School Director
Resume:
Sam Helfrich 1-917-***-****
abqoei@r.postjobfree.com
Opera and Theatre Director
www.samhelfrich.com
OPERA
UPCOMING
Dead Man Walking, Heggie March 2013
Eugene Opera, OR
A Streetcar Named Desire, Previn February 2013
Virginia Opera, VA
PAST
Kepler (American premiere), Glass May 2012
Spoleto Festival/USA, SC
Nixon in China, Adams March 2012
Eugene Opera, OR
Orph e, Glass February 2012
Virginia Opera, VA
Messiah (fully-staged), Handel December 2011
Pittsburgh Symphony, PA
The Secret Agent (world premiere), Dellaira October 2011
Armel Opera Festival, Hungary
La Boh me, Puccini June 2011
Manhattan School of Music Summer Voice Festival, NY
Les Indes Galantes, Rameau May 2011
Boston Baroque, MA
The Secret Agent (world premiere), Dellaira March 2011
Center for Contemporary Opera, NY
Don Giovanni, Mozart February 2011
Yale Opera, CT
Cos fan tutte, Mozart July 2010
Delaware Valley Opera, NY
The Turn of the Screw, Britten February 2010
Boston Lyric Opera, MA
Orph e, Glass November 2009
Porltand Opera, OR
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky September 2009
Pittsburgh Opera, PA
The Consul, Menotti July 2009
Glimmerglass Opera, NY
Louise, Charpentier May 2009
Spoleto Festival/USA, SC
Der Freischutz, Weber October 2008
Opera Boston, MA
Amistad, Davis May 2008
Spoleto Festival /USA, SC
Aida, Verdi April 2008
Opera Omaha, NE
Semele, Handel February 2008
Opera Boston, MA
Le Comte Ory, Rossini November 2007
Juillliard Opera Center, NY
Orph e, Glass July 2007
Glimmerglass Opera, NY
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Weill/Brecht February 2007
Opera Boston, MA
Don Giovanni, Mozart October 2006
Boston Baroque, MA (semi-staged)
West Side Story, Bernstein July 2006
Ashlawn-Highland Opera Festival, VA
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Mozart May 2006
Opera Omaha, NE
Il Barbiere di Sivigliia, Rossini February 2006
Kentucky Opera, KY
Agrippina, Handel October, 2005
Boston Baroque, MA (semi-staged)
L Elisir d Amore, Donizetti August 2005
Berkshire Opera Company, MA
La Voix Humaine, Poulenc July 2005
Glimmerglass Opera, NY
The Turn of the Screw, Britten February 2005
Pittsburgh Opera, PA
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein September 2004
Florida Grand Opera, FL
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein / A Hand of Bridge, Barber / A Game of Chance, Barab July 2004
Berkshire Opera Company, MA
Mirandolina, Martinu April 2004
Manhattan School of Music, NY
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini August 2003
Wolf Trap Opera Company, VA
The Secret Marriage, Cimarosa July 2003
Berkshire Opera Company, MA
Rain, a new opera by Richard Owen February 2003
Camerata/NY, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NY
Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti December 2001
Opera Company of Brooklyn, NY
Die Walk re, Wagner May 2001
Riverside Church, NY
Miss Havisham s Wedding Night, Argento November 2000
Hofstra University, NY
THEATRE
DIRECTOR
Tape, Stephen Belber September 2011
Knife Edge Productions, NY
Obama, Wade Savitt July 2011
NY Avante Garde Theater Festival, NY
Dark Ride, by Len Jenkins December 2004
Bard College, NY
In A Pig s Valise, a musical by Eric Overmeyer March 2004
Bard College, NY
Transparency of Val, by Stephen Belber, La Tea Theatre July 2002
Captains of Industry, producers
5:30 PM, Tuesday, by Winter Miller, PSNBC at H.E.R.E. May 2002
Columbia/NYU Young Playwrights series
Packaging Sunshine, MFA thesis at Horace Mann Theatre January 2000
Columbia University, New York
nd
Copywrite, by Averi La Russa, 42 Street Collective, NY October 1996
nd
When the Time Is Right, by Spencer Barros, 42 Street Collective, March 1996
in association with Evening Shade Theatre Company, NY
La Ronde (an adaptation), by Arthur Schnitzler July 1995
nd
42 Street Collective, NY
PLAYWRIGHT
Packaging Sunshine, MFA thesis at Horace Mann Theatre, NY January 2000
nd
Aftermath, 42 Street Collective, NY, directed by Tina Byrsted November 1996
A School Night, Samuel Beckett Theatre (Winterfest 96), NY January 1996
directed by Efrat Levin
nd
A School Night, 42 Street Collective, directed by Efrat Levin November 1995
TEACHING
Shenandoah University Guest professor/director Fall 2012
Yale School of Drama (directing) Guest professor 2010, 2011
New York University (graduate scenic design thesis) Adjunct professor 2012
Manhattan School of Music (acting) director 2011, 2012
EDUCATION
(degrees)
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY 1997-2000
MFA, Theatre Arts
Columbia College of Columbia University, New York, NY 1987-1991
BA, Russian Language and Literature; Magna Cum Laude
(non degree)
42nd Street Collective Theatre Training School, New York, NY 1995-1997
Directing, Playwriting
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 1993-1994
Certificado: Spanish Studies (Language, Literature, Culture)
Escuela de Letras, Madrid, Spain 1992-1993
Creaci n Literaria (Creative Writing)
Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR 1989
Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
LANGUAGES
(by fluency) Spanish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Catalan
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