Jim Knipple
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Jim Knipple is a stage director and founding Artistic Director of the Run of the Mill Theater Company in Baltimore, MD. His productions have won several awards, including Best Production (CityPaper) and Best Experimental Production (Greater Baltimore Theater Awards). Most recently he co-founded and co-produced World Premiere Weekend, a new play festival at UC Irvine, where he directed and/or produced new plays from Neil LaBute
, Erik Ehn
, Charles L. Mee
, Brooke Berman, Jamie Pacino, and over 30 other playwrights, in spaces as varied as traditional theaters, outdoor plazas, stairwells, and public restrooms. He graduated in June, 2009, with his MFA in Directing from the University of California, Irvine
.
Baltimore/DC credits include plays at Artscape, Spotlighters, Vagabond Theater, Silver Spring Stage, the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and Company 13, and he has thrice directed for the Maryland Young Playwrights Festival at CENTERSTAGE. West coast credits include assistant director/assistant dramaturg for Cornerstone Theater Company
’s A Holtville Night’s Dream, assistant directing the world premiere of Richard Greenberg
's The Injured Party at South Coast Repertory
, and directing A Body of Water at Ark Theater.
One of his recent projects was with Dramatic Adventure Theater's ACTion: Ecuador, where he spent 3½ weeks in Ecuador creating an original piece that was presented in Ecuador and New York City. In October, 2009, he directed 'Fertile Ground' by Deborah Harbin, a new work commissioned by the Messiah College
President's Office to celebrate the school's centennial. He received the Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Directing from The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
for his work on 'Fertile Ground.'
Most recently he collaborated with Dorea Schmidt on At Water's Edge: Confessions of an Obsessive Mind. This one woman show will be presented as part of the Flying Solo Festival at Open Stage of Harrisburg in June, 2010. His most recent project was Arsenic and Old Lace
at Johns Hopkins University
, opening in October, 2010. He is currently working as director of Twelfth Night at Messiah College in Grantham, PA.
Neil LaBute
Neil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.-Early life:LaBute was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marian, a hospital receptionist, and Richard LaBute, a long-haul truck driver. LaBute is of French Canadian, English and Irish ancestry, and was raised in Spokane,...
, Erik Ehn
Erik Ehn
Erik Ehn is an American playwright and director known for proposing the Regional Alternative Theatre movement. The former dean of theater at CalArts, the California Institute of Arts, he is head of playwriting and professor of theatre and performance studies at Brown University...
, Charles L. Mee
Charles L. Mee
Charles L. Mee is an American playwright, historian and author known for his collage-like style of playwriting, which makes use of radical reconstructions of found texts.-Early Life and Early Career:...
, Brooke Berman, Jamie Pacino, and over 30 other playwrights, in spaces as varied as traditional theaters, outdoor plazas, stairwells, and public restrooms. He graduated in June, 2009, with his MFA in Directing from the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
.
Baltimore/DC credits include plays at Artscape, Spotlighters, Vagabond Theater, Silver Spring Stage, the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and Company 13, and he has thrice directed for the Maryland Young Playwrights Festival at CENTERSTAGE. West coast credits include assistant director/assistant dramaturg for Cornerstone Theater Company
Cornerstone Theater Company
Cornerstone Theater Company is a theater company based in the United States that specializes in community-based collaboration. According to the mission statement published on the company's website, "Cornerstone Theater Company is a multi-ethnic, ensemble-based theater company...
’s A Holtville Night’s Dream, assistant directing the world premiere of Richard Greenberg
Richard Greenberg
Richard Greenberg is an American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including eight South Coast Repertory world premieres: Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain Richard Greenberg (1958–present) is an American...
's The Injured Party at South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory
South Coast Repertory is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California.Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, founded in 1964 by David Emmes and Martin Benson and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Paula Tomei, is widely...
, and directing A Body of Water at Ark Theater.
One of his recent projects was with Dramatic Adventure Theater's ACTion: Ecuador, where he spent 3½ weeks in Ecuador creating an original piece that was presented in Ecuador and New York City. In October, 2009, he directed 'Fertile Ground' by Deborah Harbin, a new work commissioned by the Messiah College
Messiah College
Messiah College is a private Christian college of the liberal arts and applied arts and sciences located in Grantham, Pennsylvania, near the capital city of Harrisburg...
President's Office to celebrate the school's centennial. He received the Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Directing from The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is a national theatre program dedicated to the improvement of collegiate theatre in the United States...
for his work on 'Fertile Ground.'
Most recently he collaborated with Dorea Schmidt on At Water's Edge: Confessions of an Obsessive Mind. This one woman show will be presented as part of the Flying Solo Festival at Open Stage of Harrisburg in June, 2010. His most recent project was Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace may refer to:*Arsenic and Old Lace , by Joseph Kesselring*Arsenic and Old Lace , a 1944 film adaptation directed by Frank Capra...
at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, opening in October, 2010. He is currently working as director of Twelfth Night at Messiah College in Grantham, PA.
Sources
- http://www.jimknipple.com
- http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=12118
- http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=9899
- http://www.runofthemilltheater.org