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JimJohnson

UniversityofHouston 2001-presentSchoolofTheatre&DanceAssociateProfessorwithtenureCurrent:

• DirectorofUndergraduateStudies• ChairofSeasonSelectionCommittee• CollegeoftheArtsBylawsCommittee• CollegeUndergraduateCurriculumCommittee

Past:• DirectoroftheSchool(2013-2016)• ExecutiveDirectorofHoustonShakespeare

Festival(2013-2016)• HeadofBFAActingProgram(2007-2013)• ExecutiveCommittee(2008-2011)• variousdepartment&universitycommittees

RiceUniversity 2005TheatreDepartmentAdjunctProfessorDePaulUniversity 1998-2001TheTheatreSchoolVisitingAssistantProfessor

• MFA&BFAVoice&Speechteacher• Voice&Dialectcoachforproductions• variousdepartmentcommittees

ChicagoStateUniversity 1993-1999DepartmentofEnglishVisitingFull-timeLecturer

• Composition&Shakespeareteacher• AcademicAdvisor• variousdepartmentcommittees

WesternNebraskaCommCollege1991DepartmentofEnglishandDramaVisitingProfessorUniversityofNebraska 1988-1991DepartmentofTheatre&DanceGraduateTeachingAssistant

ContactInformation:UniversityofHoustonSchoolofTheatre&Dance133CWMHoustonTX77204713-743-0996officejjohnson33@uh.edu6670SylvanRdHoustonTX77023832-368-2422celljim@accenthelp.comSpecializations:

• accents&dialects• IPA&speech• voiceforthestage• text

Credentials:

• MFAinActing,UniversityofNebraska1991

• BAinDrama,BuenaVistaUniversity1988

• AssociateTeacherofFitzmauriceVoicework2000

• ActorsEquity• Pastorini-BosbyTalent

Agency• VASTAmember• IDEAassociateeditor• Provost’sUniversity

TeachingExcellenceAward2007

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AccentHelp www.accenthelp.com 2006-presentonlineaccent&dialectresourceforactorsFounder,PrimaryAuthorandDeveloperAccentHelpoffersmaterialsforlearning46differentaccentsanddialects

• soleauthoron30publications• leadauthoronmaterialswithKateDeVorefor13accentsanddialects• leadauthoronmaterialswithMichelleLopez-Riosfor3accentanddialects• over13,000setsofmaterialsinusebyactorsandeducatorsin69countries

Voice&DialectCoach

• CoachforprofessionalproductionsatthePragueShakespeareCompany,AlleyTheatre,HoustonGrandOpera,WestportCountryPlayhouse,HoustonShakespeareFestival,StagesRepertoryTheatre,FirstFolioShakespeareFestival,MainStreetTheatre,ClassicalTheatreCompany,CatastrophicTheatre,DominicWalshDanceTheatre,andmanyothers

• CoachforacademicproductionsatUniversityofHouston,RiceUniversity,DePaulUniversity,andothers

AdditionalTeaching

• TexasTech–masterclassesinaccents• PragueShakespeareFestivalsummerintensive–OriginalPronunciation• TexasThespians–accents• TexasEducationalTheatreAssociation–voice&accents• HoustonShakespeareFestivalConservatory–voice,IPA&accents• StagesRepertoryYoungActorsConservatory–voice&accents• LouisianaActors’Expo–voice&accentsforfilm• InternationalThespianFestival–accents• AlleyTheatreYoungPerformersStudio–accents• variouscorporateandhighschoolworkshopsinaccents&publicspeaking

Acting

• MemberofActorsEquity,withliveperformancesattheHoustonSymphony,StagesRepertory,MercuryBaroque,DominicWalshDanceTheatre,HoustonShakespeareFestival,andmanyothers

• RepresentedbyPastorini-BosbyTalentAgency,withon-cameraperformancesforindustrials,commercials,andindependentfilmsandvoiceovers

completecoaching,training,teaching,actinganddirectingresumeavailable

Jim Johnson

training, teaching, coaching, acting & directing resume 1

Jim Johnson University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance 133 CWM Houston, TX 77204-4016 713-743-0996 office 832-368-2422 cell www.AccentHelp.com [email protected] [email protected]

