THE MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL @ THE CLOISTERS in FORT TRYON PARK (1999 - 2007): Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (8 fights) NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE (1993 - 2007): 2007 - Fight Choreographer - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games / 12 fights total) Fight Choreographer - THE QUEEN'S COURT (2 scenes) Fight Choreographer - JOUST #2 GROUNDFIGHT (30 fighters) Director / Choreographer - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2006 - Fight Choreographer - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games / 10 fights total) Fight Choreographer - THE QUEEN'S COURT - The Ambush Fight Choreographer - JOUST #2 GROUNDFIGHT (30 fighters) 2005 - Fight Choreographer - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games / 10 fights total) Fight Choreographer - THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD (4 scenes) Fight Choreographer - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (40 fighters) Fight Choreographer - TWELFTH NIGHT 2004 - Fight Choreographer - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games / 13 fights total) Fight Choreographer - THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD (2 scenes) 2003 - Fight Choreographer - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games / 15 fights total) Fight Choreographer - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (30 fighters) Fight Choreographer - MACBETH (6 fights) Fight Choreographer - PUB BRAWL (14 fighters) 2002 - Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games/16 fights total) Fight Choreographer/Director - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (30 fighters) 2001 - Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games/15 fights total) Fight Choreographer/Director - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (20 fighters) 2000 - Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (2 games/15 fights total) Fight Choreographer/Director/Writer - THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD (2 scenes) Fight Choreographer - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (20 fighters) 1999 - Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (12 fights) Fight Choreographer - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (20 fighters) Fight Choreographer - SHAKESPEARE FIGHTING MAD (5 fights) 1998 - Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (12 fights) Fight Choreographer/Director/Writer - THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD Fight Choreographer - JOUST GROUNDFIGHT #2 (30 fighters) 1996 - Fight Choreographer/Director - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (12 fights), Fight Choreographer/Director/Writer - BUCCANEER'S BRAWL (pirate fight/stunt show) Fight Director/Choreographer/Writer - THE FENCING LESSON 1995 - Fight Choreographer/Director/Writer - THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD (6 scenes), Co-choreographer - THE LIVING CHESS GAME (14 fights) 1994 - Assistant Fight Choreographer 1993 - Fight Captain |
American Globe Theatre MACBETH The Shaw Project TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, CYMBELINE Judith Shakespeare Company TROILUS AND CRESSIDA RICHARD II HENRY IV, Parts 1 & 2 HENRY V HENRY VI, Parts 1, 2 & 3 CORIOLANUS |
Arkansas Repertory Theatre (Little Rock) THE THREE MUSKETEERS THE MIRACLE WORKER Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Princeteon Rep Company (NJ)/ Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival TWELFTH NIGHT Savory Singers (Cranford, N.J.) THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (also co-directed) Montclair State University (N.J.) HOTEL PARADISO BIG LOVE BALM IN GILEAD IN THE BLOOD FLYIN' WEST TROJAN WOMEN SUNY - New Paltz KING LEAR (read the review) SUNY - Nassau Community College THE PASSION OF DRACULA WAIT UNTIL DARK Pace University (Manhattan Campus) MACBETH |
