Staff - Jesse Merz, Artistic Director
 
Equity Actor, SSDC Director, Producer, Artistic Director, Writer, Professor
 
MFA Candidate ('08) • MA • BFA • AEA • AFTRA • DG • SSDC • VASTA 
 
Resume, Picture, and Biography
 

CURRENT POSITIONS:
Assistant Professor of Acting, Wayne State University / Hilberry Repertory Theatre (2008 - Present)
 
 
Producer, The Gospel According to Tammy Faye (2006 - Present) 
 
MFA in Acting Candidate & Intro to Acting Teacher (TA), University of California, Davis (2006 - Present)
 
Freelance Professional Actor (1990 - Present)
 
Freelance Professional Director (1995 - Present)
 
 
FORMER POSITIONS: (sample listing)
 
 
Full-Time Adjunct Instructor of Acting, Western Oregon University (2007) 

Assistant Artistic Director, THIRDeYE Theatre Festival, UC Davis (2006 - 2007)
 
Drama Director & Theatre Teacher, David Douglas High School (2003 - 2006)
 
Producing Artistic Director, Longview Stageworks (2000 - 2003)
 
Drama Instructor, Cornerstone Community Christian School (2002 - 2003)
 
Touring Artistic Director of MATYRED: The Chet Bitterman Story with Wycliffe Theater Productions (2000)
 
Producer/Director of the new musical Suburban Dreams (1998 - 1999) 
 
Please see RESUME for additional information.
Email:
 
JesseMerz@gmail.com
 
Short emails to my cell phone:  5037818600@mobile.mycingular.com
 
 
 
http://www.MySpace.com/JesseMerz
 
 
Contact:
 
877-ACT-CAMP (CGST) • 212-656-1336 (fax)
 
Columbia Gorge School of Theatre
1381 Snowden Road, White Salmon, WA 98672

 

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