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework 2000 Certified as Associate Teacher University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1988-1991 M.F.A. in Acting, specialization in Voice for the Stage Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA 1984-1988 B.A. in Drama, minors in English and Mass Communications ADDITIONAL TRAINING Roy Hart Voice Intensive Chicago, IL, August 2016: Phil Timberlake & Marya

Lowry. Fitzmaurice Voicework Certified Teacher Intensive Dallas, TX, November 2010:

Catherine Fitzmaurice. Voice, Text & Laban Movement, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London,

England, July 2010. Viewpoints, New York City, NY, July-August 2008: Kim Weild. Estill Voice Training System, Phoenix, AZ, January 2004: Joe Estill & Dr. Kim

Steinhauer. Monologues Houston, TX, January 2003: Jane Brody. Midwest Symposium on Voice Care—Voice Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy

Chicago, IL, March 2002: Dr. R. T. Sataloff, Dr. Y. Heman-Ackah, Kate DeVore and others.

Linklater Voice Designation Training Circle in the Square, New York, NY, 1998-2002: Master Teacher Andrea Haring.

Voice-over, Audition Studio, Chicago, IL May-June 2001: Linklater Voice Designation Training private study at University of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, WS, 1997-2001: Master Teacher Christine Adaire. First Folio Shakespeare Technique First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Clarendon

Hills, IL, 1998-2001: Alison Vesely.

Jim Johnson


Voice & Shakespeare five-day workshop, Chicago, IL September 2000: Patsy Rodenburg.

Certification Program in Fitzmaurice Voicework New York, NY, May-July 2000: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Paul Backer, Lynne Innerst, Nancy Houfek, Donna Snow, Joan Melton, Michael Barnes, and Dudley Knight.

Trish Arnold Movement weekend intensive, New York, NY, February 2000: Karen Beaumont.

Fitzmaurice Voicework Five-Day Intensive Miami, FL, January 2000: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Dudley Knight, Joan Melton, and Michael Barnes.

Reiki Energy Workshops Chicago, IL, August-December 1999: Reiki Master Neal Harris. Received certification as Second Degree Reiki Practitioner.

Phonetic Pillows Kansas City, MO, June 1998: Louis Colaianni and Claudia Anderson.

First Folio Shakespeare Technique: Monologues Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, May 1998: Patrick Tucker.

First Folio Shakespeare Technique: Language & Historical Perspeactives Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, May 1998: Patrick Tucker.

Shakespeare and Company month-long intensive, Lenox, MA, May-June 1997: Tina Packer, Dennis Krausnick, Natsuko Ohama, Karen Beaumont, and others.

Linklater Voice Designation Training private study at DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 1995-1997: Designated teacher Trudie Kessler.

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

*AccentHelp.com Founder, primary author, and website developer.

www.AccentHelp.com provides dialect training online in association with a team of professional coaches. Founded 2006. Currently offering 45 sets of materials for accent and dialect training.

*Prague Shakespeare Company Teacher for international summer training intensives 2016-present. Teaching voice, text, and Original Pronunciation.

*Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework (granted 2000), assist with classes for teacher trainees working toward certification, San Marcos, TX, July 2006; assist with classes for teacher trainees working toward certification, New York, NY, June 2002; workshop host, Chicago, IL, August 2001.

*Pastorini-Bosby Talent, Houston, TX, agent representation for on-camera and voiceover, 2004-present.

*Actors Equity Association, member 2006-present. *Resident Artist, Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX, 2005-2010. *Advisory Board, Classical Theatre Company, Houston, TX, 2009-2011. *VASTA member: Voice and Speech Trainers Association; assistant planner for

2001 National Conference, peer reviewer 2016 conference. *International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) associate editor for Texas,

2002-present. www.dialectsarchive.com *Shakespeare & Company training program, voice and text trainee under Dennis

Krausnick, 1998-2002. Weekend workshop host.

