Blake Waters

Hi, I’m Blake! I’m a director living in Washington, DC. I am originially from Mobile, Alabama and earned my MFA in directing from the University of Southern Mississippi! 🏳️‍🌈 💜

RESUME

RESUME

DIRECTING

  • Bury a Friend by Zoe Harr; Rorschach Theatre

  • Shadows devised with Delaney Bird, Anna Fanning, Mary-Catherine Jones, and Mark Swift

  • The Miser by Molière; Southern Miss Theatre

  • As It Is in Heaven by Arelene Hutton; Southern Miss Theatre

  • Dragons Love Tacos by Ernie Nolan; Southern Arena Theatre

  • Self Portrait #3 by Phillpe Howze; Blain Quarnstrom Playwright Series

  • Blithe Spirit by Nöel Coward; Southern Miss Theatre

  • The Trojan Women; Euripides adapted by Ellen Mclaughlin; Southern Miss Theatre

  • Drunk Sisters by Thornton Wilder; Southern Miss Theatre

  • The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht; Southern Miss Theatre​​​

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (dir: Louis Rackoff); Southern Miss Theatre

  • A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder by Freedman/Ludvak (dir: Stacey Driskell); Chickasaw Civic Theatre

  • Smoke on the Mountain by Connie Ray & Alan Bailey (dir: Stacey Driskell); Chickasaw Civic Theatre

EDUCATION

  • Master of Fine Arts, Directing – 2023
    University of Southern Mississippi; Hattiesburg, Mississippi

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Musical Theatre – 2017
    University of South Alabama; Mobile, AL

RELATED

  • Folger Shakespeare Library | Visitor Experience Expert (present)

  • Theatre Washington | Mentorship Program; Mentor- Joseph Ritsch, 2023/2024

  • Ko Festival of Performance | Festival Intern (Summer 2017)​

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS – Instructor of Record

    • THE 420: Advanced Directing; Spring 2023

    • THE 103: Introduction to Theatre; Fall 2022

    • THE 100: Theatre Appreciation; Fall 2021, Spring 2022

  • The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS – Teaching Assistant

    • THE 670L: Graduate Voice Lab (Musical Theatre), Spring 2023

    • THE 320: Fundamentals of Directing; Fall 2022

AWARDS

  • Arthur Lessac Award for Excellence in Voice and Speech - The Lessac Institute ​(2023)