Jim Fritzler - Resume

EDUCATION
B.A. Drama-Speech, English Linguistics, Education -- Hastings College, Hastings, NE - '76
M.F.A. Directing (Dr. Francis Hodge) -- University of Texas, Austin, TX - '79

EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor / Hastings College -- Hastings, NE - -'99 to Present -- Directing, Acting, Performance Studies, Playwriting, and Theatre of Diversity
Assistant Professor / Southwestern University -- Georgetown, TX - '88 - '99 -- Directing, Playwriting, Performance Studies, Acting, Theatre History, Modern Drama, Musical Theatre
Instructor / St. Edward's University -- Austin, TX - '87-'89 -- Theatre History, Musical Theatre & Acting
Artistic Director/Founding Member / Big State Productions -- Austin, TX - '84 - '95
Founding Member / Open Channels/Dixon Place (Obie '99) -- New York, NY - '78 to present
Production Manager / Austin Melodrama Theatre -- Austin, TX - '78-80
Associate Producer / Gline's 2nd Annual Arts Festival -- New York, NY - '81
Assistant Manager / Comic Cabaret Unlimited -- Hartford, CT - '80
Instructor Theatre/English / Fullerton High School -- Fullerton, NE - '76-'77

DIRECTING
PROFESSIONAL THEATRE
Dixon Place -- New York, NY
Neurotica - Sally Sockwell and Carolin Brown(Co-Director with Ellie Covan - Premiere) - '01
Theatre of the American West -- Rep. City, NE
Ragtime Revue - Jim Fritzler (Premiere/Musical) - '00
Li'l Abner - Panama, Frank, Kidd (Musical) - '00
Dundee Dinner Theatre -- Omaha, NE
Start Here, Starting Now - Maltby and Shire (Musical) - '02
Baby - Maltby and Shire (Musical) - '00
Nunsense - Dan Goggins (Musical) - '98
Public Domain -- Austin, TX
Cowpeople - Cyndi Williams (Premiere) - '99
Haters - David Gunderson (Premiere) - '99
Du Durang Rang Rang - Christopher Durang - '96
Vive Les Arts -- Killeen, TX
Hello Dolly! - Jerry Herman (Musical) - '98
Theatre at the Improv -- Los Angeles,CA
Nimrod Soul - John Hawkes
John Henry Faulk Theatre -- Austin, TX
Burnin' Hope - Jim Fritzler (Premiere) - '97
Theatre/Theatre -- Los Angeles, CA
Nimrod Soul - John Hawkes (Premiere) - '96
Barter Theatre -- Abingdon, VA
The Cow Patties - Various Authors (Musical) - '95
Capitol City Playhouse -- Austin, TX
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill -Lanie Robertson - '95 Starring Ernestine Jackson and Clem Moorman (Awards-Director/Musical)
Zachary Scott Theatre -- Austin, TX
Falsettos - William Finn (Musical) - '94 (Awards-Director/Musical)
A Tale of Two Cities - Everet Quinton - '93
Six Women With Brain Death -Various (Musical) - '92-'93
Our Town - Thornton Wilder (Adaptation) - '92
Frontera Productions -- Austin, TX
Halcyon Days - Stephen Dietz - '93 (Awards-Director/Drama)
Big State Productions -- Austin, TX
Tinker's Dam - Jim Fritzler (Premiere) - '94
The Road To Nirvana - Arthur Kopit - '93
Little Miss LouLou -Jo Carol Pierce-'93 (Awards-Director/New Play)
Boy Problems -Robert Jacks (Musical Premiere) - '92
Sex, Drugs, R & R -Eric Bogosian-'92 (Awards-Director/Drama)
In The West -21 Authors (Premiere) - '85-'91 (Awards-Director/NewPlay)
Special Performances at The Kennedy Center Washington, DC - '91
Wild Phil Buried Alive & Eureka Rapture - Gene Fowler (Premiere) - '90
Boy Trouble - Robert Jacks & Shelby Brammer (Musical Premiere) - '90
The Well of Horniness - Holly Hughes - '90
The Frog Prince - David Mamet - '90-'91
Ashes - David Rudkin - '89
The Council of Love - Oskar Panizza - '89
Surrender the Moon- Suzanne Chesshire(Premiere)-'89
Unusual Occupations - Julio Cortazar (Musical/Dance Premiere) - '89
Josephine The Mousesinger - Michael McClure - '88
Marie and Bruce - Wallace Shawn - '88
The Woods - David Mamet - '88
Rain of Terror - Frank Manley - '88
The Adding Machine - Elmer Rice - '87
Seven Were Hanged- David Crespy (Premiere)-'86(Awards-Director/New Play)
And Things That Go Bump In The Night - Terrence McNally - '85
Pancho Villa's Wedding Day - Edwin Shrake (Premiere) - '85
Our Town - Thornton Wilder (Adaptation) - '84
Inversion Repertory -- Austin, TX
The Lisbon Traviata - Terrence McNally '91
Navasota Theatre Alliance -- Navasota, TX
On Borrowed Time - Paul Osborne '91
Live Oak Theatre -- Austin, TX
The Blood Knot - Athol Fugard - '89
God's Favorite - Neil Simon - '89
A Thurber Carnival - James Thurber - '88
Raw Materials -- Austin, TX
The Council of Love - Oscar Panizza - '83
Kennedy's Children - Robert Patrick - '82
Open Channels -- New York, NY
Out/In The World - Ellie Covan (Premiere) - '86
Hostel - Michael Slattery (Premiere) - '83
Comic Cabaret Unlimited -- Hartford, CT
A Christmas Carol - Chuck Ballo (Musical) - '82
Austin Melodrama Theatre -- Austin, TX
Penny Dreadful - David Crespy - '84
Little Red - Louis Maloney & David Hershman (Musical Premiere) - '83
Star Warps - Sean O'Hare - '80
Texas Union Theatre -- Austin, TX
Chains - John Amber (Premiere) - '78

