Performing Arts Résumé

Assistant Professor
Department of English
Boston College Carney Hall 447
Chestnut Hill MA 02467
e-mail: sofer@bc.edu
(617) 552-1653

This résumé details my work in performing arts. For my curriculum vitae, please follow the link to your left.

DIRECTING TRAINING

1990	Playwrights Horizons Theater School, New York (instructor: Robert Moss).
1990	Directing Intern, Arena Stage, Washington, DC (assisted Zelda Fichandler on A Doll House).
1987-90	M.F.A. in Directing, Boston University School of Theatre Arts (instructors: Jacques Cartier, Sidney Friedman).

PERFORMANCE TRAINING

Acting	Hillary Nichols (Bristol Old Vic); Shai Bar Ya’acov (Hebrew University).
Commedia	Kaf Warman (Island Theatre Workshop).
Clown	Kaf Warman (Island Theatre Workshop).
Mask	Kaf Warman, Deborah Fortson (Boston University).
Movement	Deborah Fortson, Judith Chafee (Boston University).
Singing	Robert Gartside (Boston University), Hanni Myers (Boston College).
Stage Combat	Bill Finlay (Boston University).
Voice	Robert Chapline (Boston University).

AWARDS

Outstanding Director Award, Scena Festival of New European Plays, 1991.
Special Director’s Scholarship, Boston University School of Theatre Arts, 1987-89.

PLAYS DIRECTED

Full Productions:
Not . . . Enough Oxygen	Caryl Churchill	Scena New European Play Festival Washington, DC.
The Dumb Waiter	Harold Pinter	Vineyard Playhouse Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	Island Theatre Workshop Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Five New One-Acts	Student Playwrights	Playwrights Horizon Theatre School New York.
The Seagull	Anton Chekhov	Boston University (M.F.A. Thesis).
The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Boston University.
Summer	Edward Bond	Boston University.
Killer’s Head	Sam Shepard	Boston University.
The Ruffian on the Stair	Joe Orton	Boston University.
The Apollo of Bellac	Jean Giraudoux	Boston University.
Benefactors	Michael Frayn	Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The Lesson	Eugene Ionesco	Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Staged Readings:
Medea	Brendan Kennelly	Scena Festival of New European Plays Washington, DC.
Intercourse, Ohio	Geralyn Horton	Playwrights Platform Boston, MA
Assistant Director:
The Illusion	Tony Kushner	Round House Theatre, MD (Director: Edward Morgan).
Endgame	Samuel Beckett	Boston University (Director: Stevenson Carlbach).

DRAMATURGY

Company Dramaturg, The Tempest, Counterpoint Theatre, Boston.
Production Dramaturg, The Night of the Iguana, New Repertory Theatre, Boston.

ACTING EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)

Hamlet	Hamlet	Island Theatre Workshop Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Feste	Twelfth Night	Vineyard Playhouse Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Improv/ Sketch Comedy	Afterwords	Vineyard Playhouse.
Algernon	The Importance of Being Earnest	White River Theatre Festival Vermont.
Jonathan Harker	Dracula	White River Theatre Festival.
Duke/Pinch	The Comedy of Errors	White River Theatre Festival.
Edward	A Slight Ache	Boston University.
Krapp	Krapp’s Last Tape	Boston University.
Mr. Kidd	The Room	Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Peter	The Zoo Story	Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

"TALKING BOOKS" NARRATED FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (SELECTED)

Julian Barnes, Talking It Over.
Arnold Bennett, Clayhanger.
Peter Carey, The Tax Inspector.
Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands.
Joseph Conrad, Victory.
E. M. Forster, Howards End.
George Garrett, Death of the Fox.
Graham Greene, The Last Word and Other Stories.
John Hersey, Antonietta.
Henry James, The Spoils of Poynton.
Sir Thomas Malory, Morte Darthur.
Oliver Sacks, Awakenings.
Rose Tremain, Restoration.
Elie Wiesel, From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences.

 

ORIGINAL WORKS FOR PERFORMANCE

Musical Fairy Tales for The Children’s Theatre, Martha’s Vineyard, MA:

The Ghostly Player of Pitcher’s Point.
The Tiger of Destiny.
The Three Golden Hairs.
The Invisible Kingdom.
The Firebird.
Curse of the Manitou.

Sound Design/Scores:

Medea	Scena Festival of New European Plays.
Doña Rosita, The Spinster	Khan Theatre, Jerusalem.

Pop Album:

Take One (Clear Eyes; Turn You To Stone; Be Where You Are; Between You and Me; Understanding; Get Closer; Next Time; As I Come To See You; Hey Pretty Girl; Almost Ready To Fall in Love; The Only One; Find A Way Home; Whatever We Do Is Fine; Down in the Valley).
Written, arranged, performed, and produced by Andrew Sofer, except "Down in the Valley" (lyrics: George Meredith). Guest musicians: Kain and Teo G. Recorded and engineered by Carlos Pereira at K Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Digitally remastered by Teo Graca at T.O.G. Recordings. Copyright 1992. All rights reserved.

Song Collaborations (selected):

Cathedral	Music: M. Romero.
The Poet Meets His Muse	Music: Kenneth Hesketh.
Springtime in France	Music: Carter Pann.
Victor’s Secret	Music: Kevin Beavers.
Wandlebury Ring	Music: Kevin Beavers.*

*Commissioned by Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music.