PARK COFIELD

park@parkcofield.com
www.parkcofield.com
404-271-6566

Member of Dramatists Guild & TYA USA

EDUCATION______________________________________________________________________________________
Emerson College, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Arts: Theater Studies, Minor in Visual Studies, December 2004
Summa Cum Laude, Gold Key Honor Society, Deans List, Semester The Netherlands
Co-founded RareWorks Theater Company
Directors Lab West, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS________________________________________________________________________
Global Connections, On the Road Grantee Theatre Communications Group, 2014
Grantee Finlandia Foundation National, 2014
Pecha Kucha Speaker One Theatre World - TYA USA, Cleveland, 2013
Altvater Fellowship Cornerstone Theater Company, Los Angeles CA, 2011
New York Theater Workshop Artistic and Literary Internship, New York, NY 2003
INTERNATIONAL STUDY___________________________________________________________________________
Ur-Hamlet, Multi-national performance, Eugenio Barba, Italy and Denmark
14th International School of Theater Anthropology: Eugenio Barba, Poland
Odin Week: workshop at ODIN TEATRET: Eugenio Barba, Holstebro, Denmark
Master Classes: Quinn Bauriedel / Pig Iron (Red Nose Clowning), John Bell (Puppetry), Paul Zaloom (Object
Performance), Yuko Kaseki (Butoh), Thomas Leabhart (Corporeal Mime), Akira Matsui (Nh), Cristinia Wistari (Balinese
dance), Augusto Omol (Candombl), Gennadi Bogdanov (Biomechanics), Tage Larsen, Roberta Carreri, Julia Varley,
(Vocal and Physical training),
TYA & FAMILY____________________________________________________________________________________
Director
Director
Director
Adaptor/Director
Director
Director
Director

Blub, Blub
Aesops Fables
ZAGAZOO (U.S. Premiere)
The Red Balloon (World Premier e)
The BIG & small Insect Show
The Ogres Arm
SEE THE GYRASTACUS

Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA 2015

Mammoth Lakes, CA 2014
Mammoth Lakes, CA 2013
Thtre du Rve, Atlanta, GA 2011 & 2012
Art on the BeltLine, Atlanta, GA 2012
Art on the BeltLine, Atlanta, GA 2011
Art on the BeltLine, Atlanta, GA 2010

OPERA__________________________________________________________________________________________
Stage Director
Assistant Director
Stage Director
Stage Director

Knightly News
Crescent City
Stone Soup
Rabbit Tales

The Atlanta Opera Ed. Studio Tour, Atlanta, GA 2014

The Industry / Yuval Sharon, Los Angeles, CA 2012
The Atlanta Opera Ed. Studio Tour, Atlanta, GA 2012
The Atlanta Opera Ed. Studio Tour, Atlanta, GA 2011

COMMUNITY______________________________________________________________________________________
Project Director/Playwright
Community Coordinator
Project Coordinator
Producing Associate
Project Director

SISU is in the Heart

Healthy Richmond
Talk It Out
Creative Seeds
Community Arts Barter

U.S. & Finland, 2013- Current

Cornerstone Theater Company, Richmond, CA 2012
Cornerstone Theater Company, Sacramento, CA 2011
Cornerstone Company Theater, Los Angeles, CA 2011
Gateway Performance Prod, Atlanta, GA 2011

PUPPETRY ______________________________________________________________________________________
Puppeteer
Puppeteer
Puppeteer
Puppeteer
Puppet Director
Puppeteer
Puppeteer

Korio & All

Clouded Sulphur
The Magic Flute
Basil Twists Hansel & Gretel
Earth Day Parade
The Long Christmas Ride Home

Something Wicked. . .

Luis Tentindo, Los Angeles, 2013

Automata / Janie Geiser, Los Angeles, 2013
The Atlanta Opera, Atlanta, 2010
The Atlanta Opera /Basil Twist, 2007
Oakhurst Community Garden 2007
Synchronicity, Atlanta, 2005
Center for Puppetry Arts, 2005

PUPPET DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION_________________________________________________________________

Puppetry Consultant
Puppet Design
Puppet Design
Mask Design
Puppet Construction
Puppet Construction
Puppet Design

Phantoms Go Down
Food Pyramid
Tom Thumb the Great
As I Lay Dying
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Dinosaurs
Animal Farm

Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, 2012

Kaiser Permanete's Ed Theatre, 2009
Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta, 2008
Haverty Marionettes, Atlanta, 2007
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta 2006
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta 2006
Jack in the Black Box, Atlanta, 2005

ORIGINAL WORK__________________________________________________________________________________
Playwright/Director
Playwright/Director
Director
Playwright/Director
Playwright
Co-Playwright/Director
Co-Playwright/Director

Saint Agnes & the Giant

The Ill-Fated Balloonists
A Green Room
The Frightful Musicians
The Earl of Sandwich
MONA! a historical farce
The POE Project: Corn on the Macabre

Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, 2010

Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, 2007
PushPush Theater, Atlanta, 2006
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, 2006
Peon Productions, Atlanta, 2005
Peon Productions, Atlanta, 2002
Peon Productions, Atlanta, 2001

TEACHING/WORKSHOPS___________________________________________________________________________
Teaching Artist
Lead Fundraiser/Coordinator
Workshop Director
Teacher/Director
Workshop Leader

Puppet Workshop / Opening Day

Wallis Annenberg Center, Los Angeles CA 2013
Roberta Carreri: Traces in the Snow
Alliance Theatre Education, 2010
Art Ensor
Alliance Theatre Education, 2009
Marietta H.S. IB Program
Marietta, GA, 2008
Curtain Call Youth Players
Marietta, GA 2003-2005

FILM____________________________________________________________________________________________
Co-Writer/Director
Co-Writer/Director

The Darkpey Collection

Ambrose Burnside

Personal Commission, Atlanta, GA 2009

XPT, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA 2008

A True Story About Facial Hair

RELATED EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________________________________
Program Associate
Project Coordinator
Associate Marketing Director
Grant Writer
Tour Guide
Installation Crew

Network of Ensemble Theaters

Cornerstone Theater Company
Center for Puppetry Arts
Curtain Call Youth Players
City Segway Tours
The Gates

Los Angeles, CA, 2012 - Current

Los Angeles, CA, 2012 - 2013
Atlanta, GA 2007 - 2011
Atlanta, GA, 2005 - 2007
Atlanta, GA, Summer 2006
New York, NY 2005

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