BARBARA HARRISON

barbara.d.harrison@gmail.com 201-264-9768 www.barbaradanielleharrison.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION: Program Intern: HERE Arts Center (08/12-10/12) Reported directly to the Founder/Artistic Director (AD) as her assistant Reviewed submissions and corresponded with HERE program applicants including SubletSeries@HERE, HEREart, and hemispHEREs Provided information for and kept in close contact with HEREs artists-in-residence Covered performances and wrote performance reports for AD Booked travel, booked tickets, kept schedule & HEREs program schedule (including two performance spaces and one exhibition space) current for AD Programming Fellow: Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation (04/11-06/12) Promoted from Intern to the paid position of Programming Fellow after working there for four months Worked closely with the Producing Director to facilitate the robust schedule of programs, initiatives, and fundraising/marketing efforts Collaborated on creating content for the Emerging Artists Symposium; curating panel members and providing outreach support Crafted a new website when the main site crashed so current program information could reach SDCFs community. Maintained the content of website so it was always current Updated Quarterly Activities Report for Board and funders Development Assistant: Lark Play Development Center (04/10-04/11) Hired to Development position after only four months of working as there Artistic Intern (see below) Created and generated the content for monthly newsletters sent to funders and advocates Supported Larks first capital campaign and 5 Drive campaign while fundraising for the Fiscal Year End and moving into a new office space Re-organized Larks database and tracking sheet of funders and prospects Artistic Programming Intern: Lark Play Development Center (1/10-4/10) Worked directly underneath the Director of Onsite Programs to successfully execute five readings, three writing programs, and one writers salon all in four months (I was then hired to Development- see above) Created a new e-system for casting files and a new performance coverage report form Marketing Intern: Manhattan Theatre Club (01/10-04/10) Created a Subscription Samples binder for the past ten seasons Created an MTC production history archive for statistical purposes. Development Intern: Special Events: Manhattan Theatre Club (09/09-12/09) Secured Special Nights on Broadway sales from patrons which earned MTC handsome contributions Researched potential vendors which landed MTC 1 year of free coffee for the theaters Patron Lounges Artistic Intern, promoted to Interim Artistic Assistant: Ars Nova Theater (09/07-12/07) Oversaw application process for inaugural Playgroup program from submission deadline to acceptance of the final participants Stage Managed and read Stage Directions for the Out Loud reading series Promoted at the end of my internship to Interim Artistic Assistant Rotating Intern: Disney Theatrical Productions (Summer 2006) Supported the following departments: Creative, Casting, Marketing, & Operations

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barbara.d.harrison@gmail.com 201-264-9768 www.barbaradanielleharrison.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SPECIAL EVENT DIRECTION: Crohns & Colitis Foundations Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser 2012 Curated talent and shaped programs schedule to raise funds for treatment research & childrens IBD camp John Jay Medal of Justice Awards Ceremony, script by Caroline Stoessinger (broadcast on CUNY TV) 2011 Directed event with over 18 artists including: Harry Belafonte, Len Cariou, and the Ossia Chamber Ensemble Poetic Theater Productions Presents... 2011 Co-curated and co-directed slam poets and poetic theater play excerpts for event at Wild Project RECOGNITION: New York Carolina Club Young Alumnus Spotlight: Awarded for excellence in the field of Theatre. Carolina Student Arts Grant Recipient: (April 2008) - Awarded funds to produce & direct an interdisciplinary/multi-media production of The Shape of Things. Included set design by a student studio artist and original composition from a music student. A gallery showing of student art was shown in concert with the performance run as supplementary programming. Chatham County Arts Grant Recipient: (May 2008) - Awarded funds to transfer The Shape of Things to the underserved arts community in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The Andy and Cindi Griffith Fund Recipient: (Department of Dramatic Art, Academic Year: 2006-2007) Awarded for displayed excellence in the field, participating in extracurricular activities, & for demonstrating good character. TRAINING: New York University- Steinhardt: MA in Drama Therapy, projected graduation May 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) - BA in Dramatic Art, Minor in Jewish Studies UNC-CH London Summer Study Abroad - Spent a month in London studying British theatre, culture, and education. This included classroom activities, theatre attendance, and special cultural experiences. British American Drama Academys Midsummer in Oxford Program - Performing Shakespeare Certificate, UCLA & Yale University Selected Professors: Mick Barnfather, Lynn Farleigh, Linda Gates Selected Master Classes: Fiona Shaw, Jeremy Irons, John Barton, Deborah Warner, Alan Rickman UNCH-CH Birch Honors Research Program- Living Theatre Live in NYC: - One of 16 students accepted to study theatre in NYC for the Fall 2007 semester where I interned at Ars Nova Theater and attended seminars with theatre professionals every Sunday at Julliard. Most evenings were spent attending performances throughout the city. School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education - Film Directing course The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundations Creating Opportunities Symposium - Applied and was invited to attend a career development symposium for Directors and Choreographers two years in a row Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts- Site-Specific Directing with instructor Daniel Talbott & upcoming I am taking an intensive with instructor May Adrales: Mastering the Pre-Production Process Parsons The New School for Design, Continuing Education Basic Interior Space Planning The New School, Creative Arts Therapy Program- Intro to Drama Therapy: Methods & Techniques