Larry Mitchell


Academic Degrees and Positions

Degrees

·        BFA, Emporia State University, 2006, Theatre

·        MFA, (CANDIDATE), University of Arkansas, (2009), Playwriting

Teaching Positions

·        Temporary Grad/Undergrad Faculty, University of Arkansas, 2008, Playwriting

·        Lecturer, University of Arkansas, Theatre Lecture, 2009

      Teaching Assistant to Roger Gross, University of Arkansas, Acting Shakespeare's Verse, 2009

·        Teaching Assistant to Theresa Mitchell, Emporia State University, Oral Interpretation, 2001

·        Teaching Assistant to Kenna Reeves and Marianne Curtis, Tutor, Non-residential mentor, Upward Bound / TRIO, Emporia State University, English, Journalism, Chinese, 2001

·        Technical Director, McDonough High School, 1997-98

·        Technical Director, Derby Recreation Center Summer Theatre, 1996

Non – Academic Positions (Selected)
  • Resident Playwright, Sustainable Theatre Project, 2009- Current
  • Box Office Assistant, University of Arkansas, 2007- 09
  • Scene Shop Assistant, University of Arkansas, 2006 – 07
  • Member, Amish Television Sketch Comedy Troupe, 2004
  • Stage Manager, Golden Dragon Chinese Acrobats, National Tour, 2003
  • Executive Producer, IF Theatre Company, 2003
  • Board Member, IF Theatre Company, 1999-2002
  • Load Crew, Topeka Performing Arts Center, 2003
  • Business Manager, ZOIKS! Improv. Troupe, 2002
  • Member, Zoiks! Improv. Troupe, 2001-03
  • Editor, Quivira, 2000-02
  • Staff Writer, NOISE Magazine, 1996-97

Workshops and Lectures Given
  • “Create Your Own Musical,” Fayetteville Public Library, July 2009
  • “Improv Games!” Kansas Thespian Conference, 2000-03
  • “Improvization for Organizations,” MOKANNE Regional Conference, UB/TRIO, 2001
  • “Learning How we Learn: Taking the Stairs,” Oral Interpretation, Emporia State University, 2001.

Professional Affiliations and Memberships
  • Sustainable Theatre Project, Austin, TX
  • Mental Eclectic, San Diego, CA
  • Theatre Communications Group
  • Dramatists Guild of America

Publications

            Poetry

·        Quivira, Emporia State University, 1999, 2000, 2002

·        NOISE! Magazine, 1996

Photography

·        Toyon, Humboldt State University, 2006

Columns

·        “Don’t Read This,” a weekly column, Emporia State Bulletin, 1999-2003

Miscellaneous Scholarly Activity / Workshops

·        Associate Judge, Kernodle Playwriting Competition, 2007-08

·        Screenwriter’s Expo, LA, 2008

·        “The Arkansas Project,” Writing for television, Linda Bloodworth Thomason, 2007

·        Regional American College Theatre Festival 2001-03

10 Minute Play Festival, 2006, (SELECTED)

Irene Ryan Nominee, 2002

Irene Ryan Partner, 2002, 2003

Critics Institute, 2003

·        Undergraduate Recruitment, Emporia State University, 2002-03

 Campus Offices Held

·        Graduate Student Representative, University of Arkansas, 2008

·        Play Selection Committee, Emporia State University, 2000, 2001

·        President, Quivira, Emporia State University, 2002

·        Vice President, Quivira, Emporia State University, 200-01


Performing or Creative Arts

Plays Written (Produced)

·        Seller Door, a dark comedy, performed as part of the Boars’ Head Players MFA New Play Showcase, Fayetteville, AR, 2009.

o       To be produced by The Sustainable Theatre Project, Austin, TX, 2010.

·        “Push the Button, Bill,” and “Still the Knight,” produced as part of a festival in Japan, summer, 2009.