Jim Johnson


WORKSHOPS TAUGHT

Voice and Speech for Theatre Teachers, UIL Student Activities Conference,

Houston TX, September 2017. Australian, RP, and French Accents, Blinn College, Bryan TX, September 2017. Voice and Text, Prague Shakespeare Festival, Czech Republic, July 2017. Voice and Accents, HITS Summer Camp, Houston TX, June 2017. Introduction to British Dialects, Texas Tech University Theatre, Lubbock TX,

October 2016. Presentation Skills, START Houston (startup entrepreneurs), Houston TX,

September 2016. Original Pronunciation, Prague Shakespeare Festival, Czech Republic, July

2016. Presentation Skills, UT Medical (health providers and graduate students),

Houston TX, March 2016. Intro to British Dialects, Texas Thespians, Dallas TX November 2014. New York City Dialects, Texas Thespians, Dallas TX November 2014. Intro to British Dialects, Texas Thespians, Dallas TX November 2013. Auditioning for the Theatre, Shunya Theatre Company, Houston, TX, August

2013. Voice & Dialects, Houston Shakespeare Festival Conservatory, Houston, TX,

August 2013. Dialects, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX, July 2013. Voice & Public Speaking, APQC, Houston TX April 2013. Voice, Speech & Dialect Training for Film, Louisiana Actors' Expo, New Orleans,

LA September 2012. Voice & Presentation Skills, Weill & Associates law firm, Houston, TX May 2012,

November 2012. Intro to British Dialects, TETA, Houston TX January 2012. New York Dialects, TETA, Houston, TX January 2012. Voice Development, Waller ISD, Waller, TX, December 2011. French, Castillian & Scottish for A Flea in Her Ear, St. John's HS, Houston, TX,

October 2011. Standard British & Cockney for Pygmalian, Fort Bend ISD, Katy, TX, September-

October 2011. Voice & Dialect Training for Film, Louisiana Actors' Expo, New Orleans, LA

September 2011. New Orleans and American Southern for Streetcar, Dawson High School,

Pearland, TX February 2011. Standard British Accent, TETA, Houston, TX January 2011. New York Dialects, TETA, Houston, TX January 2011. Dialects of the UK, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX,

July 2010. Vocal Warm-up, Fort Bend ISD, Katy, TX, May 2010. New England Accent, Stratford HS, Houston, TX, March-April 2010.

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Voice & Public Speaking, Texas Annual Conference Passionate Worship Seminar, Clear Lake Methodist Church, Houston, TX, January 2010.

New York City Accents, TETA, Dallas, TX, January 2010. Standard British Accent, TETA, Dallas, TX, January 2010. Articulation and the General American Accent, TETA, Dallas, TX, January 2010. Vocal Warm-up & Text, UH Summer MA special offering, Dallas, TX, January

2010. Vocal Warm-up & RP, Theatre Under the Stars Teachers’ Workshop, Houston,

TX, November 2009. Voice & Dialects, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX,

July 2009. Voice & Presentation, Clear Lake Methodist Church, Houston, TX, June-July

2009. Standard British Dialect, TETA Houston, January, 2009. Standard British Dialect, International Thespian Festival, Lincoln, NE, June,

2008. Standard British Dialect: Arcadia, Pearland High School, Pearland, TX, February,

2008. Standard British & Cockney Dialects & Shakespeare Text, St. Agnes Academy,

January-March, 2008. Standard British Dialect, TETA Dallas, January, 2008. Dialects for Pride & Prejudice, Duchesne Academy, January, 2008. Dialects for Jekyll & Hyde, Cinco Ranch High School, December, 2007. Cockney Dialect, Texas Thespian conference, November 2007. Standard British Dialect, Texas Thespian conference, November 2007. Dialect Coaching, Alley Theatre Career Day featured speaker, October 2007. The Actor’s Voice, Washington County Rotary Club featured speaker, June 2007. Voice and Dialects, Stages Repertory Young Actors, Houston, TX June-July

2007. Vocal Projection & Shakespeare, The Honor Roll School, Sugarland, TX March

2007. Dialects for Dancing at Lughnasa, Northland Christian School, Houston, TX

January 2007. Voice and Dialects, Alley Theatre Young Performers Workshop, Houston, TX

January-February 2007. Voice and Dialects, St Stephens Episcopal High School, Austin, TX December

2006. Working Professionally, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX September 2006. Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Training five-day workshop Associate teacher

with Catherine Fitzmaurice, San Marcos, TX May, 2006. Voice & Dialects, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX

June-July 2006. Dialects for Dancing at Lughnasa, Westfield High School, Spring, TX March

2006. Beginning Voice, Unity Theatre Adult Education Program, Brenham, TX February

2006.

