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2534 J Street, Apt. 4
Lincoln NE 68510
402-770-5065
bob@bobhall.com
www.bobhall.com
www.flatwatershakespeare.org
www.haymarkettheatre.org
CURRENT POSITIONS
Artistic Director, Flatwater Shakespeare, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Since 2001, I have been the Artistic Director of The Flatwater Shakespeare Festival which I co-founded in Lincoln Nebraska's historic Wyuka cemetery. Flatwater is a not for profit, performing three productions per season and directing Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like it, The Tempest, Hamlet, Measure For Measure, Henry V, On the Verge, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Love's Labor's Lost, King Lear, The Misanthrope, The Taming of The Shrew, Richard III and The Merry Wives Of Windsor.
In 2009, Flatwater Shakespeare and The Haymarket Theatre collaborated to perform The Importance of Being Earnest.
I have received a Mayor's Arts Award for my work with Flatwater. The Festival has been the recipient of numerous foundation and arts council grants.Artistic Director, Haymarket Theatre, Lincoln, Nebraska.
In September of 2008, I was named Artistic Director of The Haymarket Theatre while continuing my more seasonal duties with Flatwater Shakespeare. I produced a full season of youth productions, writing/and or directing three of the productions: An American Werewolf in Transylvania, As You Like It and The Pirates of Penzance. I directed The Fantasticks for the Haymarket Theatre's adult season.
Prior to 2008, I had worked frequently with this theatre, located in Lincoln Nebraska's restored warehouse area, where I have directed The Passion of Dracula, The White Rose, Pride and Prejudice (named best production of 2004 by the Lincoln Journal Star) and I Am My Own Wife. The Haymarket Theatre has been a frequent collaborator with Flatwater Shakespeare.
RESIDENT POSITIONS
Artistic Director, Nebraska Repertory, Lincoln, NE.
I was hired to facilitate the conversion of this twenty-year-old University associated rep to an Equity contract. I Produced six summer seasons, selecting all plays, hiring the artistic staff, Creating production budgets, participating in fund raising and developing long-range plans. I directed Noises Off, On the Verge, The Real Thing, Pirates of Penzance, On The Twentieth Century, Big River, and The Tempest. 1988-1993
Guest Artistic Director, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Lincoln NE.
I Directed Harvey, The Passion of Dracula, and Evita, developed Lincoln's first multicultural audition workshop and served on the Multicultural Arts Committee of the Lincoln Arts Council. 1991-92.
Co-Artistic Director and Founding Member, New Rude Mechanicals, New York City.
I co-founded this off-off Broadway resident theatre company, producing four seasons of classical plays. We were awarded grants from New York Community Trust and New York State Council on the Arts. Directed The Misanthrope, The Winter's Tale, Henry V, Bloody Poetry, and Measure for Measure. 1988-1992.
Resident Director, The George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick NJ.
The Caretaker, Arms and The Man, What the Butler Saw, Sleuth, That Championship Season, Count Dracula, Twelfth Night, Hedda Gabler, Candida, Loot, Master Harold and The Boys, The Importance of Being Ernest, and Mrs. Warren's Profession. 1974-1986.
Guest Artistic Director, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick NJ.
I selected the season, hired artistic personnel, co-created a touring children's theatre funded by CETA grant and directed Man and Superman. 1977-78.
Associate Director, CSC Repertory, New York City.
I directed two seasons which included The Homecoming, Loot, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, and The Misanthrope. 1973-1975.
Artistic Director, Omaha Junior Theatre, Omaha NE.
I developed a touring educational program demonstrating Shakespearean play production; taught acting workshops; wrote a successful Nebraska Arts Council start up proposal for salaries and equipment and designed and directed six productions. 1969-1971.
FREELANCE WORK
From 1968 to the present, I have directed more than 200 plays in New York City and for various regional theatres, colleges and universities.
PLAYWRIGHT
- The Passion of Dracula: Co-authored this Off- Broadway hit with David Richmond. It ran at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1977-79 as well as in London, San Francisco and on a national tour. It was filmed by Showtime, published by Samuel French and included in Doubleday's Thirteen Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural.
- Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus: Co-authored with David Richmond. It premeried at Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park and has had several productions around the USA and a public reading by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- The Misanthrope: Adapted from Moliere. Peformed at CSC Repertory and The New Rude Mechanicals Theatre in New York and at The Haymarket Theatre in Nebraska.
TEACHING
- The University of Nebraska, Guest lecturer in theatre, 1987 and 2007.
- Juillliard, Guest Director, 1990
- Cornell University, Guest Director, 1973, 1980 and 2000.
- The Haymaret Theatre, Director of Nebraska Youth Theatre, 2008-present.