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VERONICA ELENA HOLLEY
Theatre Director
DIRECTOR
2024, 2023, 2022 | Director
2022 | Director
2021 | Assistant Director
2017 | Director
Plays in a Day Studio Collaborative | Long Beach Playhouse, Studio Theater - Long Beach, California | A 24-hour Play Festival, wherein directors receive 12 hours to fully direct a 15-minute play written the night before. Theater features a proscenium stage.
Great Theatre of the World | Unnamed Theatre Company - Irvine, California | Inaugural production for UTC, performed in an intimate setting in a Mexican restaurant.
A Christmas Carol | Long Beach Playhouse, Mainstage Theater - Long Beach, California | Mainstage production in an approximate 200 seat house with an 8/10th's thrust stage.
The Curious Savage | Vanguard University - Costa Mesa, California | Junior Project, directed the first return of the student-led production series. The theater features a 3/4's thrust stage.
THEATRE PRODUCER
2021-2024 | Producing Artistic Director / Founder
Unnamed Theatre Company | Irvine, California
Curated theatrical seasons, and hired and worked closely with directors, supporting their creative needs. The company focused on uplifting voices of the unheard, unattended to, and the undesired, with a heavy focus on placing women in positions of leadership.
HOUSE AND COMPANY MANAGEMENT
2023 - Present | House Manager
2018 | Company Management Fellow
Riverside Community Players | Riverside, California
Supports the patron experience in an 183 seat, theatre-in-the-round style arena.
Center Theatre Group | Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts - Theatre: Performance / Directing. Vanguard University
Courses Include: Playing Shakespeare, Directing, Devised Theatre, Voice and Speech, Character Acting for Comedy, Chekhov Technique, Movement, Stanislavski Technique, Uta Hagen Technique.
The Performer's Academy
Courses Include: Meisner Technique, Audition Technique, Scene Study, Cold Reading. Studied under directors Jeff Celentano and Brent Huff, actor Musetta Vander.
LANGUAGES
English | fluent, native speaker
Spanish | fluent, conversational speaker
French | literate
OTHER SKILLS
Dance & Movement: Intermediate Adult Ballet - Classical, Vaganova, ABT | Theatre Movement | Viewpoints
Stage Combat: Rapier, BroadSword, Punches, Slaps, Kicks, Hair pulls, Falls.
Other Skills: Communication for developmentally delayed individuals | Alexander Technique for breathing and release of stressors.
Materials: Driver's License, U.S. Passport, CPR/AED/First Aid Certified