FILM
Nimrod Soul - Digital - Nimrod Productions - Los Angeles, CA - '98
Mornice & Milas - 8mm Film - Northloop Productions - Austin, TX -94
Adding Machine - 8mm Film - Big State Productions - Austin, TX - '87
Seven Were Hanged - 8mm Film - Big State Productions, Austin, TX -'86
Lil Red - Commercial P.S.A. (Video) - Austin, TX 1983

EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
Southwestern University -- Georgetown, TX
Anything Goes - Cole Porter (Musical) - '99
Rhinoceros - Eugene Ionesco - '98
Tex-O-Rama - Co-written With Students - '98
Carousel - Rodger & Hammerstein (Musical) - '98
Wings - Arthur Kopit - '97
In The West - Various Authors - '97
Nightwatch - Lucille Fletcher - '97
Bare foot in the Park - Neil Simon - '96
Dinny and the Witches - William Gibson - '95
Tex-O-Rama - Co-written With Students (Premiere) - '95 Machinal - Sophie Treadwell - '94
The Cave Dwellers - William Sarroyan - '93
Sweetwater - Gene Fowler (Premiere) - '92
Little Miss LouLou - Jo Carol Pierce (Premiere) - '92
Harvey - Mary Chase - '92
Noel, Noel - Noel Coward (Musical) - '91
Cavalcade - Various Authors (Musical) - '90
St. Edward's University -- Austin, TX
Whodunnit - Anthony Shaffer - '95
Hastings College -- Hastings, NE
Working - Various Authors (Musical) - '02
The Cradle Will Rock - Marc Blitztein (Musical) - '02
Reckless - Craig Lucas - '01
Scapin - Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnel - '01
Middleland - Various Authors (Premiere) - '01
Our Town - Thornton Wilder - '00
Six Women With Brain Death - Various Authors (Musical) - '00

WRITING
THEATRE
In The West (Co-written with 20 authors)- Full-length -
Produced by Big State Productions - Austin, TX and Tour - '85-'91
Ragtime Revue (Compiled from Historical Vaudeville Scripts) - Full-length Musical - Commissioned by The Theatre of the American West - Republican City, NE '00
Burnin' Hope - Full length - Produced by Jim Fritzler - Austin, TX - '97
Produced by Hastings College - Hastings, NE - '01
Tinker's Dam - One-act - Produced by Big State Productions - Austin, TX - '94
Produced by Hastings College - Hastings, NE - '01
Tex-O-Rama (Co-Written with 7 Students) - Children's - Georgetown, TX - '94 & '98
Couch Potato - One-act - Produced by Big State Productions - Austin, TX - '88
Shooting Star - Full length
Hate - One-Act
The Mouse With The Mind Magnificent - Children's
The Absolutely True Adventures of Febold Feboldson - '99
FILM
In The West - co-written with 22 authors - (Feature) - Brazos Productions - '95
Mornice and Milas - (Short) - North Loop Productions - '96
DANCE
Voices of Home - Dance-Text Commissioned by Septime Webre Dance, New York,, NY - '93
FUNDRAISERS
Southwestern Then & Now - Capitol Campaign - Southwestern University-'95-'96
A New Door on the Path - Campaign Celebration - Southwestern University - '98

AWARDS
Austin Theatre Critics Award - Most Welcome Addition to the Austin Theatre Scene - Naughty Austin - Musical Review - 1998
Austin Circle of Theatres Award / AustiN Theatre Critics Award - Best Musical, Best Director - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill - 1996
Austin Circle of TheatreS Award / Austin Theatre Critics Award - Best Musical, Best Director - Falsettos - 1994
Austin Circle of Theatres Award - Best Production, Best Director - Halcyon Days - 1993
Austin Theatre Critic's Award - Best Director - Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll - 1992
Austin Circle of Theatres Award - Best Director - Little Miss LouLou - 1993
Austin Circle of Theatres Award - Best Director - Surrender the Moon - 1989
Austin Circle of Theatres Award - Best Director, Best New Play - In The West - 1985
Austin Circle of Theatres Award - Best Director, Best Production -Seven Were Hanged - 1986
Austin Chronicle Best-of-Austin Award - Best Director - 1993
Austin Chronicle Best-of-Austin Award - Best Director - 1992