Chuck Hudson

Stage Director

Management: Robert Lombardo & Associates Languages: English, French, (Fluent)
Italian (Conversational)

Director of Theatre and Opera

CAPE TOWN OPERA, Cape Town, South Africa

Director: Le Nozze di Figaro 2006.

MINNESOTA OPERA, Minneapolis, MN.

Director: La Traviata 2003
Director: The Merry Widow 2002	Director: Il Barbiere di Siviglia 2001

WOLF TRAP OPERA COMPANY, Vienna, VA.

Director: Le Comte Ory, 2006
Director: Dardanus, 2003	Director: Don Pasquale , 2002.

SANTA FE OPERA, Santa Fe, NM.

Director: Apprentice Artist Showcase 2002-4.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER, San Francisco, CA

Director: Don Pasquale 2004 Merola Program.

SANTA BARBARA OPERA, Santa Barbara, CA

Director/ Creator: Le Donne di Puccini, 2006.

Director: Cosí fan tutte 2004

SEATTLE OPERA , Seattle, WA. Co-Creator of Young Artist Program.

Director: Le Nozze di Figaro / Young Artist Program 1999	Director: Face on the Barroom Floor 1997
Director: Così fan tutte, YAP 1998	Movement Director: Andrea Chénier 1996
Director/ Creator: La Casa Verdi 1997	Fight Director: Annual Special Events & Outreach Functions
Director / Creator: Orpheus Sings of Love 1997	Opera America Award OPEN HOUSE events

FLORIDA GRAND OPERA, Miami, FL.

Co-Director (w/ Mark Lamos): Rigoletto, 2006

Director: Apprentice Artist Showcase 2004-6

PIEDMONT OPERA, Winston-Salem, NC.

Director: Cosi fan tutte 2007

SHREVEPORT OPERA, Shreveport, LA.

Director: Madama Butterfly 2006.

AVA OPERA THEATER, Philadelphia, PA.

Director: Cosí fan tutte 2004

Director: L’elisir d'amore 2004

USC THORNTON OPERA THEATER, Los Angeles, CA.

Director: Hansel und Gretel 2003

Director: Scenes Showcase 2004

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC OPERA THEATRE, New York, NY.

Director: Cendrillion, 2006.

Director: Der Wildschütz 2002

EUGENE OPERA, Eugene, OR.

Director: Susannah 2002

OPERA IDAHO, Boise, ID.

Director: Le Nozze di Figaro 2000

Director/Creator: La Casa Verdi 2000

THE PEARL THEATRE, New York, NY

Director: She Stoops to Conquer 2002 Joe A. Callaway Award Winner: Actors' Equity Association

THE IMMEDIATE THEATRE, Seattle, WA: Artistic Director 1994-2001

Director, Caliban: The Tempest 1999-2000	Director: Woyzeck, 1994
Director: A Round Game 1996	Seattle Times Awards-Best Play 1994
Director: Blood Orange--Original Creation 1995	Co-Director: The Metamorphosis 1994

FOX VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Chicago, IL.

Director: The Tempest 2001

NEW CITY THEATRE, Seattle, WA.

Director: As You Like It 1997

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Seattle, WA.

Director: Transformations (Opera) 2000	Director: Fifth of July 1995
Director/Translator: George Dandin 1997	Director: Split: Abroad 1995
Director/ Adaptor: The Killing Game 1996

YOUTH THEATRE NORTHWEST, Seattle, WA 1993-95.

Director, Playwright: A Greek Odyssey 1995

THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE FESTIVAL, Houston, TX.

Director: The Jungle Book 1993

Director/Playwright: Yushi and the Thunder Dragon 1992

FESTIVALS MIME COMPANY / THE URBAN THEATRE, Houston, TX.

Artistic Director, 1991-93.

Co-Director: Equus 1992

Director/Actor: Seneca's Oedipus 1991

Movement Director and Fight Director

THE INTIMAN THEATRE, Seattle. Movement Director 1996-2000

Details on request.

THE ALLEY THEATRE, Houston: Movement Director / Fight Director 1992-3

Details on request.

THE HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, Movement Director, 1992

The Lorca Play written and directed by Edward Albee.–World Premier production.

THE GROUP THEATRE, Seattle.

Fight Director: Roosters, 1994

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET, Seattle.