American Globe Theatre THE CRIMSON PIRATES: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES!, THE CRIMSON PIRATES 2: BORN TO PLUNDER!, THE THREE MUSKETEERS (oobr award winner) (read the review), KING LEAR (read the review), AS YOU LIKE IT (read the review), HAMLET (oobr award winner) (read the review) Judith Shakespeare Company JULIUS CAESAR (2 productions), MACBETH (oobr award winner) (read the review), THE TEMPEST, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (2 productions), ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, R3 (RICHARD III) (read the review) Sourceworks Theatre York Shakespeare Theatre Company FOUND A PEANUT @ ATA Theatre J. CAESAR (adapted from Shakespeare) The Protean Theatre Company Performance Verse Theatrical Initiative THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY @ the Hudson Guild THE AUTUMN-MAKERS @ NYC FringeFest The Looking Glass Theatre Company THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE INNOCENT MISTRESS (read the review), GABRIEL/GABRIELLE (read the review) Historic Times Company Edge Theater Company HISTORIC TIMES @ 78th Street Theatre Lab LIFE IS A DREAM @ Walkerspace Aulis Collective Africa Arts Theater Company TWO @ Intar53 OTHELLO @ the Pantheon Theatre |
Biggs Rosati Productions/National Theatre of the Performing Arts: ROMEO AND JULIET ( 5 productions), DON QUIXOTE (3 productions) LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES (3 productions, also directed), SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE CYRANO DE BERGERAC, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (also directed) Opera Northeast ROMEO ET JULIETTE (Gounod) |
DAN O'DRISCOLL SAFD Certified Teacher PHONE#: 646-228-6878 Thefightdirector@aol.com |
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Private Instruction: RICHARD RIZK (NYC) 1987-1988 ACTOR'S COMBAT TRAINING SCHOOL (NYC): Sept. 1988 - Feb. 1992 Instructors: FM/FD J. Allen Suddeth, FM/FD Richard Raether, Rick Sordelet Training in unarmed / rapier & dagger / broadsword / quarterstaff / smallsword Basic Skills Certification Class - April '90 (Instructor: FM/FD J. Allen Suddeth) NEW YORK FIGHT ENSEMBLE (NYC): Basic Skills Certification Class - April '93 (Instructor: CT/FD Michael Chin) Broadsword Class - Aug./Sept. 1993 (Instructor: CT/FD Michael Chin) Quarterstaff Certification Class - Apr./May'95 (Instructor: CT/FD Robert Tuftee) Smallsword Certification Class - Apr./May'95 (Instructor: Ian Marshall) Basic Skills Certification Class - April '97 (Instructor: CT/FD J. David Brimmer) FIGHTS 4 (NYC): Broadsword & Shield Certification Class - Apr./May '99 (Instructor: CT/FD J. David Brimmer) Broadsword & Shield Certification Class - Apr./May '02 (Instructor: CT/FD J. David Brimmer) SWORDPLAY (NYC): Single Sword Certification Class - Jan. / Feb. '04 (Instructor: CT Joseph Travers) Quarterstaff Certification Class - Dec. '01 & Jan./Feb. '02 (Instructor: CT Joseph Travers) Unarmed Certification Class - Dec. '01 & Jan./Feb. '02 (Instructor: CT Joseph Travers) Video Re-Certification Class - Broadsword and Rapier/Dagger - Mar. '02 (Instructor: CT Joseph Travers) Other Private Instruction: Broadsword and Shield Certification Class - Feb./Mar.'96 (Instructor: FM/FD J. Allen Suddeth) Smallsword Certification Class - Oct./Nov. '01 (Instructor: CT/FD Ricki G. Ravitts) Knife Certification Class - Jan./Feb. '02 (Instructor: CT/FD Ricki G. Ravitts) OTHER: S.A.F.D. Teacher Training Workshop @ the North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - July 2004 S.A.F.D. Fight Director's Workshop @ Celebration Barn (Maine) in June 2001 as Fight Director Candidate. Workshops with: FM/FD J. Allen Suddeth, FM/FD Drew Fracher, FM/FD David Boushey, FM/FD Dale Girard, , Rick Sordelet, Anthony DeLongis, FM/FD Richard Ryan and CT Joseph Travers et al... Also: 1994 Patrick Crean Workshop (Washington, D.C.), 1996 Winter Wonderland (Chicago) and 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004 Summer Sling (NYC) S.A.F.D. Recognized Actor/Combatant - unarmed, rapier & dagger, broadsword (1990
& 1993 & 2002), quarterstaff (1990 & 1995 & 2002), smallsword (1995 & 2001 EAE), brdswd & shield (1996 & 1999 EAE & 2002) S.A.F.D. Recommended Actor/Combatant - unarmed, rapier & dagger, broadsword (1997). S.A.F.D. Recognized Advanced Actor/Combatant (2002). S.A.F.D. Certified Teacher (2004). AMERICAN RED CROSS CERTIFICATION: Adult CPR (2001 & 2004), Standard First Aid (2001 & 2004)) Membershops: SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FIGHT DIRECTORS (SAFD) since 1992, ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), ASSOCIATION OF THEATRE MOVEMENT EDUCATORS (ATME) FIGHT DIRECTOR CANADA (FDC) SAFD Certifications (by year): 1990 - UA / BS / R&D / QS 1993 - UA / BS / R&D 1995 - QS / SS 1996 - S&S 1997 - UA / BS / R&D (recommended in all) 1999 - S&S (EAE) 2001 - SS (EAE) 2002 - UA / BS / R&D / KN / S&S / QS (EAE) 2004 - SiS |
