Patrick Harrison

THEATRICAL RESUME
THEATRE TRAINING: Shakespeare classes with William Ball & improvisation classes with Joan Darling, Circle-in-The-Square, New York City; playwriting seminar with Edward Albee, University of Houston where I directed an original play working with student playwright; BA, MA, MFA degrees in theatre, work on screenwriting.
TELEVISON FILM – ACTING:
Beulah Land Benjamin Davis Warner Bros. Mini-series, CBS
The Mississippi James Satterfield CBS weekly series, The Mississippi
The Mississippi Dr. Vincent Donato CBS weekly series, The Mississippi
Shakespeare Hour Romeo & Laertes KHOU-TV, Houston, Tx.
Hamlet (half hour) Hamlet KUHT-TV, Houston, Tx.
Mississippi History Early Pioneer Mississippi PBS Station

THEATRE – ACTING
Pelleas and Melisande Pelleas Roundabout Theatre, NYC
Hamlet Laertes Alley Theatre, Houston, Tx.
Majority of One Houseboy “ “
Garden Spot, USA Boy “ “
Auntie Mame J. Lindsay Woolsay Rivoli Theatre, Houston, Tx.
Blood, Sweat & Stanley Poole Captain Malcolm Erie Playhouse, Pa.
Richard III George, Duke of Clarence Shakespeare Society, Houston, Tx.
Unto These Hills Andrew Jackson Unto These Hills, Cherokee, Nc.
Merchant of Venice Duke of Venice Stephen F. Austin State University
Lion in Winter Henry II Little Theatre, Jackson, Ms.
Out Town Editor Webb New Stage Theatre, Jackson, Ms.
The Little Foxes Ben Hubbard “ “
What the Butler Saw Dr. Prentice “ “
Thieves Carnival Lord Edgard “ “
Boy Meets Girl Rosetti “ “
How the Other Half Loves Frank Foster “ “
As You Like It Jacques University of Houston, Tx.
The Country Girl Bernie Dodd “ “
Time Limit Colonel Edwards “ “
The Matchmaker Cornelius Hackl “ “
All My Sons Chris Keller “ “
The Petrified Forest Alan Squire “ “
The Devil’s Disciple General Burgoyne “ “
Hamlet Hamlet “ “
Richard III George, Duke of Clarence “ “
Much Ado About Nothing Benedict “ “
Summer and Smoke John “ “
The Scarecrow Squire Richard Talbot “ “
Look Back in Anger Colonel Redfern “ “
Playboy of the Western World Christy Mahon “ “

THEATRE - PLAYWRITING:
Original plays: Shooks; Family Tradition; Last Meeting of Davis and Lincoln.

SCREENWRITING: The Odyssey of John Buchanan; Mother Seacole.

THEATRE – DIRECTING: Bus Stop, Canton, Ms., Community Players; The Chairs and Orpheus Descending, University of Houston, Tx.; Oklahoma, Houston, Tx.; Life With Father, A.D. Players Theatre, Houston, Tx.; Luv, Any Wednesday, The Subject was Roses and The Glass Menagerie, Dinner Theatre, Jackson, Ms. (where I designed, built, painted the sets, set the lights, secured the publicity, cast, and directed the shows.)

THEATRE – TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE: Alley Theatre, Houston, Tx.; Junior staff member, apprentice on sets, lights, scene changes, props and other jobs; Cherokee, NC, Unto These Hills technical staff member, repaired set pieces, collected props, scene changes; Erie Playhouse, Erie, Pa., summer apprentice at the outdoor tent playhouse, helped set up tent, constructed seating and stage, set up lighting, strung cable, in charge of acquiring and controlling props for several shows; Robert Howery Studio, Houston, Tx., directed and supervised construction of several shows including drops and building operas Romeo & Juliet, Golden Cockerel, working on productions of Stop the World, I want to Get Off, My Fair Lady, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, civic ballet The Nutcracker, the opera Othello for New Orleans Grand Opera, the Consular Ball and The Artists’ Ball in Houston, Tx., repaired The Boy Friend set, built and set up The Mikado for the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society; Shop Assistant, working under department technical director in set construction of main stage productions at University of Houston, Tx., and Graduate Shop Assistant at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Tx., building main stage sets.