Zane Auburn Alcorn

STAGE DIRECTOR
He/Him/His | zane.a.alcorn@gmail.com
OFF-BROADWAY / NEW YORK CITY
The Government Inspector (DUKE ON 42ND) 2nd Assistant Director / 2nd ASM Red Bull Theater
(ext. @ NEW WORLD STAGES) (dir. Jesse Berger)
Eugene O’Neill’s THIRST & FOG Director Theaterlab NYC
Quick Wit* (CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19) Director / Playwright Take Ten Play Festival
UnReality* (CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19) Director Access Theater

REGIONAL / EDUCATIONAL
Benny & Joon The Musical* Assistant Director The Old Globe
(dir. Jack Cummings III)
Kiss Me, Kate Assistant Director Central City Opera
(dir. Ken Cazan | cond. Adam Turner)
Short Works 2023 Director Central City Opera
(“Ice Cream Sextet” from Street Scene
“He Came To The West” / “All Right, Mister” /
“He Paints The Portrait…” from The Face on the Barroom Floor)
All Is Calm Assistant Stage Director Opera Orlando
(dir. Grant Preisser)
The Magic Flute Assistant Stage Director Opera Orlando
(dir. Grant Preisser | cond. Chaowen Ting)
Mister Chin Strap*^ Director Fresno, CA
This Imperfect Vessel # Director Brooklyn, NY
To The Girl I Used To Be # Director Chicago, IL
Kicking A Dead Horse^ Director Brooklyn, NY
A Wife For A Life^ Director Chicago, IL
Fire In Chains* Director / Playwright San Diego Fringe Festival
Blood Spot On A Black Dress Director Arts Alive SDSU
32nd Design & Perf. Juries: A Streetcar Named Desire Director SDSU Theatre, Television, & Film
My Mañana Comes Assistant Director San Diego Repertory Theatre
(dir. Delicia Turner Sonnenberg)
Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights: Act 3, Scene 1** Director SDSU Theatre, Television, & Film
Prometheus Bound # Director SDSU Theatre, Television, & Film
RELATED PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE (selected)
Comedy of Errors Production SM Theater at Monmouth
(dir. Hannah Cordes)
The Artwork of the Future Stage Manager Fresh Squeezed Opera
(dir. Dara Malina)
Rigoletto Assistant Stage Manager Opera Orlando
(dir. Kathleen Belcher | cond. Gregory Buchalter)
Strange, America* Stage Manager Primary Stages/Fordham
(dir. Jed Schultz)
Terms of Endearment Production Asst. The Directors Company
(dir. Michael Parva)

SKILLS
Sight-Reading; Percussion/Piano (6 Years); Arts Administration; IATSE Crew Coordination; Production Run Paperwork;
Language Familiarity: Spanish (2 Years Education), German (Production Exposure), Italian (Production Exposure)

* World Premiere | ^ Fully staged live virtual production | # Workshop / Reading | ** Presented as part of faculty-directed production
EDUCATION & RELEVANT TRAINING
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, BA in Theatre Arts, cum laude
THE OLD GLOBE, 2015
Artistic / Literary Internship | Supervisors: Eric Keen-Louie, Danielle Mages Amato
CSU SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM, 2014
Michael Chekhov Acting Technique: Joana Merlin, Ragnar Freidank, Marjo-Riikka Makela, Fern Sloan, Hugh O’ Gorman

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST