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Brian LeTraunik-*
Brian LeTraunik
Fight Director
SAFD Certified Teacher of Stage Combat
Phone: 773-***-****
Email: abqfjr@r.postjobfree.com
Website: www.brianletraunik.weebly.com
FIGHT DIRECTION/CONSULTATION
CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
Dutchman Eastern Illinois University Jenni Passig
Twelfth Night Coe College Dennis Barnett
Reasons to Be Pretty StageWest Theatre Co. Todd Buchacker
The Outsiders Hoover High School Elizabeth Sheridan
The Glory of Living Drake University Deena Conley
Doo Lister s Blues National Pastime Theatre Victor Cole
Robin Hood of Barnsdale Wood Theatre Hikes Dan Scurek
Dog Sees God Western Illinois University Tommy Iafrate
The Pillowman Western Illinois University Jeff Day
Moon Over Buffalo Western Illinois University DC Wright
Rashomon Lincoln Square Theatre Kris Schramm
The Chopin Playoffs@ Chicago Jewish Theatre Elayne & Brian LeTraunik
The Stroop Report~@ Chicago Jewish Theatre Elayne & Brian LeTraunik
The Golem~ Chicago Jewish Theatre David Zak
Jack O Shea: The Saga Begins Hairy Calahan Productions James Cook
Close Your Eyes (World Premiere) Pyewacket Ken Lee
That Championship Season~* Red Hen Productions Steve Scott
Bloody Bess~ Red Hen Productions Scott Cummins
Jack O Shea in Cas O Blanca Hairy Calahan Productions Andy Lawfer
Jack O Shea: Trouble in Toyland Hairy Calahan Productions James Cook
The House of Yes Circle Theatre Greg Kolack
Jack O Shea: Return of the Jack Hairy Calahan Productions Don Victorine
The Moon s the Madonna Circle Theatre Greg Kolack
Tough Smash Theatre Jared Leal
Pitz and Joe~@ Red Hen Productions Greg Kolack
Macbett~* greasy joan/Division 13 Joanna Settle
Brave Smiles Bailiwick Repertory Laurie Attea
American Buffalo* Circle Theatre Tony Vezner
Naked Will Bailiwick Repertory David Zak
Abundance* Pendulum Theatre Bill Redding
Class Enemy~* Red Hen Productions Steve Scott
Popcorn* (U.S. Premiere) Profiles Theatre Patrick Wilkes
When You Comin Back Red Ryder* CollaborAction Lou Saliba
Stray Dogs*@ Profiles Theatre Sarah Atkins
Incorruptible*@ LeTraunik Productions Mark-John McSheehy
Softcops Green Highway Theatre Janel Winter
Black Angel*@ LeTraunik Productions Mark-John McSheehy
Deathtrap Village Theatre of Palatine Larry Boller
I Hate Hamlet Village Theatre of Palatine Sally Moomey
Paddywack@ Profiles Theatre Lisa Devine
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CLASSICAL THEATRE
Hamlet Simpson College Jennifer Nostrala
Romeo and Juliet Arts Lanes Page Hearn
Twelfth Night St. Ignatius College Prep Mary Pat Haley
Othello Chronicles Theater Company Bobby Zaman
Romeo and Juliet Talisman Theatre Mark Hardiman
Edward II~ Red Hen Productions Mark-John McSheehy
Romeo and Juliet Elgin Community College Terry Domschke
MUSICAL THEATRE
Children of Eden Summer Music Theatre Karen Lamb
The Scarlet Pimpernel Highland Park High School Scott Shallenbarger
Sweeney Todd~* Porchlight Music Theatre Walter Stearns
The Pirates of Penzance~ Light Opera Works Lara Teeter
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts Bailiwick Repertory David Zak
Cyrano Circle Theatre Kevin Bellie
Peter Pan Highland Park Players Catherine Davis
OPERA
The Patriots (World Premiere) Northeastern Illinois University Ronald Combs & Edward Kerros
~AEA (Equity) Production *Jeff Recommended @Chicago Premiere
POSITIONS HELD
Chair of SAFD Merchandise Committee, 2001-2008
Resident fight choreographer for Red Hen Productions and Chicago Jewish Theatre, 1999-2006
Founder and Executive Director of the Chicago Stage Combat Academy, 2001-2002
TEACHING
2013 Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL
Semester long unarmed stage combat course culminating in SPT
2012 University of Findlay (Findlay, OH)
Two day unarmed workshop