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (undergraduate theatre program): Adjunct Instructor in Stage Combat - Fall Semesters only - 2001 through 2007 Teaching unarmed technique and basic rapier. NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Adjunct Instructor in Stage Combat - Movement for Actors II - Spring Semester only - 2006, 2007 & 2008 NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE: Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours - Aug. / Sept. 2007) Instructor - Broadsword and Shield (30 class hours) - Aug./Sept./Oct./Nov./Dec. 2006) leading to SAFD SPT (Skills Proficiency Test) Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (15 class hours - Aug./Sept. 2005) Instructor - Quarterstaff (15 class hours - Aug./Sept. 2004) Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours - Aug./Sept. 2003) Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hrs. - Aug./Sept. 2002) Instructor - Rapier / Rapier and Dagger (20 class hrs. - Aug./Sept. 2001) Instructor - Beginner Rapier (20 class hrs. - Aug./Sept. 2000) Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate Rapier (20 class hrs. - Aug./Sept.'99) Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate Rapier (20 class hrs. - Aug./Sept.'98) Instructor - Fight Scene Study (25 class hrs. - Jan./Feb.'96) Instructor - Broadsword (20 class hrs. - Jan./Feb.'96) Instructor - Unarmed (20 class hrs. - Nov.'95 ) Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hrs. - Nov.'95 ) Instructor - Beginner Rapier (20 class hrs. - Oct.'95 ) Instructor - Intermediate Rapier (20 class hrs. - Aug.'95) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (undergraduate theatre program) Teaching Asst. to SAFD FM. David Brimmer for 6 stage combat classes @ NYU - (From Nov. 2000 thru Apr. 2002: approximately 300 class hours) Preparation for SPTs in unarmed technique, broadsword, raoier & dagger. Teaching Asst. to SAFD FM J. David Brimmer for 4 stage combat classes @ NYU - (From Sept. 2002 thru Dec.. 2005: approximately 300 class hours) Preparation for SPT (Skills Proficiency Test) in unarmed technique, broadsword, rapier & dagger. Substitute Teacher for SAFD FM J. David Brimmer (on academic leave for Spring Semester 2006) for four stage combat classes (2 sections of Unarmed 1; one section of Unarmed 2; and one section of Rapier and Dagger) leading to 20 students passing the SAFD Skills Proficiencty Test in individual weapon techniques. Teaching Assistant (and Substitute) for SAFD FM J. David Brimmmer for Fall Semester 2006 through Spring 2008. NEW YORK FIGHT ENSEMBLE (NYC): Asst. Instructor - Unarmed (20 class hrs. - Feb.'95) - Instructor: Ralph Anderson Asst. Instructor - Rapier & Dagger (20 class hrs. - Jan.'95) - Instructor: CT/FD Michael Chin Asst. Instructor - Broadsword (20 class hrs. - Mar./Apr. 1994) - Instructor: Ralph Anderson Journeyman - Rapier & Dagger (20 class hrs. - Sept./Oct. 1992) - Instructor: CT/FD Michael Chin NEW YORK SUMMER SLING #10 (@ New York University) - 2006: Instructor - Beginner Quarterstaff; Intermediate Broadsword and Shield NEW YORK SUMMER SLING #1 @ Pace University - 1997: Set-up and maintained armoury (175+ weapons), journeyman for FM/FD Chuck Coyl, FM/FD Brian Byrnes, and FM/FD Richard Ryan, teaching assistant for FM/FD Richard Ryan. THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL - DRAMA DIVISION: Assistant Instructor - Unarmed (3 class hrs. - Jan./Feb.'95) - Instructor: CT/FD Michael Chin (substituting for FM/FD David Leong) NEW YORK PERFORMANCE WORKS: Instructor - Beginner Rapier (6 class hrs. - Feb./Mar.'95) - Substituting for Michael McGuinness JUDITH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (6 class hrs. - Apr./May 2000) Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hrs. - Jun.'97) Instructor - Broadsword Class (24 class hrs. - Feb./Mar.'96) Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hrs. - Mar.'95) KINGS COUNTY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: Instructor - Unarmed/Single Rapier Workshop (15 class hrs. - May/June'98) |
