JILL FORBATH

(Director, Choreographer, Playwright)

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WORK DIRECTED

• "Blue Window", Craig Lucas, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Henceforward", Alan Ackbourn, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Painting Churches", Tina Howe, Huntington Beach Playhouse
• "A Sea of White Horses", Peter Dee, Vanguard Theater
• "The Sisters Rosensweig", Wendy Wasserstein, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Steel Magnolias", Robert Harling, Capistrano Valley High School
• "Jake's Women", Neil Simon, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Mornings At Seven", Paul Osborn, San Clemente Playhouse
• "The Nutcracker", The Play, Camino Real Playhouse
• "The Gondoliers", Gilbert and Sullivan, Choreographer for Kent Johnson, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Night and Her Stars", Richard Greenberg, World Premiere, A.D. for David Warren, South Coast Repertory
• "Passion, Poison and Petrifaction", George Bernard Shaw, Golden West College
• "Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton", Tennessee Williams, Golden West College
• "What She Found There", John Glore, West Coast Premiere, Golden West College
• "Imagine Music", John Glore, West Coast Premiere, Camino Real Playhouse
• "The Author's Voice", Richard Greenberg, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Out the Window", Neal Bell, Camino Real Playhouse
• "Apprenticeship", Dale Griffiths-Stamos, 4th Place Winner, West Coast Ten Minute Play Festival
• "The Sitting", Curt Webster, 2nd Place Winner, West Coast Ten Minute Play Festival
• "The Philadelphia", David Ives
• "The Andalusian Dream", Magdalena Gomez, 1st Place Winner, West Coast Ten Minute Play Festival (photo below)
• "Magic Box, Evil Eye", Jordan R. Young, American Stories, A Festival of One-Act Plays, Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Vanguard Theatre Ensemble
• "An Acquired Taste" by Gene Fiskin, A Festival of One-Act Plays, Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Stages Theatre
• "Style Never Out Of Date" by Gene Fiskin, , Orange County Playwrights Alliance, A Night In Fullerton
• "The Bike", Beverly Arrowsmith, Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Stages Theatre
• "Seascape", Edward Albee, Reader's Repertory Theater
• "The Cavedwellers", William Saroyan, Reader's Repertory Theater
• "The Troubles on 42nd Street", Jordan Young, Laguna Forum Theatre

• West Coast Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival, "Six at Eight" Six short pieces at 8pm offering performances of top three winners of West Coast Ten-Minute Playwriting Contest and three pieces by established playwrights. Fourth place winner of the contest received two staged readings after matinees. Festival coordinated the efforts of four on-site playwrights, six directors, and twenty+ actors. 1994 - 2001.
• West Coast Ten-Minute Playwriting Contest Annual national contest concentrated on West Coast entries offering monetary awards for top three winners of 10 page plays with no prior equity productions. 1994 - 2001.
• NewPlays, staged readings of original works by local playwrights. Process: casting, playwright and director meetings, two to three rehearsals, publicity, and public staged reading. 1994 - 2001.
• NewPlays Directed:
  • "Other Pictures", Marilynn Bates
  • "Food Court", Shawn Quirk
  • "Workman's Carp", Eric Eberwein
  • "Geese", Richard Freedman
  • "Genes R Us", Stanley Hoffman
  • "Someone's Daughter", Patrice Badstubner
  • "Medea’s Ghost", S. Michele McFadden
  • "The Bird’s Nest", Dea JuVett
  • "Sunday At The Ritz", Richard Meese
  • "La Ventana", Steve Flores
  • "Dearborn", W.J. Lazerus
  • "At Claudette's", Marti Hood
  • "Crossing the Line", Joe Hullett, 1993 Julie Harris Award winner.
  • "Circles", S. Michele McFadden, Ashland, Oregon New Plays Festival winner.
  • "A Summer with Hemingway's Twin", Lucille deView
  • "The Beast", Brook Stowe
  • "Willing to Wait for a Miracle", David Scaglione
• Adult Acting Conservatory, Camino Real Playhouse. Began conservatory with classes in Improvisation, Stanislavsky System, Playwriting, Theatre Appreciation, and Beginning/Intermediate Scene Study.
• Cold Reading Workshop, Irvine, California. Workshop for actors to practice reading 5-7 page excerpts from 6-8 plays. Also acts as a forum for local playwrights to bring their works-in-progress for reading, discussion, and evaluation. 1992 - 97.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

"The Sisters Rosensweig" by Wendy Wasserstein

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, CA 1992 - 97. Researched plays for six main stage show season, directed plays, coordinated NewPlay program, founded 10-Minute Playwriting Contest and subsequent Festival, piloted adult acting conservatory, sought corporate sponsorship of plays/projects/venue enhancements, aided in community outreach programs, enhanced theatre's subscriber base with newsletter/direct mail/telemarketing efforts, and provided artistic/office support during theatre operations and performances. (Vice President, South Orange County Community Theatre, 1995 - 97.)

• Judge, Annual High School Theatre Festival & Competition, Fullerton College.
• Member, Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
• Professional Ballroom Dance Instructor
• Owner, Our Wedding Dance Inc
• Owner, Anteater Web Design & Marketing Inc
• Trainer, United States Ballroom Dancing Association (USADance)
• Instructor, improv workshops.
• Acting roles upon request. (The History Channel, films)
• American Civil War Reenactor and Educator.
• Orange County resident over 25 years

• "In A Field Hospital", American Civil War Reenactments, Southern California.
• "On The Battlefield", American Civil War Reenactments, Southern California.
• "Me Fish, You Fish", Vanguard Theatre Ensemble, OCPA showcase.
• "13 Years", St. Mark Presbyterian Church, OCPA showcase.
• "Janet, Trish, and Barbie", SCR Professional Conservatory showcase.
• "Freedom", SCR Professional Conservatory showcase.

EDUCATION

• MBA, U.C. Irvine.
• SCR, year-long playwriting workshop, John Glore, Literary Manager.
• SCR Conservatory (Instructors: Peter H. Schroeder, Georgia Phillips, Greg Atkins, Bob Destri).
• Gardner Theatre, Los Angeles, performance improvisation.
• Cumulative dance experience 25+ years.
• Ballet Pacifica Professional Company
• UC Irvine Dance Department
• Fred Astaire and Arthur Murray
• Professional Coaching: American Smooth 1st Place Champion; Toni Redpath, Standard 1st Place Champions; Irina Suvorov, Kimberly Mitchell, and Kristi McDonald.

VENUES WORKED

• Cabrillo Playhouse, San Clemente
• Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano
• Capistrano Valley High School, Mission Viejo
• Cerritos College
• Changing Masks Theatre Ensemble
• Chapman University, Orange
• Costa Mesa Civic Theatre
• Forum Theatre, Laguna Beach
• Huntington Beach Playhouse
• Irvine Community Theatre
• Jewish Community Center, Costa Mesa
• Laguna Forum Theatre
• Leisure World Theatre, Laguna Woods
• Orange County Light Opera
• Orange County Playwrights Alliance
• Reader's Repertory Theatre
• South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa
• Stages Theatre, Fullerton
• St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach
• Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach
• Vanguard Theatre Ensemble, Fullerton

"A Sea of White Horses" by Peter Dee

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