2012 Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Knife Skills Proficiency Test class
2012 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (St. Charles, IL)
Sword & shield Skills Proficiency Renewal
The Pointy End Goes Into The Other Person specialty class
Create-A-Fight specialty class
2011 Private Class (Chicago, IL)
Unarmed Skills Proficiency Renewal
2011 SAFD Carnage in the Corn Workshop (Des Moines, IA)
Sword and shield Skills Proficiency Renewal
Street Fightin Single Sword specialty class
3-2-1 Contact specialty class
Create-A-Fight specialty class
2011 DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
Substitute teacher for rapier/dagger and unarmed stage combat classes
2011 Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Unarmed workshop
2011 SAFD Cease & Desist Workshop (Cincinnati, OH)
It Ain t Heavy, It s My Broadsword specialty class
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The Pinch and the Ouch specialty class
2010 Actor s Training Center at the Wilmette Theatre (Wilmette, IL)
Stage combat/physical acting master classes for Professional Teen Acting Intensive
2010 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Elgin, IL)
Unarmed Skills Proficiency Renewal
One Hit Wonder Specialty Class
The Pinch and the Ouch specialty class
2009 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Co-taught, with SAFD Certified Teacher DC Wright, undergraduate/graduate
stage combat class, culminating in Skills Proficiency Test in rapier & dagger
2009 SAFD Carnage in the Corn Workshop (Des Moines, IA)
Unarmed Skills Proficiency Renewal
3-2-1 Contact! specialty class
The Pinch and the Ouch specialty class
Rapier & Dagger: Stage Combat Jazz specialty class
Street Fightin Single Sword specialty class
2009 SAFD National Stage Combat Workshops (Winston-Salem, NC)
Served as Teaching Assistant to Fight Master J. David Brimmer in unarmed classes
Taught quarterstaff and smallsword in Introduction to Stage Combat workshop
The Pinch and the Ouch master class
Co-taught, with SAFD Fight Director Bob Macdougall, SPT Stagecraft master class
Taught individual smallsword Skills Proficiency Test
Taught individual broadsword & shield Skills Proficiency Renewal
Coached/directed student scenes
2009 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Elgin, IL)
Skills Proficiency Renewal in smallsword
Skills Proficiency Renewal in broadsword & shield
Create-a-Fight specialty class
Street Fightin Smallsword
2009 KC/ACTF Region III Festival (Saginaw, MI)
Assisted SAFD Certified Teacher DC Wright in Groin Shots are Funny workshop
2008 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Guest lecturer in Introduction to Theatre class. Conducted lecture/demonstration
on stage combat
2008 SAFD Carnage in the Corn Workshop (Des Moines, IA)
Swash My Buckle & Buckle My Swash specialty class
History of Swordfighting on Screen lecture
Create-a-Fight specialty class
Yuen Wo-Ping: Martial Arts Master lecture
Co-taught, with SAFD Fight Director Michael Johnson, SAFD Skills Proficiency
Renewal in unarmed
2008 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Co-taught, with SAFD Certified Teacher DC Wright, undergraduate/graduate
credit stage combat class, culminating in Skills Proficiency Tests in unarmed
2008 Private Class (Chicago, IL)
Sword & shield Skills Proficiency Test
2008 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Quarterstaff Skills Proficiency Test
2008 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Elgin, IL)
Basic smallsword class
One Hit Wonder specialty class
Non-Stop Rapier And Dagger specialty class
Create-A-Fight specialty class
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A History of Swordfighting on Screen lecture
2007 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Guest lecturer in undergraduate Introduction to Theatre class.