Jim Johnson


Actor’s Voice for Stage & Film, Rocky Mountain Actors’ Workshop with Connie Cooper, Estes Park, CO August 2005.

Voice & Dialects, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX June-July 2005.

Voice & Viewpoints, Theatre Collide, Houston, TX August 2004. Voice for the Stage, Unity Theatre summer intern program, Brenham, TX July

2004 Auditioning for Film with Jimmy Myatt, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX

March 2004. Auditioning with Jane Brody, workshop host, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX

April 2003. Monologues with Jane Brody, workshop host, Actors Theatre of Houston,

Houston, TX January, 2003. Auditioning with Brian Byrnes, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX February

2003. Voice for the Stage workshops for interns, First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Oak

Brook, IL June-July, 2002. Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Training Certification Program, Associate

teacher with Catherine Fitzmaurice, New York City, NY June, 2002. Fitzmaurice Voicework & Detail Model Speechwork five-day workshop host and

Associate teacher with Dudley Knight and Catherine Fitzmaurice, Chicago, IL August, 2001.

GRANTS & HONORS AWARDED

*Fulbright Scholarship – Faculty Sponsor Dylan Paul – Dialects and Theatre of

Trinidad and Tobago, University of Houston, 2012. *Provost’s University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award University of

Houston, 2007. *New Faculty Research Grant University of Houston, 2003. Dialect Acquisition

for Actors: Variants of a British Dialect. Spent one month traveling through England, Wales and Scotland collecting recordings of dialects.

*QIC Departmental Initiative Grant DePaul University, 2001. Hosting Teacher’s Training Workshop with Catherine Fitzmaurice and Dudley Knight.

*QIC Departmental Initiative Grant DePaul University, 2000. Certification Program for Associate Teachers of Fitzmaurice Voicework. Successfully completed program and received certification as Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.

VOICE AND DIALECT COACHING/CONSULTING

Production Director Company Dialects

2017 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Luchadora Justin Lucero University of Houston Mexican, Texan

Jim Johnson


Syringa Tree Jim Johnson Unity Theatre South African variations A Midsummer Nights Dream Lisa Wolpe Prague Shakespeare Co text & Original Pronunciation Animal Farm* William Brown University of Houston voice, articulation 2016 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Thicker Than Honey* Rob Shimko University of Houston Am Southern Dancing at Lughnasa Carolyn Boone University of Houston Donegal, Welsh Henry V* Lenny Banovez Houston Shakespeare Fest Welsh Carousel Rob Ashford Houston Grand Opera text & Neutral American Intimate Apparel Sara Becker University of Houston AAVE, Southern, Barbados Prince of Players* Michael Gieleta Houston Grand Opera text 2015 Switch (pre-production) Laine Rettmer Le Laboratoire Cambridge dialogue & speech A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Merchant of Venice Tiger Reel Houston Shakespeare Fest voice & text Macbeth Jack Young Houston Shakespeare Fest voice & text The Miser* Sara Becker University of Houston Mexican Bus Stop* Adam Noble University of Houston Southern, voice The Magic Flute Ian Rutherford Houston Grand Opera text 2014 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Playboy of the Western World Carolyn Boone University of Houston Irish Peace in Our Time Becky Udden Main Street Theatre RP, Cockney Two Gentlemen of Verona Brendon Fox Houston Shakespeare Fest voice & text Henry IV, Part 1 Jack Young Houston Shakespeare Fest voice & text The Whipping Man Seth Gordon Stages Repertory Am Southern, AAVE Our Country’s Good Jack Young University of Houston RP, Cockney, African 2013 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Die Fledermaus Lindy Hume Houston Grand Opera NYC & text Blood Wedding Dr. Keith Byron Kirk University of Houston voice & text Veronica’s Room Josh Morrison Stages Repertory Theatre Boston & Irish: West The Real Thing* Becky Udden Mainstreet Theatre RP & Scottish The Language Archive Sally Edmundson Stages Repertory Theatre original, Polsih, German Hotel Paradiso Gus Kaikkonen University of Houston voice Framing Dance* Karen Stokes Karen Stokes Dance – Zilka voice & text Showboat Francesca Zambello Houston Grand Opera Southern & text 2012 The Mountaintop* Robert O'Hara Alley Theatre AAVE Woman's Work (TV pilot) John Meek The Production Company voice & text A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Serious Money Christopher Owens University of Houston RP, Cockney, others Miss Julie* Julia Traber Classical Theatre Company Yat, Southern, AAVE The Vessel (film pre-production) Julio Quintana Terrence Malick - producer voice Cripple of Inishmaan Steve Wallace University of Houston Irish-West 2011 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney The Monster at the Door Daniella Topol Alley Theatre West Africa, French Charley's Aunt* Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre RP Now This Sara Becker University of Houston Italian, Southern, GA August: Osage County Jackson Gay Alley Theatre Oklahoma Candida Julia Traber Classical Theatre Company RP, Cockney 2010 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Bluefinger: Herman Brood Jason Nodler Catastrophic Theatre Dutch Boston Marriage* Keith Byron Kirk University of Houston General American Up* Steve Wallace University of Houston French

