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GARY GRAVES, Co-director
Writer, Director, Actor
SELECTED THEATER EXPERIENCE
Divine Comedy, premiere production pending, Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley, as writer and director
Every Inch a King, premiere production pending, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as writer
Nightingale, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as writer and director
LOTTOMANIA: Play Here! premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as writer and director
The Taming of the Shrew - REVISED, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as adapter and director
Pyrate Story, The tale of Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Jack Rackam, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Writer and Director
IRS-I Want You, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Writer
Roux, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Director
The Golden Era, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Writer and Director
Sarajevo: a play about Nationalism, premiere production, UC Berkeley, as Writer and Director
Andromache: a radical adaptation of Racine's neoclassic potboiler, premiere production, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Writer and Director
Like Dog and Dog by Steve Hayes-Pollard, premiere production, Hardback Theater, as Director
Theatre of Cruelty, premiere production, UC Berkeley, as Writer, Director, and Actor
Ward Six, adapted from the Chekhov novella by David Nava, premiere production, UC Berkeley, as Director
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer in Acting, Directing and Production, U.C. Berkeley.
Lecturer in Directing, Mills College.
Production Manager, U.C. Berkeley Department of Dramatic Art/Center for Theatre Arts.
Research Assistant to director Mark Wing-Davey, Mad Forest, Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
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Central Works
Theater Ensemble
Patricia Lyon: board co-chair
Horace Stonework: board co-chair
Deborah Fink: board secretary
Jeffrey Price: board treasurer
Ellen Chang: board member
Ellen Daniell: board member
David Parr: board member
Mark McLeod: board member
Jan Zvaifler: company
co-director and board vice-president
Gary Graves: company
co-director and board member
Kristin Fitch: production stage manager
Tammy Berlin: resident
costume designer
Chad Owens: resident
set designer
Gregory Scharpen: resident
sound designer
Rica Anderson: associate
actor & marketing specialist
Daniel David: company
photographer
Adam Strom: program layout and design specialist
Steven Brusewitz: graphic design
Chris Bechtel: logo design
Webmaster: MonaProductions.com
Søren Oliver: founding artistic director from 1990-1995
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Directing, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
M.F.A. in Playwriting, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, 1987
B.A. in Acting, San Francisco State, 1978
JAN ZVAIFLER, Co-director
Actor, Director, Board Vice President
SELECTED THEATER EXPERIENCE
Every Inch a King, (production pending) Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Director
IRS-I Want You, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Director
1996-present & 1992-1994 Seasons, Central Works Theater Ensemble, as Actor, including Nightingale, LOTTOMANIA: Play Here!,The Taming of the Shrew - REVISED, Pyrate Story, Roux, The Golden Era, Halcyon Days, Crimes in Hot Countries, And Baby Makes Seven
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Genesius Theatre Company, as Actor
Private Lives and Volpone, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, as Actor (understudy and performed)
1988 Season, The California Shakespeare Festival, as Actor
The Tempest, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, as Actor & Instructor
Merola Showcase, San Francisco Opera, as Stage Manager
1991 "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance!" Program, San Jose Civic Light Opera, as Acting Instructor
Deer Rose, Theatre Artaud & Theater on the Square, as Actor
Not For Real, Life on the Water, as Producer
Antigone, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as Actor in title role
Your Place is No Longer With Us, Ellen Sebastian's TELE Productions, as Production Manager and Actor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-Executive Director and Producer, Central Works Theater Ensemble (1990-1995, Co-director since 1997).
Voice and Data Telecommunications (Specialist to Manager), Cetus Corporation.
Restaurant Manager, Townhouse Bar & Gill
Event Coordinator and Caterer, freelance and self-employed.
Co-Founder and Production/Business Manager, TELE Productions.
EDUCATION
Post-Graduate Certificate, Guildford School of Music and Acting, 1987-88
Shakespeare Course Certificate, London Shakespeare Studio, 1986
B.A. in Anthropology, Subspecialty Physical Anthro, UC Berkeley, 1974-79
Undergraduate study, University College, University of London, 1977-78
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Outstanding Achievement in Acting, San Francisco City College, 1986
Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Acting, Bay Area Critics Circle Awards, 1985
Outstanding Achievement in New Directions, Bay Area Critics Circle Awards, 1982
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