M. Seth Yorra

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Rockport, MA *****

Telephone: 978-***-****

e-mail: adx8ki@r.postjobfree.com

Marital Status: Unmarried

Languages: German & English (Bilingual)

French: (Good Reading Knowledge)

Education: Degrees;

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Psya.D. (Dissertation: Outcome: “Does Surviving a near Fatal Case of COVID-19 Do Someone Good?”)

Golden Gate University, Jur. D.

(Thesis, Origins and Purpose of Criminal Burden of Proof in the U.S.A. in a study of a 19th century case with a criminal defendant having significant psychological impairment)

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, M.A. in Psychoanalytic Counseling

(Thesis, Treating the Youthful Sex Offender)

University of Iowa, M.A., (Directing and Dramaturgy: Production Thesis and defense of Stein’s world view: Gertrude Stein’s “The Mother of Us All” – An important American play dealing with alienation from mainstream society )

Reed College, B.A., (Germanic Studies: Thesis, Georg Büchner’s “Woyzeck”, A Dramaturgical Attempt; Translation with Production – the first play to deal realisticallty with mental illness)

Honors;

National Merit Scholarship Finalist,

Iowa Arts Foundation Grant,

Beneficiary, Project Zero, Harvard University,

Reed College, Paedeia Faculty

Long Term Activities:

1967- present, Director and Dramaturge -- self-employed

1989-present Advisor in Arts law, U.S. -- Europe -- self-employed

1977-1982 Geyser Peak Winery Sonoma Co., CA., Marketing and Arts Festival Manager

1989-1997 Principal, CEO and Festival Mgr. -- Eve Atkins Distilling Company, OR.

1994-1996 Board of Directors -- Portland (OR) Opera

Dramaturgy, Entertainment Law, etc.:

Cape Ann Repertory Theater, 1970 --

Cape Ann Center for the Performing Arts, 1970s.

Packaged portions, U. S. Tour, Ute Lemper, 1989 --

Consultant packaging Broadway production “Fool Moon,” Europe Tour, 1993,

“Al Dente,” Mario Adorf Tour, Artistic Advisor and Author --1994 G.A.S.countries,

Packaged and co-translated “Grease,” Production Manager, Düsseldorf, 1995 – 1998, “Grease,” Production Manager, Zürich 1998 - 2002

Production Consultant “Rent,” Düsseldorf, Berlin,1998 -- 2000

Author Representation, “Sommernachtstraum,” Shakespeare musical, Hannover, 2003

Project Development, Trapeze, 1996, --

Rights -- negotiation and procurement for live entertainment properties,

Licensing broadcast rights for projects -- ongoing,

Faculty Appointment -- Stage School Hamburg, Germany 1998 - 1999

Courses –

“History of The American Musical Theater,”

“Dramaturgy and Directing Seminar.”

“The Business of Theater.”

“Le Marchand de Venise” by Reynaldo Hahn – dramaturge, Portland Opera, 1996

Authored program notes re: Shakespeare's story and anti-Semitism.

Publications:

Gertrude Stein: The Mother of Us All, Critical Edition: Iowa City, 1972

Shaw, J. and Dr. Webster: Danger on the Bench or Humility Before the Law: Reno, 1985

2007, 2008, 2009AILA, Article -- Consular Processing of Visas -- Romania and Bulgaria

2014, Treating the Youthful Sex Offender: Boston, 2014

Lectures and Workshops:

2006 -Bucharest, Romania – “That’s All Folks:” On the Relevance of Aristotle’s Few Surviving Words to a Theory of Comedy

2009 -Sofia, Bulgaria -- Boris Christoff House, Weeklong Opera Workshop

2009 -Varna, Bulgaria – “Cocteau et “Les Six:” Surviving Ragnarok in the 21st Century

2012 - Belgrade, Serbia – G. P. Telemann: Workshop: Creating Comedy from Pain

Original Works and Adaptations:

“Anything Goes,” (Principal Dialogue) premiere, Berlin, 1992.

“Al Dente,” premiere, Frankfurt, 1994.

“Trapeze,” in development,

“Zufällig Lebendig,” Hamburg, 2001.

“The Hollow,” (an adaptation of the short story, “In the Ravine,” by Anton

Chekhov), 2004

*Production of my play “Letzte Runde: Freud im Fegefeuer”

English Title, “One Night Only: Freud in Hell,” at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 2011

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