Jim Johnson


Auntie Mame* Kenn McGlaughlin Stages Repertory Theatre Irish Man from Nebraska Leslie Swackhammer Stages Repertory Theatre Estuary, Nebraska Les Liason Dangerous Sam Sparks University of Houston Voice & Text Romeo and Juliet Dominic Walsh Dominic Walsh Dance Thtr Voice & Text A Picasso Matt Huff Stages Repertory Theatre Spanish, German 2009 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Importance of Being Earnest Jonathan Gonzalez University of Houston Received Pronunciation Maritius Scott Schwartz Alley Theatre Milwaukee, Chicago Buy 1 Get 5 Free Steve Wallace University of Houston West Texas Mrs. Warren’s Profession Anders Cato Alley Theatre RP, Cockney 2008 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney A Child’s Christmas in Wales Greg Wise Unity Theatre Welsh Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Sam Sparks University of Houston Scottish Katrina: The Bridge* Steve Wallace University of Houston Voice & New Orleans Rumors* Terry Hibbert-Ismert Country Playhouse NYC Third Cheryl L. Kaplan Main Street Theatre Accent Reduction Tryst Joe Brancato Westport Country Playhouse Cockney Love Loves a Pornographer* Rob Kimbro Nova Arts Received Pronunciation Picasso at the Lapin Agile* Rutherford Cravens University of Houston German, Spanish, Russian Lady* Leslie Swackhamer Stages Repertory Voice Translations Rebecca Udden Main Street Theatre RP, Donegal Irish The Unseen* Brad Dalton Stages Repertory Voice Mary’s Wedding* Greg Wise Unity Theatre RP, Lincolnshire Much Ado About Nothing* Felicia Miller St. Agnes Academy RP, Cockney, Text Pride and Prejudice* Michelle Britton Duchesne Academy Received Pronunciation Good Woman of Setzuan* Kim Weild University of Houston Voice 2007 A Christmas Carol* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Marley’s Christmas Carol Brad Dalton Unity Theatre RP, Cockney, Scottish Mr. Pim Passes By* Steve Garfinkel Main Street Theater Received Pronunciation Arcadia Sidney Berger UH mainstage RP, Estuary Our Town* Beth Sanford St. John’s HS (Houston) New England Our Town* George Brock Episcopal HS (Houston) New England Importance of Being Earnest Julia Traber Unity Theatre RP Arsenic & Old Lace* Greg Boyd Alley Theatre Brooklyn, Irish The Secret Garden* Paul Hope Bayou City Musicals RP, Yorkshire, N Irish Death on the Nile* James Black Alley Theatre RP, Scots, Egyptian, Nigerian, French To Kill a Mockingbird Paul Barnes Alley Theatre American Southern American Brat* Brad Dalton Stages Repertory Parsi, Yiddish I Am My Own Wife Alex Stages Repertory German, Texas, others Enchanted April Julia Traber Unity Theatre RP, Italian Street Scene* Debra Dickinson Rice Opera Theatre Italian, Swedish, German, Russian A Streetcar Named Desire Brian Byrnes UH mainstage American Southern, New Orleans Moon for the Misbegotten* Gordon Edelstein Alley Theatre Irish Scotland Road George Brock Unity Theatre Irish Amy’s View Leslie Swackhamer Stages Repertory RP, Cockney 2006 Sanders’ Family Christmas* John Connelley Unity Theatre N. Carolina Tryst Joe Brancato Alley Theatre Cockney The Cook* Mariana Carreno King Stages Repertory Cuban Educating Rita Kate Smith Unity Theatre Liverpool, Standard English Much Ado About Nothing Scott Schwartz Alley Theatre Voice and Text Coach Intimate Apparel* Ron Jones Main Street Theatre Romanian Jewish, Barbados Nickel and Dimed Brad Dalton Stages Repertory Florida, Maine, Minnesota, Czech

