Carl Menninger
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Carl Menninger is an American actor, director and playwright. He is currently the Director of Theatre, Musical Theatre, and Dance at American University in Washington, DC. He holds a master's degree from Emerson College and a bachelor's from Northwestern University.
Menninger also co-authored Minding the Edge: Strategies for a Successful, Fulfilling Career as an Actor with Lori Hammel. The Ganymede Fall Arts Festival recently presented a reading of his play Dysfunction Spelled Backward . . . is family. He directed a staged reading
of the Adam Gwon and Julia Jordan musical, Bernice Bobs Her Hair at American University. As a teacher, Carl taught at the Berklee College of Music
as well as professional training programs in Washington and Chicago. While in Boston and Chicago he directed and/or choreographed over 150 productions. While at American University, Menninger directed productions of Into the Woods, Nine, Romeo and Juliet, Hay Fever, Do I Hear a Waltz?, The Hot L Baltimore, Shared Space, Orpheus Descending and Happy.Go.Lucky. Additional playwriting credits include: Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, For Real, And So She Moved In, Private Life: Your Fifteen Minutes, and the book for the musical, A Pocket Full of Grace.
Menninger also co-authored Minding the Edge: Strategies for a Successful, Fulfilling Career as an Actor with Lori Hammel. The Ganymede Fall Arts Festival recently presented a reading of his play Dysfunction Spelled Backward . . . is family. He directed a staged reading
Staged reading
A staged reading is a form of theatre without sets or full costumes. The actors, who read from scripts, may be seated, stand in fixed positions, or incorporate minimal stage movement....
of the Adam Gwon and Julia Jordan musical, Bernice Bobs Her Hair at American University. As a teacher, Carl taught at the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
as well as professional training programs in Washington and Chicago. While in Boston and Chicago he directed and/or choreographed over 150 productions. While at American University, Menninger directed productions of Into the Woods, Nine, Romeo and Juliet, Hay Fever, Do I Hear a Waltz?, The Hot L Baltimore, Shared Space, Orpheus Descending and Happy.Go.Lucky. Additional playwriting credits include: Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, For Real, And So She Moved In, Private Life: Your Fifteen Minutes, and the book for the musical, A Pocket Full of Grace.