DAVID NOVAK

A Telling Experience AEA / AFTRA 828-***-****

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Asheville, NC 28804 www.novateller.com

Master of Fine Arts, 1986

Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1976

University of California

Southern Methodist University

San Diego, CA

Dallas, TX

Professional Actor Training Program

Theatre Arts: Directing

National Storytelling Network Circle of Excellence Award, 2002. The Circle of Excellence is presented to

artists who are recognized by their peers to be master storytellers who set the standards for excellence and

have demonstrated, over a significant period of time, a commitment and dedication to the art of storytelling.

2010/11 Appearances & Residencies Current Teaching

Biltmore Estate Training, NC St. Pauls Preschool, NC AB Technical Community College, NC

Open Hand Theatre, NY Childrens Book Fest, FL Basic Storytelling / Oral Interp.

The Magnetic Theatre, NC Santa Barbara Schools, CA East Tenn. State University, TN

Greensboro Schools, NC Avery Creek Elem, NC Languages of Storytelling

Del Mar Schools, CA N. Buncombe Elem, NC Advanced Storytelling

Linn-Mar Schools, IA Hanger Hall School for Girls, NC Biltmore Estate Consultant/Coach

Averett University, VA Sand Hill Elem, NC

Select Touring Credits

ISC Teller-In-Residence Caldwell Playhouse Kitchen Theatre

Jonesborough, TN 2010 Boca Raton, FL 2008 Ithaca, NY 2002

Childrens Theatre Festival Florida Story Camp Hong Kong International School

Trutnov, Czech Republic, 2009 Eustis, FL 2008/05/02 Hong Kong, China 2001

N. Charleston Arts Festival NC Stage Company Tejas Festival

N. Charleston, SC 2009 Asheville, NC 2007/06/05/04 Denton, TX 2001/1998

National Storytelling Festival Stone Leaf Festival ArtServe Theatre

Jonesborough, TN 2003/1999/96/92/91 Asheville, NC 2005 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2001/00

Lone Star Festival Timpanogos Festival Washington Storytellers Theatre

Frisco, TX 2010/08/06 Orem, UT 2003/1998 Washington, DC 2000

Cave Run Festival Glistening Waters LA Music Center Touring Program

Cave Run, KY 2009/06 Wairarapa, New Zealand 2002 Los Angeles, CA 1991 - 2003

Going Deep Story Retreat Cincinnattia Playhouse

Bethlehem, OH 2009 Cincinnatti, OH 2002

Articles & Reviews

Performance Review: Gilgamesh: Pushing the Boundaries in Story Performance by Barry Stewart Mann

Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies. 1932-0280, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55 59

CD Review: Notes on the Art of Storytelling: The Garden Metaphor by Cauley Bennett, Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine

Vol. 14, No. 1 September 2010

Performance Review: Gilgamesh by Hope Baugh

http://www.indytheatrehabit.com/2009/03/29/2009-going-deep-gilgamesh-by-david-novak/

Performance Review: Gilgamesh by Jim Cavener

Asheville Citizen-Times published June 28, 2007

Performance Review: Chaste White and Blush Red by Tony Kiss

Asheville Citizen-Times published: January 20, 2006

Performance Review 'Smoke from the Everglades' by Jim Cavener

Asheville Citizen-Times published: August 5, 2005

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Original Stage Works

The Divorce of Heaven & Earth Hounded: don t be afraid, be disturbed

Two Acts. Creation Stories, Contemporary, and Personal Story. Two Acts. Stories of phantom dogs, the underworld, and per-

The Open Hand Theater, Syracuse, NY 2011 sonal shadows.

(Includes selections from Lovecraft and D.H. Lawrence.)

Chaste White & Blush Red StoneLeaf Festival, Asheville, NC, 2005.

Two Acts. Exploration of the transformative power of passion National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN, 2003.

drawing from Grimms, myth, and memoir. ArtServe Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 2000.

The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC 2011

Mel Fischer Museum, Key West, FL, 2008. Smoke From the Everglades: stories from the tropics of

NC Stage Company, Asheville, NC 2006. boyhood

Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, 2006. Two Act memoir of growing up in So. Florida.

Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY, 2004. Children s Literature Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2010.

National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN, 2003. Caldwell Playhouse, Boca Raton, FL, 2008.

Stories, Inc. Indianapolis, IN, 2001. NC Stage Company, Asheville, NC, 2005.

ArtServe Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2000. National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN, 2003.

ArtServe Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2000.

Gilgamesh

Two Acts. Theatrical retelling of Sumerian Epic.

Hanger Hall School for Girls, Ashevile, NC, 2009 (Abridged)

Going Deep Storytelling Retreat, Bethlehem, IN, 2009.

Houselights Storytelling Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 2008.

NC Stage Company, Asheville, NC, 2007.

Published Works

Storytelling, Self & Society August House Publishing

An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies Itsy Bitsy Spider's Heroic Climb (audio)

Visions For Storytelling Studies The Cookie Girl (audio)

The Matriculation of Gwenda LedBetter 3 Dolls (inclusion in anthology Ready-To-Tell Tales )

Xlibris Publishing Riverbank Press

String Figure Jack (picture book) The Little Ant (picture book)

A Telling Experience Johnny Appleseed & The Bears (picture book)

Hounded (audio) Cobblestone Magazine for Children

Chaste White & Blush Red (audio) Is The World Telling You Stories?

More Rhyme Than Reason (Parents' Choice) (audio) Recipe For Storytelling

Sterling (audio) Storytelling World Magazine

Smoke From the Everglades (audio) Stories on a Shoestring

Notes On the Art Of Storytelling (audio) Word Choices: the Icing on the Cake

The Scattered Brain

References

Charlie Flynn-McIver Barbara Pell Karen Beatty

Artistic Director Instructor - ARTS Director of Education

NC Stage Company Arts and Ideas John Campbell Folk School

PO Box 9338 UNC Asheville One Folk School Road

Asheville NC 28815 120 New Hall, CPO 2840 Brasstown, North Carolina 28902

828-***-**** 1 University Heights 828-***-****

Asheville, NC 28804 (Fax) 828-***-****

Dr. Joseph Sobol 828-***-**** abpl10@r.postjobfree.com

Storytelling Graduate Program Connie Regan-Blake

East Tennessee State University Ellen Rickman Storyteller, Educator

PO Box 70684, Director of Museum Services Asheville, North Carolina

Johnson City TN 37614 The Biltmore Company 828-***-****

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