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Rose Bonczek
Associate Professor
Theater
Location: 315 Whitehead Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2768
Fax: 718.951.4606
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Rose Bonczek has been a professional director for more than 30 years. She has worked at numerous New York and regional theaters, including Jean Cocteau Repertory, Ensemble Studio Theater, Berkshire Theater Festival (Massachusetts), River Arts Repertory (Woodstock, New York), Theater Project (Baltimore) and State Theater of Albany. She has served as festival director of Gi60, an international one-minute play festival in conjunction with Leeds Metropolitan University (United Kingdom) and Screaming Media Productions. She is program head of the B.F.A. in Acting program.
Education:
M.F.A., Brooklyn College - 1991 (Theater)
Areas of Expertise:
Professional director. Specialty instructor of acting, improvisation, solo performance and rehearsal technique. Research interest: ritual, interdisciplinary theater/archaeology, Irish Neolithic ritual sites.
Books and Publications
Bonczek, Rose Burnett and David Storck. Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide. Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge Press. Ensemble Theatre Making is the first comprehensive diagnostic handbook for building, caring for, and maintaining an ensemble. Achieving common goals in rehearsal and performance requires group trust, commitment and sacrifice. Ensemble Theatre Making is a step-by-step guide to these processes, and examines tools, techniques and recipes for redefining ensemble as a grounded practice. (Books and Publications: Book) 2012
International Bibliography of Theatre. Managing editor. Comprehensive, multicultural reference book that annually indexes more than 4,000 theater-related journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts published worldwide. 1991-2002. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2002
Creative Work
Director, world premiere of Lily Rose, by Aurora Stewart de Pena. Viaduct Theatre (United Kingdom). 2012
Festival director and producer, Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival: Live U.S. Edition. Produced in conjunction with Screaming Media Productions, Viaduct Theatre (United Kingdom) and Leeds University (United Kingdom). 2012
Author, Pirate's Day, produced at Viaduct Theatre (United Kingdom): Gi60 Live Edition UK. 2011
Director, Rough Magic, by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Brooklyn College. Brooklyn, N.Y. 2011
Festival director and producer, Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival: Live U.S. Edition. Co-produced with Screaming Media Productions, Viaduct Theatre (United Kingdom) and Leeds University (United Kingdom). 2011
Author, Home, produced at Viaduct Theatre (United Kingdom). Gi60 Live UK Edition. 2010
Co-director, G(hosts) in 60: Ghost Story Festival, UK. Produced by Screaming Media Productions (United Kingdom). 2010
Festival director and producer, Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival, Live U.S. Edition. Co-produced with Screaming Media Productions, Viaduct Theatre (United Kingdom) and Leeds University (United Kingdom). 2010
Author of "To Paula," produced at Leeds University as part of Gi60 UK, June. 2008
Director, TAKE ME OUT by Richard Greenberg, Brooklyn College. Collaboration with M.F.A. and B.F.A. acting majors (several completing senior thesis roles), M.F.A. design majors and invited guest designers. 2008
Director: Gi60 (Gone in 60), international one-minute play festvial in association with Screaming Media Productions, in collaboration with Leeds Metropolitan University, Harrogate College, with support from BBC. New York Festival scheduled for Brooklyn College on June 13-14. Gi60 2007 and 2008 performances available for viewing on Gi60 Channel on YouTube. 2008
The Laramie Project, Synergy Ensemble Theater. 2008
Director/producer "Gone in 60 Seconds," Brooklyn College, June 8-9. Invited to attend BBC television launch for U.K. "Gone in 60" in July. Gave presentation to BBC representatives and Arts Council representatives on Brooklyn College's activities in this collaboration. 2007
Director, "The Crucible," Brooklyn College. 2006
Director/producer of "Gone in 60 Seconds," International One-Minute Play Festival, in collaboration with Leeds Metropolitan University and Harrogate Theatre, United Kingdom. Direct and produce the U.S. participation in this international, interactive one-minute play fest. Fifty original, one-minute plays are produced at Brooklyn College (50 at Harrogate Theatre). Each event is performed live, digitally recorded and downloaded to a dedicated website (www.screamingmediaproductions.net). 2006
Director, "Waiting for the Parade," Synergy Ensemble Theatre. 2005
