William E. Payne
Associate Professor of Directing/Acting
4420 Robinson St. Duluth, MN 55804
WK (218) 726-8597 HM (218) 525-1512
<wpayne@d.umn.edu>

Professional Directing Credits

* Indicates a production affiliated with the Actor's Equity Association
Quake* Melanie Marnich American Theater Company 2002
Love Letters* A.R. Gurney Minnesota Repertory Theater 2002
Arsenic and Old Lace* Joseph Kesselring Minnesota Repertory Theater 2002
Marvin’s Room Scott McPherson Duluth Playhouse 2001
The Odd Couple Neil Simon Minnesota Repertory Theater 2001
The Skin Of Our Teeth* Thornton Wilder American Theater Company 1999
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Stephen Sondheim, Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove Minnesota Repertory Theater 1999
La Tectonica De Las Nubes

Jose Rivera -Translation: Otto Minera

 Centro Helenico Teatro/Mexico City 1999
The Nerd* Larry Shue Minnesota Repertory Theater 1998
A Stone Carver* William Mastrosimone American Theater Company 1997
JazzMask: Life Is Funny William Payne & Melanie Summer Doris Ressl Dance Ensemble 1997
Oleanna David Mamet Dark Horse Theatre Company 1996
Food From Trash Gary Leon Hill American Blues Theatre 1993
Miriam’s Flowers Migdalia Cruz Latino Chicago Theatre 1991
Desire Under The Elms * Eugene O’Neill American Blues Theatre 1989
I Can Get It For You Wholesale * Jerome Weidman & Harold Rome National Jewish Theatre 1988
Othello . William Shakespeare Chicago Shakespeare Co 1988
Bad Moon * Rick Cleveland Goodman Theatre Studio/ American Blues Theatre 1988
The Hairy Ape Eugene O’Neill American Blues Theatre 1987
Rough For Theatre II / Catastrophe * Samuel Beckett Victory Gardens Studio 1987
Geography of a Horse Dreamer Sam Shepard American Blues Theatre 1986
Dogman’s Last Stand * Rick Cleveland Victory Gardens Studio/ American Blues Theatre 1985
Living Like Normal People Created Through Improvisation Contents Under Pressure 1985
1959 Pink Thunderbird James McClure Theatre Collective 1985
Buffalo Boys Rick Cleveland Chicago Dramatists Workshop 1984

 
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