Fight Director: Romeo and Juliet 1995, 1999
Fight Director: Midsummernight’s Dream 1997, 1999

THE HOUSTON BALLET: Fight Director / Swordmaster, 1993

Romeo and Juliet directed by Ben Stevenson

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM, Seattle

Director of Period Style Work: A Good Natur’d Man 1997

SEATTLE OPERA ASSOCIATION

Theatrical Fencing Demonstrations: Opera America Award winning events 1995-98

THE HISTORY OF FENCING BY CHARLES DARWIN: Original Work, Paris 1988

1988 MARTINI FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP: Electric Epée Exhibition Competition, Paris.

L'Ecole d'Escrime vs. French Olympic Team, Entr'acte Entertainment

Actor / Performer: THEATRE

THE IMMEDIATE THEATRE, Seattle: Artistic Director

Director, Caliban: The Tempest 1999-2000

THE SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Seattle

Movement/Combat Director: Macbeth 1996
Orsino in Twelfth Night, 1996
Brutus in Julius Caesar 1995
Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew 1994-1996

LA COMPAGNIE DE MIME-MARCEL MARCEAU, Paris

Scenic partner with Marcel Marceau, European Tour 1991

THE PARIS MIME STUDIO, Paris. Artistic Director / Principal Actor 1988-91

Various productions in Europe, Scandinavia, USA, Singapore, and Japan

MEMORY MOVEMENT THEATRE / L'OPERA DE LYON: French Tours 1989-90

Corporeal Actor / Director of Chorus Movement in various Operas

Industrial Films / Commercials / Voice-overs

HECKLER ASSOCIATES: Voice-over- Redhook Brewery-Denver Demo, Seattle 1998.
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Looping into French language, Seattle 1996.
MALABAR CHEWING GUM: the SuperHero Malabar (Roger Rabbit style animation lure) Paris 1991
HOMMES et SYSTEMES: Fifti Corporate Development. Creator/Actor, Paris 1989
POETRY--THE WISDOM and DELIGHT: Actor, Voice-over. Houston, 1985

CD-ROM

HYPERBOLE STUDIOS INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA, Houston/Seattle 1993-94

The Vortex--Quantum Gate II: Movement Director, Cultural Research, Tishan.
Quantum Gate: Movement Consultant
The Madness of Roland: Corporeal Actor

Television / Video

IN THE SILENCE: (Rock Music Video for the band One Million Days )

Created/Directed the Dramatic Corporeal Mime. Houston 1993.

END OF THE LINE: Movement / Combat Director. Houston Public Television 1992.
SACREE SOIREE: Acrobatic Dancer for Santiano by Hugues Aufray,
LES FOLIES BERGERES, FR-3. Paris 1991.
GRAIN DE FOLIE: Game Show Audience Movement Coordinator (5 Episodes), La Cinq. Paris 1991.
ANA EKIDEN MARATHON DE PARIS: Arlecchino. Japanese TV: Paris 1990.
FARANDOLE: Mimography/Actor for the song Chez Laurette by Michel Delpech. Paris, M-6, 1985.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Professional Artist Training Programs

Opera	Theatre
San Francisco Opera's Merola Program: Stage Director 2004, Master Teacher 2004, 2006	North Carolina School of the Arts School of Drama: Adjunct Faculty Artist 2000-2005
San Francisco Opera's Adler Fellowship: Master Teacher 2003-7	Cornish College of the Arts: Stage Director, Associate Professor of Acting, Master Teacher 1994-2005
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist Program: Stage Director 2002-5, Master Teacher 2002-3	Seattle Children's Theatre Drama School: Co-creator of Curriculum, Master Teacher 1994-2000.
Seattle Opera Young Artist Program: Co-creator, Stage Director, Master Teacher 1998-2005	University of Houston School of Theatre: Stage Director, Associate Professor of Movement and Mime 1991-1993
Florida Grand Opera Apprentice Artist Program: Stage Director, Master Teacher 2004-6	Sarah Lawrence College School of Theatre: Master Teacher 2006.
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre: Stage Director 2002, 2006	Centre International d'Action Culturelle de Mimodrame de Paris-Marcel Marceau: Master Teacher 1990-91
Boston University Opera Institute: Stage Director 2006, Master Teacher 2005	Youth Theatre NW: Stage Director, Master Teacher 1992-7
Academy of Vocal Arts: Stage Director, Master Teacher 2004
University of Southern California School of Music / Thornton Opera: Stage Director, Associate Professor 2003-4
Juilliard School of Music: Master Teacher 2002
Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program: Master Teacher 2001-3
Fletcher Opera Institute-North Carolina School of the Arts: Master Teacher 2003-4
Roosevelt University-Chicago College of the Performing Arts: Master Teacher 2002
Cornish College of the Arts: Stage Director, Master Teacher 2000, 2003

Teaching Experience Details:

SEATTLE OPERA’S YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM (Post Conservatory Level Training)

Co-creator of program.
Professor of Acting 1998—2001. Movement Professor 1999—2001.
Master Classes: Acting, Movement, Fan Language, Period Style Work, Trouser Roles, Auditioning 1998—2005..

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-THORNTON OPERA / SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Los Angeles.

Professor / Guest Director 2003-4.

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Winston Salem 2000-2007.

