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Heather Parish began in theatre at the age of 19 at College of the Sequoias. Since then she has been on the production team of over 40 shows, acting in 15 of them.

Most recently, Heather directed Woodward Shakespeare Festival's entry into the Rogue Performance Festival, All's Red that's Riding Hood, an original short play by local playwright Terrence V. Mc Arthur.  Heather currently works as a freelance theatrical artist in Central California.  With the Woodward Shakespeare Festival she has been a director, lighting designer, and stage manager, as well has spearheaded their first playwrighting competition in 2007.  During the 2008 season, Heather is the costume designer for the WSF production of Twelfth Night, director for the staged reading of Henry VIII, and assisting with community outreach. . 

With a directorial style marked by elegant but minimal staging and heightened language, she strives for a sense of clarity, immediacy and heightened style in her work.

Representative Resume:

Theatrical Directing Experience, 2002-present
All’s Red that’s Riding Hood by Terrance V McArthur. Woodward Shakespeare Festival, Fresno

 Enchanted April, adapted by Matthew Barber.  Ice House Theatre,Visalia.,

Henry James' Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher.  Ice House Theatre, Visalia.

 The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.  Ice House Theatre, Visalia

Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon.  Ice House Theatre, Visalia

Staged Readings

Measure for Measure, Woodward Shakespeare Festival, Fresno                  
Murder in the Cathedral, Ice House Theatre, Visalia
         

Representative Roles:
As You Like It , LeBeau/Amiens, The Fourth Wall Theatre
Miss Julie .  Kristin, The Fool's Players
Richard III , Catesby , The Fourth Wall Theatre
The Secret Garden, Mrs. Medlock,  The Enchanted Playhouse
The Matchmaker , Minnie Faye,  Ice House Theatre
The Man Who Came to Dinner , Maggie Cutler, Ice House Theatre
As You Like It , Audrey, Sequoia Theatre Conservatory

Staged Reading
The N-Town Cycle, Cain,  Whitworth College, 1996  (first spoken reading of a newly discovered medieval morality play --over 500 years old-- with Dr. Doug Sugano, professor of English Literature, later produced in England*).

Recent Technical Experience

Woodward Shakespeare Festival, 2008
Twelfth Night, Costume Design

 
Woodward Shakespeare Festival, 2006
Midsummer Night's Dream, Lighting Designer   
Macbeth, Stage manager/Lighting Designer

 
Education and Training:

• B.A. English Literature. Whitworth University, Spokane WA.  1997. 
       Minor:  Theatre Arts   
      
• A.A. Theatre Arts.  Sequoia Theatre Conservatory Professional Certification.  1994