School of Theatre Arts, University of Arizona
PO Box 210003
Tucson AZ , 85721-0003

520-621-7008
http://haroldandmaedell.blogspot.com/

Directing credits

Harold Dixon
Director - SSDC (associate), AEA, SAG

* University Distinguished Professor, School of Theatre Arts, University of Arizona, PO Box 210003, Tucson, AZ 85721-0003 (uathteatre.org)
* Founding Artistic Director, Arizona Repertory Theatre, School of of Theatre Arts, University of Arizona; Professional Actor Training Program and AEA Guest Artists

*DIRECTING EXPERIENCE - plays (selected)
Intimate Letters 92nd St Y, New York (off Broadway)
(original theatre/concert piece, w/the Prazak Quartet; devised, produced, and directed; also on national tour at Arizona Chamber Music Fest, Stanford Univ, Univ of Mississippi)
The Kruetzer Sonata AZ Chamber Music Fest & Stanford Univ (original theatre/concert piece, w/the Prazak Quarter; devised, produced, and directed)
Irene Ryan Evening Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Dance/Slow/Jackson Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
(AriZoni nominations: Best Director, Best Production)
The Price Gloucester Stage Company, MA
Tartuffe (my translation) Arizona Repertory Theatre
Henry IV, Part 2 Arizona Repertory Theatre
Metamorphoses Arizona Repertory Theatre
SAG/AFTRA Showcase Herberger Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
NALIP Academy Nat’l Assoc of Independent Latino
Producers (staged readings of original screenplays)
Cider House Rules,1& 2 Arizona Repertory Theatre
(AZ Daily Star MAC awards: Best Director, Best Production)
Measure For Measure Arizona Repertory Theatre
The Kentucky Cycle Arizona Repertory Theatre
The School for Scandal Arizona Repertory Theatre
A Tale of Two Cities Arizona Repertory Theatre
The Merchant of Venice Arizona Repertory Theatre
You Can’t Take It W/You Arizona Repertory Theatre
The Grapes of Wrath Arizona Repertory Theatre
Mourning B/c Electra Arizona Repertory Theatre
I Remember Mama Arizona Repertory Theatre
The Comedy of Errors Arizona Repertory Theatre
The House of Atreus Arizona Repertory Theatre
Ah, Wilderness! Arizona Repertory Theatre
Long Day’s Journey Arizona Repertory Theatre
Nicholas Nickleby Arizona Repertory Theatre
Last/Red Hot Lovers Cabaret Repertory Theatre, Brea, CA
That Champ/ship Season Actors Repertory Theatre, Tucson, AZ

*DIRECTING EXPERIENCE - musicals, operas (selected)
Candide Arizona Repertory Theatre
& Wisconsin Union Theatre
Carousel Arizona Repertory Theatre
Kiss Me Kate Arizona Repertory Theatre
The Marriage of Figaro School of Music, University of Arizona
& School of Music, University of Wisconsin
Sweeney Todd Centennial Hall, Tucson, AZ
Don Pasquale School of Music, University of Arizona
Falstaff School of Music, University of Arizona
& School of Music, University of Wisconsin
(televised live statewide by WHA-PBS, Madison, WI)
Working Arizona Repertory Theatre
Strider Arizona Repertory Theatre
Oklahoma! Wisconsin Union Theatre

*TRAINING, EDUCATION
Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN (workshop and classes)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (graduate)
University of Redlands, CA (undergraduate)

Acting credits

Harold Dixon

Leighton Agency (480) 704-8800; www.leightonagency.com (SAG/AFTRA only)
Height: 5’9” Weight: 165 Hair: Brown/Grey Eyes: Brown AEA/SAG

FILM/TELEVISION
Half Laughing Richard (supporting) Ballet Diesel Films
(ind short)
Rescue 911 Officer Logan (lead) CBS weekly series
The Highwayman Doctor (featured; 2 episodes) NBC weekly series
Enola Gay Sign Painter (featured) NBC MOW (Viacom)
The Assumption Nathan (supporting) Madison Pacific cable
The Back of Beyond Narrator Atwood Films
(documentary)

THEATRE (selected)
New York
Secret/Mme Bonnard/Bath Bonnard (stgd reading) Theatre Row Theatre Israel Horovitz dir
Intimate Letters Janacek 92nd St. Y Theatre, NYC Harold Dixon dir
National tour, International
A Life I/The Theatre Robert Teatro Canovas; Malaga, Spain
Intimate Letters Janacek Stanford U, U of Miss, AZ Chamber Music

Regional
Ella Norman Granz San Jose RepTh, CA Rob Ruggiero dir; Also at - Asolo Repertory Th, FL; Arizona Theatre Company; Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Cincinnati Playhouse
Business of Murder Hallett Invisible Theatre, Tucson
Secret/ Bonnard/Bath Bonnard Gloucester Stage Co, MA Israel Horovitz dir
The Price Walter Gloucester Stage Co, MA Harold Dixon dir
The Sisters Rosensweig Merv (stgd reading) Gloucester Stage Co, MA Eric Engel dir
Gershwin, By Ira Ira Gershwin Chamber Music Plus S/W Susan Claassen dir
The Goat Ross Actors’ Th of Phoenix, AZ Marshall Mason dir
My Old Lady Mathias Gloucester Stage Co, MA Eric Engel dir
My Old Lady Mathias Invisible Theatre, Tucson Gail Fitzhugh dir
The Exonerated Ensemble Invisible Theatre, Tucson Brent Gibbs dir
Unanswered Question Ives Chamber Music +S/west
Streetcar Named Desire Steve Arizona Theatre Company Samantha Wyer dir
Later Life Austin Invisible Theatre, Tucson
Much Ado About Nothing Leonato Arizona Theatre Company David Goldstein dir
Much Ado About Nothing Leonato Shakespeare Sedona Jared Sakren dir
King Lear Lear Arizona Repertory Theatre Brent Gibbs dir
The Guys Nick Open Theatre, Tucson
A Christmas Carol Scrooge Phoenix Symphony Orch Michael Barnard dir
Side/Side/Sondheim Narrator MusicTheatre Arizona Richard Hanson dir
Sailing To Byzantium Hope Shakespear Actors Rep Th of Sedona Mark Raddatz dir
Six Degrees/Separation Flan Phoenix Theatre, AZ Gary Griffin dir
Sylvia Greg Invisible Theatre, Tucson Susan Claassen
Double Double Duncan Invisible Theatre, Tucson
Love Letters Andy Invisible Theatre, Tucson
Long Day’s Journey... Tyrone Arizona Repertory Theatre Maedell Dixon dir
Becket Bishop of York Tyrone Guthrie Theatre David Feldshuh dir
Oedipus The King Chorus Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Michlae Langham dir

Commercials, Industrials, PSA’s, Print Photography, Radio, Voice Overs; list available upon request

TRAINING
Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis; University of Minnesota; University of Redlands, CA

SPECIAL SKILLS
Ear prompt; French (fluent); Dialects (various); Singing (baritone, 2 octaves, E-E)