Director Resume

CREATIVE AND ASTUTE DIRECTOR

Film

30 second Hyatt Commercial
Casting co-Director of Short film: Damage

Stage

Participant: Directors Lab West 2016

How Violet Met Watson by Susan Goodell, 2016 Short + Sweet Hollywood
How the Onion was Nearly Scorched by Annette Lust; Director, 2012 Spring Fringe of Marin Audience award for Best Director
Point of View: Writer/Director 2012 Spring Fringe of Marin Critic & audience best play, best director, and best actress
Sally by Don Samson; Director 2012 Treat Street Theatre Project, San Francisco, CA
Saturday In the Park With Vic;Writer/Director 2011 Fringe of Marin Audience Awards for Director/ Female Lead/Male Lead Critics award for Director/ Female Lead/ Male lead
Fringe of Marin; Production Manager/Program Manger; Fringe of Marin, San Raphael, CA
Healing Court; Director 2010 Fringe of Marine, CA–Audience Awards for Director/ Female Lead/Male Lead Critics award for Female Lead/ Male lead PHOTOS
Proof by David Auburn; Director Birrell/Jones Production “Ultimately the greatest credit for the unqualified success of this production goes to director Suzanne Birrell. She is able to draw from her actors absolutely genuine emotions, totally believable moment to moment, while never losing sight of the play’s overall arc. She picks up on the essential playfulness of the strategic games set up in the script and directs her actors to toy with each other in a playful manner, providing a strong contrast to the script’s serious side.” Review: Bay Area Times “The actors’ physicality throughout was true, seemingly spontaneous. Suzanne Birrell is the rare director who lets her actors take time to think during a scene. She is not afraid of pauses and trusts her actors to convey their character’s inner workings in stillness.” Review: For All Events “did i ever tell you how liberating your direction was for “proof?” in particular the longer monologues (“browsing…”) — you’re in-
sisting that i take the time to see/savor all the imagery and not just rapidly spit out the words (as other directors might ). tx.” Kevin

Odile, My Daughter; Director; The Fringe of Marin, San Raphael, CA-Audience Awards for Director/ Female Lead/Female supporting Photos
Crossing Delancy Director Theater Ensemble Arts, NM—Regional Awards: BEST FEMALE LEAD, BEST MALE LEAD, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Little Nell (a melodrama) Special Assistant Director Theater Ensemble Arts, NM
Kate Wears a Kilt by Catherine Creel A.D., Stunt choreographer Creel Productions, CO
Coping A.D., Choreographer Pagosa Players, CO
Death Trap Stunt choreographer Columbia Entertainment Company, MO
A Most Happy Fella A.D., Choreographer Mineral Area Community Theater, MO

Newspaper reviews: A Most Happy Fella

Best Dancing Ever to Hit our Stage! Dallas will knock your Shoes off!

Mama’s Bank Account A.D., Special Effects & animal wrangler Mineral Area Community Theater, MO
Anything Goes A.D., Assistant Choreographer Mineral Area Community Theater, MO
Joseph & His Many Tech. Coat A.D., Stage Manager Mineral Area Comm. Theater, MO
The Bargain Store Director Madisonville Community Theater, KY
A Melodrama A.D., Stage Manager Lake Arrowhead Fine Arts Group,
The Still Alarm Director Lake Arrowhead Fine Arts Group,
The Sound of Music A.D.; Children’s Vocal Coach Lake Arrowhead Fine Arts Group

CREATIVE AND ASTUTE DIRECTOR

I also have conducted numerous scriptwriting/performing workshops. My goal was always to expose the writers, performers and crew as well a the audience to the possibilities of accessible and quality ART. I gained a lot of experience in the process. I have worked with less than great scripts and inexperienced actors and produced very fine results .