance Choreographer
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| 1996 |
Women of Troy. UC Irvine Department of Drama. Dance Co-choreographer
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ORIGINAL WORK
Water: Drought (Adagio), a Contact Theatre work (excerpt). Presented at Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes de Movimiento, Cholula/Puebla, Mexico, 2008. Writer, Director and Performer
Questions, Boundaries, Intentions, a Contact Theatre work. Presented as part of the Zen Monkey Project 2007 showcase, Floorspace, Athens, GA, 2007. Collaborator and Performer
"Opening at Ciné," a dance theatre work. Presented at Ciné, Athens, GA, 2007. Collaborator and Performer
Archipelago, a contemporary opera. Staged reading at SOTA Playwrights Festival, UCI, 1997. Playwright, Director and Performer
Cage: and Bride Within, a play with movement/media. Staged reading at SOTA Playwrights Festival, UCI, 1996. Playwright and Director
ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR PLAYS
The Mother of God Visits Hell. Town and Gown Players, GA, 2009. Composer
Polaroid Stories. University of Georgia, 2006. Composer and Lyricist
In the Garden of Live Flowers. Slippery Rock University, PA, 2002. Composer
Blood Wedding. Oberlin College, OH, 2002. Composer
Archipelago. SOTA Playwrights Festival, UC Irvine, CA, 1997. Composer and Lyricist
A Midsummer Night's Dream. UC Irvine, CA, 1996. Composer and Lyricist
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
| 1987-present |
NYC, Los Angeles, and regions. Professional film, television and stage actor |
| 1998-2000 |
Clair Sinnett Casting, Los Angeles. Casting and administrative assistant |
| 1993-1995 |
BroadwayNow!(tm) (a division of Visionary Enterprises, Inc.), NYC. Partner, Director of Operations |
CONFERENCES & COLLOQUIA
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 2008 Conference, Denver, CO, August 2008. Session Coordinator and Presenter, "Physical Improvisation Modalities in Performance/Production"
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 2008 Conference, Seminar: "What's That I Smell in the Air...": The Musical and the American Dream. Denver, CO, August 2008. Author, "Miss Saigon: An Insider's Perspective On the American Dream"
Educational Forum for Globalization on Culture, Research, and Teaching, Georgia Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 2008. Author, "The Philippines: Recollections Of A Pre-Martial Law Childhood"
Performatica, Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes de Movimiento, Cholula/Puebla, Mexico, March, 2008. Workshop/demonstration presenter, Contact Theatre workshop.
Department of Theatre and Film Studies, UGA, 2006. Author, "Contact Improvisation and Contact Theatre in Polaroid Stories"
East of California Retreat and Annual Meeting, Oberlin College, 2001. Roundtable Chair/ Discussant, Teaching Asian American Theatre in Middle America.
GRANTS, AWARDS, SPECIAL NOTICES
Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Visiting Artist Grant, 2009
UGA Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) project grants (2), 2008
Franklin Chronicle faculty profile, 2007
Columns newsletter faculty profile, 2007
Marquis' Who's Who in America, 2005
UCI Playwrighting Achievement Award, 1997
UCI Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, 1995
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES & SERVICE
Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE)
Advisory Board, 2008-
Project Grant Selection Committee, 2009
University of Georgia Peabody Awards
Web Committee, Chair 2009
Web Committee, Chair 2008
Web Committee, Chair 2007
Primetime Television Committee 2006
Children and Youth Television Committee 2005
Honors Program
Honors Faculty Mentor, 2007-
Department of Theatre and Film Studies
Provisional Graduate Faculty 2004-2007
Performance Area Committee 2004-
Web Design Committee 2008-
Renovations Committee 2007
Costume Search Committee 2007
Head's Advisory Committee 2005-2006
Honors and Awards Committee 2005-2006
Season Selection Committee 2004-2005
Undergraduate Committee 2004-2005, 2007-
Performance Search Committee 2004-2005
Dramatic Media Area Committee 2004-2005
M.F.A. Acting Thesis Committees 2004-2005, 2008-2009
M.F.A. Major Professor to assigned graduate students 2006-
Major Advisor to undergraduate students 2004-
Faculty Advisor, Thalian-Blackfriars student theatre organization 2006-2007
Faculty coach for professional auditions (GTC, SETC, etc.) 2004-
American College Theatre Festival
Associate production respondent, The Cripple of Inishmaan. Columbus State University, GA. 2009
Participating production respondent, Cirque Depravité. Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 2008
Participating production respondent, Hamlet. Anderson University, Anderson, SC. 2008
Participating production respondent, Crimes of the Heart. Piedmont College, Demorest, GA. 2006
Irene Ryan Awards coach 2006-2007
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES & SERVICE
SAG Awards Nominating Committee 2004, 2006
AEA Production Contract Negotiations Committee 1994
AEA Non-traditional Casting Committee 1992-1995
Miss Saigon AEA Deputy 1992-1993
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Actors Equity Association (AEA)
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME)
Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)
Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
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