Beginnings
America's Most Complete
Arts Experience
for Young People.

Established 1984

America's Most Complete Arts Experience
for Young People

An approach to
professionalism as caring as
it is practical.


Staff Professional Résumé

Linda Burson, Ph.D.

 

SSDC
PARTIAL DIRECTORIAL LIST: NEW YORK    
GUYS National Music Theatre Network  
PURPLE HEARTS Vital Forces Productions  
POWER SOURCE (clown show) International Tour  
PEACE OF MIND Turnip Theatre Festival  
THE BASTARD Chekhov Theatre Ensemble  
KISS ME KATE Narrows Theatre  
A MATTER OF TONE Westbeth Theatre  
THE TROOPS IN VIRGINVILLE Wings Theatre  
THE SCALES; QUEEN OF SHEBA Lincoln Center NYPL  
MEN IN WAITING CSC Repertory Theatre  
FERTILE DECEPTION Lincoln Center NYPL  
THE BLACK CAT Players' Club  
BELIEVE ME! Village Gate; Playlab Theatre  
READERS OF THE LOST ART InCollaboration, Inc. + Tour  
DIAGNOSIS: DEBT OR DEATH Belmont Italian American Playhouse  
I LOVE A PARADE Belmont Italian American Playhouse  
DEATH IS A CABARET Mystery Cafe Dinner Theatre  
SPINOZA Jewish Repertory Theatre, A.D. Robert Kalfin  
OUT WEST; MEN IN BLUE AMDA  
for colored girls...; JUVIE AMDA  
GET ANY GUY THRU PSYCHIC MIND CONTROL OR YOUR MONEY BACK Westbeth Theatre; Actors Outlet Theatre  
     
REGIONAL    
SHOW BOAT Albuquerque Civic Light Opera Co.  
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Chatham Players, NJ  
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Chatham Players, NJ ("1 of NJ Best Season", Independent Press)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Phoenix Productions, NJ ("Best Director" & "Best Production")
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Chatham Players, NJ  
FERTILE DECEPTION Pre-Broadway Series, NC  
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Chatham Players, NJ  
BABES IN ARMS Circuit Players, TN  
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GA, KY State Arts Councils + Tours  
SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE Senior Council, GA  
THE SWEET POTATO VINE Plays for Living, TN + Tour  
FORTUNE FLOWERS Tennessee Arts Commission Tour  
     
UNIVERSITY    
THE PROFESSOR'S LOVE STORY GUYS AND DOLLS SCAPINO! ("Best Production")
THE MURDER OF LIDICE GOD' S TROMBONES RIDERS TO THE SEA
SHAKESPEARE: PAGE TO STAGE THE LESSON THE INVESTIGATION
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST EQUUS A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
PETER PAN OR THE BOY WHO WOULD NOT GROW UP   JULIUS CAESAR: SPOTLIGHT ON BRUTUS
     
COMMUNITY    
THE THREE PENNY OPERA SCROOGE THE MUSICAL HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
THE WIZARD OF OZ OKLAHOMA! TO THE RESCUE!
TOM SAWYER THE WITCHES' TALE (from MACBETH) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
TEVYE AND HIS DAUGHTERS   THE WORLD OF SHALOM ALEICHEM

 

Ph.D. Theater
Major: History and Theater; Minor: Directing
Dissertation: "Fantasy Components of Sir James Matthew Barrie: A Study through Selected Plays"

M.A. Theater Management
Minor: Directing, Theater History
Thesis: "A Management Analysis of the Memphis Little Theatre Including the Ideal Community Theatre Management"

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Last Updated: 01/24/2006 06:58 PM