·        Absolutely New Adventures in Love and the Space Time Continuum, a collection of short plays, comedy, produced and performed by Not a Penny Productions, Fayetteville, AR, March, 2009.

o       Selected Readings planned for December 2009 as part of a fundraiser for the Sustainable Project, Austin, TX.

·        The Man Without a Country, a drama, performed as part of the Boars’ Head Players MFA New Play Showcase, Fayetteville, AR, 2008.

·        Stripped, Bear, a feature length screenplay based on the play of the same name, produced by Barrow Gang Prod., El Dorado, AR, 2008.

·        “Man Shower,” a 10-minute comedy performed as part of  the 24-hour play festival, Arts Alive, Fayetteville, AR, 2007

·        “Stripped, Bear,” a drama, performed as part of the Boars’ Head Players MFA New Play showcase, Fayetteville, AR, 2007

·        “Jump Rope,” a ten minute comedy, performed as part of the 24-hour play festival, Arts Alive, Fayetteville, AR, 2006.

·        “Finding Stars,” a ten minute comedy, performed as part of the 10 Minute Play Festival, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 2006.

·        “Push The Button, Bill,” a ten minute comedy, Instant Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2005.

·        “Between Hell and California,” a one-act comedy, IF Theatre Company, Emporia, KS, 2002.

·        “PRIDE,” a ten-minute word-orchestration commissioned by the Educational Theatre Company as part of, Seven Deadly, Emporia, KS, 2002.

·        “Marcus Black,” a short poem for performance, commissioned by the Educational Theatre Company as part of, Ten Among us, Emporia, KS, 2002.

·        “Brit-Knee-Spears,” a ten minute comedy for children, commissioned by the Educational Theatre Company, Emporia, KS, 2002.

Plays Written, (Unproduced)

·        Poison Pawn: How Bobby Fischer Lost America, a solo-drama, based on the life and exile of Bobby Fischer; Staged reading: Fayetteville, AR, Spring:2007

·        Fault: a full length lie based on a real earthquake that never happened in Gosnell, Arkansas on December 3, 1990, a full length drama.

·        The Life and Death of Albert Meeks, a feature length screenplay.

·        “Mellow Drama,” a silent film shot but unedited, summer 2008.

·        Abraham Lincoln Must Die, a full length dark comedy about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

·        The Man Without a Country, (3-act version), an unproduced version of the Boars Head Players 2008 play that is chronological in structure. Staged reading, spring, 2008.

Songs (Lyrics)

·        “Nolan was American,” for the play, The Man Without a Country; commissioned by the director.

·        “The Space We Share,” for the short film, “The Guilt;” commissioned by The Mental Eclectic, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Plays Directed:

·        Jack and Jill: a Romance, by Jane Martin, IF Theatre Company, Emporia, KS, 2000.

o       (AD) Our Town, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2007

o       (AD) Cabaret, EmporiaState, Emporia, KS 2002.


Acting (Selected)

·        George Pegg, How to Survive the End of the World, Boars Head Players, Fayetteville, AR, 2009.

·        Jessie, Stripped, Bear, Barrow Gang productions, El Dorado, AR, 2008.

·        Trotsky, Phillip Glass, & Swift, All in the Timing, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2007.

·        Dodge, Buried Child, EmporiaStateUniversity, Emporia, KS, 2001.

References
  • Roger Gross, Director, MFA Program in Playwriting, University of Arkansas
  • Harry B. Parker, Director of Theatre, TexasChristianUniversity
  • David Wright, Theatre Business Manager, University of Arkansas
  • Kenna Reeves, EmporiaStateUniversity, Upward Bound / TRIO
  • Theresa Mitchell, EmporiaStateUniversity
  • Jim Ryan, EmporiaStateUniversity
  • John Heckel, faculty Emeritus, HumboldtStateUniversity
  • Kyle Land, Technical Director, Chicago, IL
  • Clinnesha Dillon Sibley, African American Theatre Group of NWA, University of Arkansas
  • Derek Kolluri, Sustainable Theatre Project, Austin, TX
  • William Craig Wilson, Mental Eclectic, San Diego, CA