Drama Department Adjunct Faculty Artist: Period Style Movement Techniques, Acting Molière Texts, and Intensive Arts Creativity.
Master Teacher: Fletcher Opera Institute.

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Seattle 1995—7, 2001.

Professor of Advanced Acting: Greek, Shakespeare, Molière Texts, Period Style Work.

THE NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Seattle

Instructor of Mime, Physical Theatre, and Stage Combat, 1996—9.

THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SCHOOL OF THEATRE

Professor of Movement for the Actor and Mime, 1991—93.

CENTRE INTERNATIONALE D'ACTION CULTURELLE DE MIMODRAME DE PARIS--MARCEL MARCEAU.

Professor of Movement for the Actor and Theatrical Acrobatics, 1990—1991.
Teaching Assistant to Marcel Marceau & Competition Fencing Master, 1986—7.

MARCEL MARCEAU WORLD CENTRE FOR MIME: American Master Seminars, University of Michigan.

Teaching Assistant to Marcel Marceau. 1986—88.
Professor of Mime, Movement for the Actor, Theatrical Acrobatics. 1986—88.

THE SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE, Seattle

Advanced Actor’s Intensive 1995—00. -Young Actor Institute 1995—01.

MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION

CHUCK HUDSON: ACTING & MOVEMENT TRAINING FOR ACTORS & SINGERS

Various Acting Programs and private seminars in Europe, Australia, and The United States, 1988-2007.

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER, San Francisco

Merola Program: Acting & Movement Skills, Arias and Action 2004, 2006-7
Adler Fellows Program: Acting & Movement Skills, Arias and Action 2003, 2004-7.

SANTA FE APPRENTICE ARTIST PROGRAM, Santa Fe

Master Class Series, Arias and Action 2002-3

JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC: New York

Arias and Action 2002

MINNESOTA OPERA RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM: Minneapolis

Master Class Series 2001, 2003-4

CHICAGO COLLEGE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS: Chicago

Master Class Series 2002

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Orange County

Arias and Action at Summer Song Fest 2000

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET: Seattle

Theatrical Fencing Techniques 1995, 1999

THE HOUSTON BALLET : Houston

Theatrical Fencing Techniques 1993

UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Tacoma

Master Class Series for Serious About Singing 1999—2001

SEATTLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: Seattle

Commedia dell’Arte Skills, Acting in Opera 1997

THEATRE UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Seattle

Cross Gender Performance / Trouser Roles 1997.

SEATTLE CHILDREN’S THEATRE: Seattle

Drama Instructor Workshops 1995, 1997-8.

TACOMA ACTOR’S GUILD: Tacoma

Monologues and Movement 1994

SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: Seattle

Mask Techniques 1994

CENTRE INTERNATIONALE D'ACTION CULTURELLE de MIMODRAME de PARIS--MARCEL MARCEAU: Paris, France

Theatrical Acrobatics within Mimedramas 1994

FESTIVALS MIME COMPANY: Houston

Dramaturgy of Mime, Creation of Original Works 1991-3

INSTITUT del TEATRE: Barcelona

Theatrical Fencing Techniques 1991

ACROBATIC DANSE COMPAGNIE-DANY et FRANC: Paris 1986-91.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

L'ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DE MIMODRAME DE PARIS- MARCEL MARCEAU: Paris

Second American to receive diploma
Masters of Fine Arts Equivalent in Dramatic Corporeal Studies 1985-88

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK: Houston

Bachelor of Arts in Drama 1981-85

L'ECOLE DE MIME CORPOREL DRAMATIQUE DE PARIS: 1988-90.

L'ECOLE D'ESCRIME THEATRALE DE PARIS: (Paris School of Theatrical Fencing), 1985-87, 1989-90.

Brevet B Teaching Certificate

L'ACADEMIE D'ARMES ( French Royal Fencing Academy), Paris.

Honorary Diploma 1985-1987

THE FRANCO-AMERICAN CINEMA and THEATRE: THE ACTOR'S STUDIO OF PARIS.

Director: John Strasberg. Paris 1991.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS: PLAYWRIGHT / TRANSLATOR

MASTER SPEAKER / GUEST SPEAKER

Cathedral-University Millenium Forum Master Speaker Series :

Creativity and the Holy Spirit, St. James Cathedral/Seattle University, 1998, 1999.

SOCIETY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Master Speaker Series.

"Marcel Marceau and Contemporary European Mimedrama." Jones Hall, Houston 1992.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HONORS COLLEGE: Great Conversations Teaching Fellows Benefit. Mime: The Language Beyond Words. 1993.
MINISTER OF CULTURE OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Chosen to represent Marcel Marceau in the governmental welcoming of Grand Kabuki Master Inosuki III to the Théâtre du Châtelet, 1987.