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Mindy Cooper

Director/Choreographer

Member SDC

Theater: Broadway

DRACULA, THE MUSICAL — Choreographer

Belasco Theater

 

WRONG MOUNTAIN — Choreographer

Eugene O'Neill Theater

Theater: Off-Broadway

HOI POLLOI — Director/Choreographer

World Premiere of a lost Noel Coward play

The Lion Theater, Theater Row — Off Bway

 

THE ETERNAL SPACE — Director

The Lion Theater, Theater Row — Off Bway

 

MEN ARE FROM MARS/WOMEN FROM VENUS, LIVE! — Director

New World Stages — Off Bway

 

SOUL DOCTOR — Director/Choreographer

The Actor’s Temple – Off Bway            

  

50 SHADES, THE MUSICAL PARODY — Choreographer

Elektra Theater – Off Bway              

 

DEPLOYED, THE MUSICAL — Director/Choreographer

The Signature Theater – NYMF          

 

FIVE  COURSE LOVE—  Choreographer

Minetta Lane Theater – Off Bway

 

BROADWAY BY THE YEAR (Multiple) — Director/Choreographer

Town Hall

National Tours

MEN ARE FROM MARS/WOMEN FROM VENUS, LIVE! — Director

Emery Productions 

 

TITANIC — Choreographer

Dodger Productions   

Regional

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Co-Director

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

 

MY FRIEND HAFIZ* — Director

Sweet Can Productions 

Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

FLORA, THE RED MENACE — Co-Director/Choreographer

Arena Theater​

Wright Hall, UC Davis

ME AND MY GIRL* — Director/Choreographer

42nd Street Moon, San Francisco

MR BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY — Director/Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)


STILL WILL BE HEARD* — Director

Peak Performances (commission) 

Finalist with Liz Queler — Women in the Arts and Media Collaboration Award

 

A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING — Director/Choreographer 

Sacramento Music Circus     

 

CABARET* — Director

CenterRep Theater

 

MUSICAL OF MUSICALS, THE MUSICAL* — Director/Choreographer

CenterRep Theater

 

ON THE TOWN* — Director/Choreographer

Diablo Theater Company

 

DRACULA, THE MUSICAL — Choreographer

La Jolla Playhouse

 

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF — Director/Choreographer

Nevada Conservatory Theater

 

OKLAHOMA — Director/Choreographer

Mondavi Center for the Arts

 

25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE — Director/Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

   

URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL — Director/ Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

 

THE WHO’S TOMMY — Director/Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

                                              

THE NEW BOZENA — Choreographer

Hudson Theater (LA)                               

* Asterisk denotes theater award

Festivals

RANKED, A MUSICAL

South by Southwest

Director

CATALYST; A THEATRE THINK TANK (C3T)

(formerly The Ground and Field Theatre Festival)

Co-Founder/Co-Director, UC Davis

BEING SEEN

FringeNYC 2015

Director

 

HEART & SOUL, FRANK LOESSER FROM HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY

St. Petersburg, Russia  

Russian/American Cultural Exchange

Choreographer

Awards

Theater work has won 11 Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Awards, including Best Director, Best Choreographer, and Best Musical, and 6 nominations.

Television

LAW AND ORDER, CRIMINAL INTENT — "Want"

Choreographer

Commercials

VALLEY HOSPITAL — NJ Tri-State

Choreographer

 

SONY ELECTRONICS

Choreographer

Music Videos

LOOKOUT, SCIENCE

Artst: Erin Hill

Gridley Records

Choreographer

Readings/New Works

OPEN, STAY — Director

Book: Kyle Holmes

Music and Lyrics: Anna DiNoia

Choreography: Ephrat Asherie

Off the Lane, NYC

OCEAN IN A TEACUP — Director

Book and Music: Joel Krantz

Lyrics: Joel Krantz and Neil Selden

Cam Studios, NYC

SONGS FROM EAGLE POND — Director

Poems: Poet Laureates Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon

Music: Graham Sobelman

Proctor Academy, Andover, NH

OPEN, STAY — Director

Music and Lyrics: Anna DiNoia

UC Davis​

TOMORROW I MAY BE FAR AWAY — Director

Poetry: Rita Dove

Music: Lara Downes

Sixth and I, Washington DC and UNC Chapel Hill

 

DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI — Producer

Book, Music and Lyrics: Keaton Wooden

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

JULIET AND ROMEO — Co-Director

Book: Paul Gordon

Music and Lyrics: Paul Gordon and Curtis Moore

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

RANKED, A MUSICAL* — Director

Authors: Kyle Holmes and David Taylor Gomes

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

MOTHERS — Director

Author: Anna Moench

National New Play Network's National Showcase of New Plays

A PUNCHLINE (reading) — Director

Author: Michael Schwartz

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

HYSTERICAL — Director

Author: Elenna Dunham

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

2+2+1 (Reading) — Director

Author: Janine DeMaria

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

BAM (Development) — Director

Author: Phoebe Farber

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

BRISE (Development) — Director

Author: Ian August

Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank (C3T)

MOJAVE! THE MUSICAL — Director

Authors: Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

                                              

SOCIAL LIFE, THE MUSICAL — Director

Chris Myers, Author

Soho Grand Hotel

 

THE THING ABOUT TIME — Director

Authors: Jake Holmes, David Buskin

CapitolRep’s New Play Series

 

AMERICAN MONKEY — Director

Author: Mikel Raud

Primary Stages                                        

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO TAMMY FAYE — Director

Author: Fernando Dovalino

Manhattan Theater Club

 

* Asterisk denotes theater award

Corporate (selected list)

LIFE FIRST — ONE TOUCH BRAND ESSENCE

Johnson & Johnson

Headliner: Randy Jackson

Stage Director

 

DUPONT LYCRA — Film

Choreographer

 

SESAME STREET

Children's Theater Workshop

Choreographer

Benefits

HOW TO SUCCEED, A DES MACNUFF TRIBUTE

Koerner Hall, Toronto                    

Choreographer

 

WALL TO WALL LOESSER

Symphony Space Series

Choreographer

Academic

Professor, UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance

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