Director, Off-Broadway production of "Pygmalion," Jean Cocteau Repertory. Voted Best Off -Broadway Revival of the Theater Season by Zagat's, New York. 2005
Director/producer, "Gone in 60 Seconds." www.screamingmediaproductions.net. 2005
Director, "Moon Over Buffalo," Synergy Ensemble Theater. 2004
Director, "Pulp," Ensemble Studio Theater, New York. 2004
Director, "The Laramie Project," New School for Social Research. Co-coordinated panel discussions with members of Tectonic Theater Company, creators of "Laramie Project." 2004
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award, 2009-10. (Awards and Honors) 2009
Making a Difference Award: For Mentorship. From Brooklyn College Division of Student Life, nominated by students. (Awards and Honors) 2005
PSC-CUNY grant, for "A Visual History of Live Performance at the Gershwin Theater." 2003-04. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Adjudicator, Michael Harms Theater Festival, Syracuse, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Adjudicator, Michael Harms Theater Festival, Syracuse, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Guest teaching artist, Atlantic Theatre Conservatory. Workshops in mask and character development. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"Teaching American System of Acting, Improvisation, Audition Technique and Scene Study." York College. York, United Kingdom. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Downloadable Theater and the Global Ensemble." ATHE, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Invited to teach guest artist workshops with acting students at Harrogate College. Worked with students in rehearsal for Jane Martin's "Talking With." (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Guest Artist Workshops at Fordham High School for the Performing Arts. 2005-present. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Invited to give guest artist workshops at Harrogate Theatre, United Kingdom: Improvisation, Harrogate Educational Wing; "The Laramie Project," mainstage production, workshop with cast. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Guest Artist Workshop, Cheshire Performing Arts College, Wales. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Exploring Ritual Behavior in the Irish Neolithic: A Dialogue between Archaeology and Theatre." Co-author: Carleton Jones, National University of Ireland, Galway. International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Hawaii. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
Guest artist, Harrogate Theatre, United Kingdom. Educational Theatre Wing. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
Professional Leadership
Board of Directors, Barefoot Theater Company, New York, 2001-present. Productions include: premiere of stage adaptation of "Dog Day Afternoon," "De Donde" and presently coordinating 70/70: 70 Plays of Israel Horvitz on the occasion of his 70th birthday. A worlwide festival of his plays. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2009
Department chairperson, Appointments Committee, Theater Department, 2006-07.
Program head, B.F.A. in Acting Program, 1999-present.
Appointments Committee, Theater Department, 2007-present.
Undergraduate deputy chairperson, Theater Department, 1999-2007.
Search Committee (3 national searches), Theater Deparment, 2007-08.
Play Selection Committee, Theater Department, 1999-present.
PSC-CUNY Theater Department representative, 2001-06.
Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1991-present.
Health and safety officer, Theater Department, 1999-present.
Chairperson, Committee for Chair's Retreat held at Brooklyn Historical Society, 2007.
Distance Learning Committee, 2007.
Chairperson, Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2007.
College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2002-05.
College Review Committee, 2005. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Program head, B.F.A. in Acting Program. 1999-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Chairwoman, Department of Theater, 2006-07. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
Undergraduate deputy chairwoman, Theater Department. 1999-2006. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
Faculty Sub-Committee on Tenure for the Division of the Arts. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum and Degree Requirements, 2001-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Play Selection Committee, Theater Department, 1999-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 1999
Other Professional Activities
Co-adminstrator and writer for blog created for Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival:
www.gi60.blogspot.com. 2012
Interview on The Bob Walmsley Show, BBC Radio. Focus on directing premiere of new play for inaugural Ghost Story Festival in the United Kingdom. 2010
