Margot Bordelon

Directing

Full Production:

*Yes, This Really Happened to Me* by various writers (Co-directed with Cassy Sanders)	Theatre Seven, Chicago, IL
*Never Swim Alone* by Daniel McIvor	Theatre Seven, Chicago, IL
*Sketchbook 7: Downstairs, Upstairs* by Wendy MacLeod	Collaboraction, Chicago, IL
*365 Plays, 365 Days: There’s Nothing Here* by Suzan Lori-Parks	Collaboraction, Chicago, IL
*Perks of Nudity* by David Perez	Pavement Group, Chicago, IL
*Pearl and Eloise Are Dead* by Amber Hubert	Around the Coyote Festival, Chicago IL
*Other Funny Stories about Cancer* Brian Lobel	Live Bait Theatre, Chicago, IL
*Ball* by Brian Lobel	Bailiwick Theatre, Chicago, IL
*Plants and Animals* by Scot Augustson	Director’s Festival, Bailiwick Theatre – Chicago, IL
*Scrabble Yew Near* by Lisa Holmes	Appetite Theatre – Chicago, IL
*SCARRIE! The Musical* by David Cerda	Hell in a Handbag Productions – Chicago, IL
*Psycho Beach Party* by Charles Busch	Northwest Actors’ Studio – Seattle, WA
*All the Rage* by Keith Reddin (Co-directed with Christine Sumption)	University of Washington, PATP
*Call in the Family* by Margot Bordelon	Mae West Fest '03 – Seattle, WA
*Notorious Women* by Margot Bordelon and ensemble	Live Girls! Theater – Seattle, WA
*Mystery at Camp Chestnut* by Margot Bordelon	Northwest Actors’ Studio – Seattle, WA
*The Swimming Pool Landscape* by Darren Dewse	Poncho Hall – Seattle, WA
*Breasts and Small Hips* by Diane Ozanich	Skinner Theatre – Seattle, WA
*Baker's Dozen: Up the Wazoo* by ensemble	Live Girls! Theater Festival – Seattle WA

Touring:

*Ball* by Brian Lobel	Various venues around the USA
*Plants and Animals* by Scot Auguston	Midwest and Canadian Fringe Festivals

Readings:

*Freedom, NY* by Jennifer Barclay	Stage Left – Chicago, IL
*The Sugar Syndrome* by Lucy Prebbles	Lookingglass Theatre Company – Chicago, IL
*Highness* by Carolyn Kras	Theatre Seven – Chicago, IL
*Burying Miss America* by Brian Golden	Theatre Seven – Chicago, IL
*Self Defense* by Jenny Connell	Gift Theatre – Chicago, IL
*Lights, Action* by Rebecca Hughes	Freehold Theatre Lab – Seattle, WA

Assistant Directing:

*The Diary of Anne Frank* by Wendy Kesselman	Tina Landau	Steppenwolf Theatre Company
*Love Song* by John Kolvenbach	Austin Pendleton	Steppenwolf Theatre Company
*A Man for All Seasons* by Robert Bolt	Ed Sobel	TimeLine Theatre – Chicago, IL
*Things Being What They Are* by Wendy MacLeod	Kurt Beattie	Seattle Repertory Theatre
*Boy Gets Girl* by Rebecca Gilman	Roberta Levitow	Seattle Repertory Theatre
*Sugar Plum Fairy* by Sandra Tsing Loh	David Schweizer	Seattle Repertory Theatre
*Copenhagen* by Michael Frayn	Richard E.T. White	Seattle Repertory Theatre

Dramaturgy:

*The Wooden Breeks* by Glen Berger	Heidi Stillman	Lookingglass Theatre Company
*The Snow Queen* by Hans Christian Andersen	Sarah Bendix	Piven Theatre
*Time of Your Life* by William Saroyan	Rita Giomi	Theater Schmeater – Seattle, WA

Assistant Dramaturgy:

*The Pain and the Itch* by Bruce Norris	Anna Shapiro	Steppenwolf Theatre Company
*Lost Land* by Stephen Jeffreys	Terry Johnson	Steppenwolf Theatre Company
*Pacific* by Andrew Case	Molly Regan	Steppenwolf Theatre Company
*Time of Your Life* by William Saroyan	Tina Landau	Seattle Repertory Theatre
*Light Up the Sky*by Moss Hart	Doug Wager	Seattle Repertory Theatre

Related Experience:

Lookingglass Theatre Company, Aug. 2005-present Literary Associate and Board Coordinator

• Literary: reading and evaluating scripts, corresondance with literary agents and playwrights, maintain literary database and script library, manage outside readers, work with NY representative on scouting readings and workshops. Assistant to Executive Director: writing correspondance, communicating with Board of Directors, editing and layout of bi-monthly Board Newsletter, assembling agendas, taking minutes, scheduling and coordinating meetings, editing and layout of Playbill.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Sept. 2004-June 2005 Artistic Apprentice

• Casting duties: call actors and agents to schedule audition times; prepare sides and scripts for auditions and readings; reader for auditions. Literary duties: reading and evaluating new play sample submissions and full scripts; drafting correspondence to playwrights and agents; conducting research and preparing dramaturgical packets for productions; maintaining the Literary Department’s databases and script library. Artistic duties: Copy editing for Backstage Magazine; writing features; transcribing interviews; editing and compiling articles; assisting with overall design; meeting preparation; theater research and press assemblage.

Seattle Repertory Theatre, Sept. 2002-May 2003 Artistic/Literary Intern

• Duties included assisting directors and playwrights in production, reading and evaluating scripts, participating in season planning and Hot Type selection, literary administration, writing for Prologue magazine, pre-production research and dramaturgy, and setting up auditions.

Education:

• Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA – Graduated Magna Cum Laude, BFA in Theater with an Original Works emphasis, 2002
• Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, 2006

References:

•Available upon request