Lectured/demonstrated stage combat techniques and principles of fight direction
2007 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Co-taught unarmed workshop for opera students
2007 Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Co-taught, with SAFD Certified Teacher DC Wright, undergraduate/graduate
credit stage combat class culminating in Skills Proficiency Tests in broadsword and
sword & shield
2007 Lincoln Square Arts Center (Chicago, IL)
Single sword Skills Proficiency Test class
2007 Lincoln Square Arts Center (Chicago, IL)
Rapier & dagger Skills Proficiency Test class
2007 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Elgin, IL)
Create-a-Fight specialty class
Yuen Wo-Ping, Martial Arts Master lecture
Skills Proficiency Renewal in single sword
2006 SAFD Eureka College Stage Combat Workshop (Eureka, IL)
Co-taught, with SAFD Fight Director Paul Dennhardt, a three week intensive
workshop culminating in Skills Proficiency Tests in unarmed and single sword
2006 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
William Hobbs: A Study in Fight Choreography lecture
One Hit Wonder specialty class
Wushu Stancework specialty class
Skills Proficiency Renewal in broadsword
2005 Simpson College (Indianola, IA)
Served five-day residency as a guest artist fight director. Taught unarmed
workshops for the theatre department and served as a guest lecturer in several
theatre classes
2005 City of Evanston Performing Arts Day Camp (Evanston, IL)
Stage combat classes for students/campers ages 6-11
2005 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Hey, Can You Do the Fights lecture
One Hit Wonder specialty class
Beginning single sword class
2004 North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Session: Introduction to Stage Combat
(Winston-Salem, NC)
Beginning rapier & dagger class
2004 SAFD Rumble in the Rockies Workshop/Denver Center for the Performing Arts
(Denver, CO)
Served as a teaching assistant
Co-taught Rapier & Dagger For Dummies class
2004 Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
Assisted SAFD Certified Teacher Angela Bonacasa and SAFD Fight Master Chuck
Coyl in single sword stage combat classes
2003-2004 Actor s Gymnasium (Evanston, IL)
Assisted/taught introductory stage combat class encompassing unarmed,
broadsword, quarterstaff, knife and single rapier techniques
2003 Velocity Performing Arts Camp (Chicago, IL)
Unarmed stage combat master classes
2002 Franklin Fine Arts Academy (Chicago, IL)
Unarmed workshop
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2002-2003 Actors Gymnasium (Evanston, IL)
Assisted SAFD Certified Teacher Angela Bonacasa in broadsword and shield Skills
Proficiency Test (SPT) class
2002 St. Ignatius College Prep (Chicago, IL)
Unarmed workshop
2002 Chicago Stage Combat Academy (Chicago, IL)
Assisted SAFD Certified Teacher Angela Bonacasa in knife Skills Proficiency Test
(SPT) class
2002 Chicago Stage Combat Academy (Chicago, IL)
Beginning rapier & dagger class
2002 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Served as an intern
Assisted SAFD Fight Master Chuck Coyl in beginning single sword class
Assisted SAFD Fight Director Paul Dennhardt in beginning rapier & dagger class
Assisted SAFD Fight Master David Woolley in beginning knife class
Assisted SAFD Fight Director Robert Westley in beginning unarmed class
2001 Chicago Stage Combat Academy (Chicago, IL)
Assisted SAFD Fight Director Geoffrey Kent in Good Cop/Bad Cop class
2001 Chicago Stage Combat Academy (Chicago, IL)
Assisted SAFD Certified Teacher Angela Bonacasa in SAFD Actor/Combatant
renewal workshop
2001 Act One Studios (Chicago, IL)
Single rapier class
2001 Act One Studios (Chicago, IL)
Unarmed class
2000 SAFD National Stage Combat Workshop (Las Vegas, NV)
Served as an intern
Assisted various SAFD Certified Teachers, Fight Directors and Fight Masters
Also involved in student coaching
1997-1998 Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Assisted SAFD Fight Master David Woolley in beginning and advanced stage
combat classes encompassing unarmed, rapier & dagger, broadsword and
smallsword techniques
TRAINING
MFA in Acting from Western Illinois University-2010
BA in Theatre (Acting) from Columbia College, Chicago-1998
Certified as a Teacher by the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)-2004
The SAFD recognizes approximately 133 individuals around the world as Certified Teachers of stage combat.
