Dorthea L. Bonneau

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone: 916-705-7076
E-mail: dorothea1944@att.net
Location: Davis, CA


 

Education: Playwriting: Plays by Dorothea Bonneau (Dramatic Publishing/Plays Inc.) have been produced throughout the United States and in Canada.

Directing: DIRECTOR/PRODUCER ORIGINAL PLAYSAschenputtel (adaptation), Alice (adaptation),Masks, Seekers, Spell of the Beast, The Emperor's New Clothes (adaptation), Wizard, Seeds, Ugly Duckling (adaptation), Pan (adaptation), Scrooge (adaptation), Seekers from Zantaparon, Star Child, Snowdrop, Alice in Wonderland (adaptation), The Rainbow Maker (written as an opening for the international Anne Frank exhibit), Nandaa (adaptation of an East Indian Tale), A Star Fell, Little Wolf, Circle of Life (written in colloboration with a Cheyene storyteller), To Destroy You is No Loss (based on the true story of a Cambodian teenager who survived the Khmer Rouge regime).

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
West Side Story, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Sound of Music, The Music Man, Our Town, No Exit, Bye-Bye Birdie, Grease, Oliver, The Hobbit, Ann of Green Gables, The Wizard of Oz, The Outsiders, Go Ask Alice, L’il Abner, Sleepy Hollow.

DRAMA DIRECTOR SOLANO YOUTH THEATER
2002-Present: Direct plays for youth.

INSTRUCTOR: DAVIS ART CENTER
1972-2004: Wrote, directed and produced youth theatre productions. Taught screenwriting courses for adults and teens. Facilitated Life Design
Communication Skills class.

DRAMA DIRECTOR: ROSEMONT HIGH SCHOOL
2005-2010: Taught beginning, intermediate and advanced drama. Produced five plays on a state-of-the-art stage per year. Placed students in Cal Arts summer drama program. Received gold, silver and bronze medals at Sacramento State Leanea Festival.

COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOPS/INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR:
1974 to present:. Create and facilitate communications workshops. Organizations have included: The University of California at Davis, Extension; Stockton Teachers Association; Davis Joint Unified Schools; Sacramento School District; Yolo County Department of Corrections; Peace Corps.

ENGLISH/DRAMA/SPEECH INSTRUCTOR: EMERSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL,
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA:
l984 to 2003: Taught English. Initiated and implemented a speech/drama program. Mounted three productions annually.


 



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Last updated January 25, 2012