Jim Johnson


On the Verge* Brian Byrnes UH mainstage Voice consultant Government Inspector* Sidney Berger UH Mainstage NYC Aiyako Furui in Waiting for Engines Erin Kidwell Unheard Voices American English 2005 A Christmas Carol* Michael Wilson Alley Theatre RP, Cockney The Christmas Schooner* Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre Irish, German Be My Baby John Rando Alley Theatre Scottish, Standard English Doris Davis in Pardon My English Rob Babbitt Main Street Theatre Polish Hapgood Greg Boyd Alley Theatre RP As You Like It* Sidney Berger Houston Shakespeare Fest Voice consultant Hamlet* Carolyn Boone Houston Shakespeare Fest Voice consultant Laurie Foxx in Resurrection Greg Carter Keith Kjornes Productions General American Spider’s Web* Greg Boyd Alley Theatre St English, Welsh, Cockney Bob Works in With Regards Timothy Dodds Offroad Productions Sen. Joseph McCarthy Brooke McDaniels Miss Texas USA Pageant Voice consultant On the Razzle* Rob de los Reyes Main Street Theatre RP, Cockney Steel Magnolias Judith Ivey Alley Theatre Louisiana Equus* George Brock Rice University RP, Estuary, Cockney Polish Joke Brian Byrnes Stages Repertory Polish, Irish, Jewish Arms and the Man* Kate Pogue Unity Theatre Russian Complete Work of Shakespeare* Jess Akins UH student production RP, Scottish 2004 Blithe Spirit Sidney Berger UH Mainstage RP, Cockney Christmas Revels Beth Sanford Houston Revels Scottish Yerma* Alma Martinez UH student production Voice consultant Marvin’s Room* Linus Craig UH Mainstage Voice consultant Arsenic & Old Lace* George Brock Unity Theatre Brooklyn The Laramie Project Trish Rigdon Rice University Voice coach The Exonerated Rob Bundy Alley Theatre Various Southern Leading Ladies Ken Ludwig Alley Theatre/Cleveland Rep Received Pronunciation The Sound of Music Chesley Krohn Unity Theatre German I Hate Hamlet Brian Byrnes UH Mainstage Stage Standard

Noises Off Carolyn Boone UH Mainstage RP, Cockney, Estuary Twelfth Night Greg Boyd Alley Theatre Text and Voice coach 2003 Dancing at Lughnasa Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre Donegal Irish, Welsch, Ugandan

James Joyce’s The Dead* Ron Jones Main Street Theatre Dublin Irish Fully Committed* Rob Bundy Alley Theatre RP, Wisconsin, French Sherlock Holmes Greg Boyd Alley Theatre RP, Cockney, French, Irish, Scot

Molly Sweeney John Corley HCC/Unity Theatre Donegal & Dublin 4 Irish The Foreigner* James Black Alley Theatre Georgia Mousetrap* Greg Boyd Alley Theatre RP, Cockney

Much Ado About Nothing* Rob Bundy Houston Shakespeare Fest original dialect Oliver Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre Cockney, RP, Irish The Weir* Patty Bean Main Street Theatre Irish varieties Stones in His Pockets Joe Brancato Alley Theatre Irish varieties, RP, Scottish

My Fair Lady Glenn Casale Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) RP, Cockney Arcadia Mark Ramont Rice University RP, Estuary English Voir Dire Jim Johnson UH Mainstage New York, Nebraska, New Yorican