This designation signifies thousands of hours of classroom training as well as successful completion of the
SAFD s Teacher Training Workshop. As a SAFD Certified Teacher, I am sanctioned to teach the SAFD s Skills
Proficiency Test (SPT) class, whereby students may test for recognition with the SAFD either in individual
weapons or for Actor/Combatant status.
Recognized as an Actor/Combatant by the SAFD-1996
Weapons/styles studied: Unarmed, rapier & dagger, broadsword, quarterstaff, knife, single sword,
smallsword, broadsword & shield, whip cracking, double sticks, rapier & buckler, smallsword &
poniard, Shaolin Kung-Fu, Aikido, Pentjak Silat, katana, tomahawk & knife, police tactics (side
handle baton/handcuffing), film fighting
Wushu with Daniel Pesina, Chicago Wushu Guan
Saber fencing with Chicago Fencing Club
Basic knowledge of modern and black powder firearms
Certified in American Red Cross First Aid and Adult, Child and Infant CPR
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2004 SAFD Teacher Training Workshop (Winston-Salem, NC)
Three week intensive workshop leading to SAFD teacher certification.
2003 Actor s Gymnasium (Evanston, IL)
Single sword skills proficiency test (SPT) class taught by SAFD Certified Teacher
Angela Bonacasa.
2003 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Various instructors and courses of study.
2002 SAFD National Stage Combat Workshop, Advanced Actor/Combatant Workshop (Las
Vegas, NV)
Various instructors and courses of study including skills proficiency tests and
renewals in the following disciplines: unarmed, rapier & dagger, quarterstaff,
broadsword, smallsword, broadsword & shield, knife and single sword.
Faculty included SAFD Fight Masters Dale Girard, Brian Byrnes, Chuck Coyl,
Drew Fracher, David Boushey, David Leong, David Woolley, Erik Fredricksen, J.
Allen Suddeth.
2002 Chicago Stage Combat Academy (Chicago, IL)
Kung-Fu fighting for film workshop taught by SAFD Fight Master Michael Chin.
2002 Chicago Stage Combat Academy (Chicago, IL)
Fighting for film workshop taught by SAFD Fight Master David Boushey.
2001 SAFD Stage Combat Workshop at Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)
Various instructors and courses of study.
2001 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Various instructors and courses of study.
2000 SAFD Rumble in the Rockies Workshop (Denver, CO)
Various instructors and courses of study.
1999 SAFD Stage Combat Workshop at Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)
Various instructors and courses of study.
1999 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Various instructors and courses of study.
1998 Chicago, IL
Unarmed workshop with SAFD Fight Director Paul Dennhardt.
1998 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Various instructors and courses of study.
1997 SAFD Celebration Barn Fight Director s Workshop (South Paris, ME)
Study of fight direction techniques including choreography, weapons selection,
firearm safety and performer interaction.
Taught by SAFD Fight Master J. Allen Suddeth, SAFD Fight Director Mark Olsen
and Rick Sordelet.
1997 SAFD Winter Wonderland Workshop (Chicago, IL)
Various instructors and courses of study.
1995-1998 Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Beginning, advanced and independent study stage combat classes culminating in
skills proficiency tests (SPT) in the following disciplines: unarmed, rapier &
dagger, broadsword, smallsword, quarterstaff and broadsword & shield. Taught
by SAFD Fight Master David Woolley.
ACTING RESUMES AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Samples of choreography can be seen at:
www.brianletraunik.weebly.com
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