DIANE HILL
Directing and Production Credits
DIANE HILL
Producing Artistic Director, Theatre NOVA, 2016-present
Executive/Artistic Director, Two Muses Theatre, 2011-2016
A non-profit, professional theatre whose mission was to provide opportunities for women in theatre.
Professor of Theatre, University of Detroit, Mercy and Oakland
Community College
Producer, Technical Director, Sound Designer, Music Director,
Choreographer, Vocal Coach, Stage Manager
Editor in Chief of Vocal Ease Magazine, 1995-1997
Some Plays I've Directed (representative)
Kill Move Paradise - Theatre NOVA WILDE AWARD Council Cargle Award Excellence in Diverse Storytelling- Reviews
Clutter - Theatre NOVA WILDE AWARD BEST PLAY - Reviews
Pop Star - Tipping Point Theatre
Clybourne Park - Two Muses Theatre NAMED TOP TEN THEATRE OF 2015 BY DETROIT FREE PRESS
How I Learned to Drive - Two Muses Theatre NAMED TOP TEN THEATRE OF 2016 BY THE EXAMINER
Love, Loss and What I Wore - Two Muses Theatre
A Little Work - Two Muses Theatre WORLD PREMIERE by Anita Diamant
Sylvia - Two Muses Theatre
The Odd Couple (Female Version) - Two Muses Theatre
Boom - BreatheArt Theatre Company
Black Comedy - Oakland Community College
Fools - Oakland Community College
Office Hours - Oakland Community College
Be the Hunter - Heartlande Theatre Company
The Nerd - Oakland Community College
All in the Timing - Oakland Community College
Cheaper by the Dozen - YHS
2010 - present
2010 - present
Some Musicals I've Directed AND Choreographed
Unless specifically designated, I directed and choreographed these musicals (representative list).
Follies in Concert - Theatre NOVA
Next to Normal - Two Muses Theatre
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - Two Muses Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof - Ypsilanti High School
Into the Woods - YHS
The King and I - YHS ALSO MUSIC DIRECTOR/ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTOR
Damn Yankees - YHS
I Do! I Do! - Morris Co. Art Theatre CHOREOGRAPHER
Sound of Music - YHS
Fiddler on the Roof - Jewish Ensemble Theatre MUSIC DIRECTOR
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown - YHS
Pirates of Penzance - YHS
Grease - YHS
Bye Bye Birdie - YHS
They’re Playing Our Song - Wiards Orchards
Carousel - Ann Arbor Civic Theatre VOCAL DIRECTOR
West Side Story - YHS
Three Penny Opera - Hilberry Theatre VOCAL COACH
Theatre Workshops Presented
Directing, Meisner Acting Technique, Audition Technique, Laban Movement Technique, Michael Chekhov Technique, Acting the Song, The Business of Acting, Children’s Storytelling Theatre, Dance, Make-up, Improvisation, Playing Shakespeare, and Dialects
Professional Training
Ph.D., Theatre—Wayne State University, Rumble Scholar;
Master of Arts, Theatre; Bachelor of Music, Voice—University of Michigan, Musical Comedy Scholarship
Additional Voice Training: Twelve years of study with professors at University of Michigan and Wayne State
Dance Training: Jazz, Ballet, and Tap at Dance Theatre Studio in Ann Arbor
Additional Acting Training: Uta Hagen; Michael Chekhov Technique: Slava Dolgatchev, Lenard Petit, Joanna Merlin, Ted Pugh; Meisner Technique, Purple Rose Theatre; Second City and Improvisation Workshops in Chicago, Toronto, New York; Classical Theatre Company of U of D; Audition Intensive with Claire Simon and Erica Daniels
SPECIAL SKILLS
Vocal Coaching, Choral Conducting, Musical Direction, Choreography and Dance
Technical Production, Business Production, Promo Layout, Copy Editing