2002 Lend Me a Tenor Brian Byrnes UH Mainstage Italian, Standard American

Talley’s Folly* Rutty Cravens Actors Theatre of Houston Missouri, Russian/Jewish Then There Were None* Greg Boyd Alley Theatre RP, Cockney Top Girls Carolyn Boone UH Mainstage Modified RP, Cockney Our Country’s Good Brian Byrnes UH Mainstage RP, Cockney, Scots, Irish, Devon,

Malagasy

Jim Johnson


2001 The Admirable Crichton* Jim Stewart UH Ostrow New Musicals RP, Cockney True West* Yong Kim UH student production Voice consultant The Diary of Anne Frank Sidney Berger UH/Alley co-production Standard Am, Dutch Aidan Quinn in Stolen Summer Pete Jones Project Greenlight / Mirimax Chicago Holy Ghosts Jim Johnson DePaul Workshop Appalachian

2000 Sight Unseen Peter Hobert DePaul Mainstage Yorkshire, German

Much Ado About Nothing Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare American Southern Romeo & Juliet* Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare Voice consultant The Love Talker Richard Ragsdale Defiant Theatre Appalachian Veronica’s Room* Tioni McCoy DePaul Graduate Workshop Boston

1999 Disappeared* Tioni McCoy Depaul Workshop Brooklyn Standing on My Knees* Thom Bowers DePaul Workshop Voice consultant

Burning Desires Linda Gillum Defiant Theatre French, German, York, originals Claw* Barry Burnetti DePaul Workshop Voice consultant The Idiot* Anne Wakefield DePaul Workshop Voice consultant Skryker* Rachael Slavick DePaul Workshop Texas Taming of the Shrew Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare Shakespeare Text, Voice

1998 Midsummer Night’s Dream Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare RP, Cockney Julius Caesar Ann James Chic-speare Theatre Shakespeare Text * Consultant: serving as a source for production, as needed. (Coaching involves fully supporting and responsible

for the dialect and voice work in a production.) ACTING: PROFESSIONAL THEATRE (1998-present)

Production & Role Director Company

2017 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Demetrius Lisa Wolpe Prague Shakespeare Co, Czech R 2015 Abduction at the Seraglio Pasha Selim Andrés Orozco-Estrada H Symphony Orch, Houston, TX

& Lloyd Wood 2012 Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy et al. Brandon Smith Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX 2011 Behind the Music: Vivaldi Narrator Hans Graff H Symphony Orch, Houston, TX 2010 La Serva Padrona Vespone Antoine Plante Mercury Baroque, San Antonio, TX Romeo & Juliet Friar Lawrence Dominic Walsh DWDT, Houston, TX 2009 Panto Sleeping Beauty Keenan Kingsley Kenn McGlaughlin Stages Repertory, Houston, TX

Talley’s Folly Matt Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Rabbit Hole Howie Leslie Swackhammer Stages Repertory, Houston, TX 2008 Britton’s Young Person’s Guide Narrator Alexander Mickelthwate H Symphony Orch, Houston, TX Macbeth Macbeth: Voices of Evil Chesley Krohn Festival Hill, Round Top, TX Egmont Egmont Hans Graff H Symphony Orch, Houston, TX 2007 Harvey Elwood P. Dowd Charles Sanders Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX 2006 Romeo & Juliet Friar Lawrence Dominic Walsh DWDT, Houston, TX 2005 The Christmas Schooner Peter Stossel Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Bishop et al Chesley Krohn Stage Repertory, Houston, TX

Jim Johnson


Arms and the Man Sergius Kate Pogue Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX 2004 Christmas Revels Galoshens Beth Sanford Houston Revels, Houston, TX Arsenic & Old Lace Jonathan George Brock Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX The Sound of Music Max Chesley Krohn Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Bishop et al Chesley Krohn Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX 2003 Dancing at Lughnasa Gerry Teresa Beckers Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Rob Bundy Houston Shakespeare Festival A Winter’s Tale Polixenes Sidney Berger Houston Shakespeare Festival 2000 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare, Chicago

Much Ado About Nothing Benedick (replacement) Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare, Chicago

1998 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Oberon/Theseus Alison Vesely First Folio Shakespeare, Chicago

