Resume

Mindy Cooper

Director/Choreographer

Member SDC

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Theater: Broadway

DRACULA, THE MUSICAL — Choreographer

Belasco Theater

WRONG MOUNTAIN — Choreographer

Eugene O'Neill Theater

Theater: Off-Broadway

HOI POLLOI — Director/Choreographer

World Premiere of a lost Noel Coward play

The Lion Theater, Theater Row — Off Bway

THE ETERNAL SPACE — Director

The Lion Theater, Theater Row — Off Bway

MEN ARE FROM MARS/WOMEN FROM VENUS, LIVE! — Director

New World Stages — Off Bway

SOUL DOCTOR — Director/Choreographer

The Actor’s Temple – Off Bway

50 SHADES, THE MUSICAL PARODY — Choreographer

Elektra Theater – Off Bway

DEPLOYED, THE MUSICAL — Director/Choreographer

The Signature Theater – NYMF

FIVE COURSE LOVE— Choreographer

Minetta Lane Theater – Off Bway

BROADWAY BY THE YEAR (Multiple) — Director/Choreographer

Town Hall

National Tours

MEN ARE FROM MARS/WOMEN FROM VENUS, LIVE! — Director

Emery Productions

TITANIC — Choreographer

Dodger Productions

Regional

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Co-Director

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

MY FRIEND HAFIZ* — Director

Sweet Can Productions

Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

FLORA, THE RED MENACE — Co-Director/Choreographer

Arena Theater

Wright Hall, UC Davis

ME AND MY GIRL* — Director/Choreographer

42nd Street Moon, San Francisco

MR BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY — Director/Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

STILL WILL BE HEARD* — Director

Peak Performances (commission)

Finalist with Liz Queler — Women in the Arts and Media Collaboration Award

A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING — Director/Choreographer

Sacramento Music Circus

CABARET* — Director

CenterRep Theater

MUSICAL OF MUSICALS, THE MUSICAL* — Director/Choreographer

CenterRep Theater

ON THE TOWN* — Director/Choreographer

Diablo Theater Company

DRACULA, THE MUSICAL — Choreographer

La Jolla Playhouse

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF — Director/Choreographer

Nevada Conservatory Theater

OKLAHOMA — Director/Choreographer

Mondavi Center for the Arts

25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE — Director/Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL — Director/ Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

THE WHO’S TOMMY — Director/Choreographer

UC Davis (Artist in Residence)

THE NEW BOZENA — Choreographer

Hudson Theater (LA)

Television

LAW AND ORDER, CRIMINAL INTENT — "Want"

Choreographer

Commercials

VALLEY HOSPITAL — NJ Tri-State

Choreographer

SONY ELECTRONICS

Choreographer

Corporate (selected list)

LIFE FIRST — ONE TOUCH BRAND ESSENCE

Johnson & Johnson

Headliner: Randy Jackson

Stage Director

DUPONT LYCRA — Film

Choreographer

SESAME STREET

Children's Theater Workshop

Choreographer

Benefits

HOW TO SUCCEED, A DES MACNUFF TRIBUTE

Koerner Hall, Toronto

Choreographer

WALL TO WALL LOESSER

Symphony Space Series

Choreographer

Awards

Theater work has won 11 Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Awards, including Best Director, Best Choreographer, and Best Musical, and 6 nominations.

Festivals

CATALYST; A THEATRE THINK TANK (C3T)

(formerly The Ground and Field Theatre Festival)

Co-Founder/Co-Director, UC Davis

BEING SEEN

FringeNYC 2015

Director

HEART & SOUL, FRANK LOESSER FROM HOLLYWOOD

TO BROADWAY

St. Petersburg, Russia Russian/American Cultural Exchange

Choreographer

Music Videos

LOOKOUT, SCIENCE

Artst: Erin Hill

Gridley Records

Choreographer

Academic

Professor, UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance

2010 - present

* Asterisk denotes theater award

Readings/New Works

SONGS FROM EAGLE POND — Director

Poems by Poet Laureates Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon

Music: Graham Sobelman

Proctor Academy, Andover, NH

OPEN, STAY — Director

Music and Lyrics: Anna DiNoia

UC Davis

TOMORROW I MAY BE FAR AWAY — Director

Poetry: Rita Dove

Music: Lara Downes

Sixth and I, Washington DC and

UNC Chapel Hill

DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI — Producer

Book, Music and Lyrics: Keaton Wooden