ACTING: FILM/COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/VOICEOVER

2017 Featured On-Camera in Short Film: L’Apparenza Inganna Gary Chasin Production Voiceover for Theatre: Teacher in Small Mouth Sounds University of Houston 2016 Industrial: Spokesperson for Schlumberger TVP Featured On-Camera in Short Film: Bully Thunderclap Productions 2013 Principle Role in Film: Rogue Strike Kerry Beyer Productions Featured Character VO: Lucky in Last Flight of the Champions Omnipulse Entertainment 2012 Print Advertising: Spokesperson for Southern Dental Houston Chronicle Regional Commercial: Spokesperson for Southern Dental The Production Company 2011 Print Advertising: Spokesperson for Southern Dental Houston Chronicle Principle Role in Film: Normalcy Rice University Industrial VO: Dental Options Industry Leaders Regional Commercial: Featured On-Camera for Southern Dental The Production Company 2010 Industrial VO: Nine Languages Hewlett Packard Print Advertising: Spokesperson for Southern Dental Houston Chronicle 2009 Regional Commercial: Featured On-Camera for Southern Dental The Production Company Website Commercial: On-Camera for Southern Dental The Production Company Regional Commercial: Featured On-Camera for Southern Dental The Production Company 2008 Regional Commercial: Featured VO for Southern Dental The Production Company Industrial VOC: FMC Loading Systems Representative FMC Technologies Website VO: Character voice for Mwamba Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2007 Voiceover: Importance of Being Earnest Pre-show Announcement Unity Theatre Industrial Voice Over: Estuary British Spokesperson Continental Airlines Industrial VOC: Australian BMC Software Industrial Spokesperson: Airport Experience of the Future Continental Airlines Radio Commercial: German Stock Exchange BizRadio Network Infomercial Featured VOC: Gexa Energy McNee Productions Radio Commercial: Heilmann’s Floral BizRadio Network Radio Commercial: Stein Gifts BizRadio Network

Jim Johnson


Radio Commercial: Texas Indoor Golf BizRadio Network 2006 Television Commercial Featured VOC: Tiremax Zen Films Voiceover: Tryst Pre-show and Intermission Announcements Alley Theatre Documentary Re-enactment Featured VOC: Mutiny on the Bayou KHOU-TV, Houston Independent Film VOC: 2005 Industrial VOC: David Berg—The Trial Lawyer American Bar Association Industrial Voiceover: Parker Elementary Music Magnet School Sound Ideas 2003 Voiceover: Stones in His Pockets Pre-show & Interm. Announcements Alley Theatre 2001 Documentary OC: HBO’s Project Greenlight—Stolen Summer HBO: Project Greenlight Industrial Voiceover Narrator: Bank One Learning Insights

DIRECTING

2017 Syringa Tree Unity Theatre, Brenham TX

one 10-Minute Play UH 10-Minute Play Festival, Houston TX

2016 two 10-Minute Plays UH 10-Minute Play Festival, Houston TX

2015 Pilgrimage of the Rose Houston Symphony Orchestra, Houston TX

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie University of Houston actors’ studio, Houston TX

two 10-Minute Plays UH 10-Minute Play Festival, Houston TX

2014 two 10-Minute Plays UH 10-Minute Play Festival, Houston TX

2010 La Serva Padrona staging Mercury Baroque tour to San Antonio, Houston TX

Romeo & Juliet acting director Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre, Houston TX

2008 Going Dark University of Houston studio reading, Houston TX

2006 Arms and the Man University of Houston mainstage, Houston TX

2005 Waiting for Godot (co-director) University of Houston mainstage, Houston TX

2003 Voir Dire University of Houston mainstage, Houston TX

2002 Antigone Project: Ancient Greek First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Chicago IL

2001 Holy Ghosts DePaul Theatre School workshop, Chicago IL

2000 Twelfth Night DePaul Theatre School workshop, Chicago IL

1998 Prairie Voices Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago IL

1997 Of Whales and Time Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago IL

Theatre Time Machine Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago IL

Do You Really Want a Dinosaur Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago IL

1996 The Winter’s Tale Bugeater Theatre, Chicago IL

1995 Alice Underground Bugeater Theatre, Chicago IL

Twelfth Night Bugeater Theatre, Chicago IL

1994 Pelvic Variations Bugeater Theatre, Chicago IL

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1993 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Theatre West Repertory, Scottsbluff NE

1991 A Betrothal Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff NE

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