The Spitfire Grill

The Gondoliers

Cabaret

Ride the Cyclone

Yeoman of the Guard

Into the Woods

The Pirates of Penzance

Something Rotten

Patience (Bunthorne’s Bride)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Urinetown, The Musical

Godspell

All in the Timing

The Nerd

Ernie Foster/Unsafe

Rumpelstiltskin

Romeo and Juliet

All in the Timing

Oleanna

We

The Nerd

Stone Soup Theatre Co.

Durham Savoyards, Ltd.

Stone Soup Theatre Co.

Stone Soup Theatre Co.

Durham Savoyards, Ltd.

Stone Soup Theatre Co.

Durham Savoyards, Ltd.

Stone Soup Theatre Co.

Durham Savoyards, Ltd.

Durham Savoyards, Ltd.

Chapel Hill School of Musical Arts

Chapel Hill School of Musical Arts

Chapel Hill School of Musical Arts

Hollywood Fight Club

Galt Theatre Company

Imagination Theatre Company

Theatre El Dorado

Starving Student’s Theatre Co.

Starving Student’s Theatre Co.

Middlesex University

Studio 81

Carrboro, NC

Durham, NC

Carrboro, NC

Carrboro, NC

Durham NC

Chapel Hill NC

Durham NC

Chapel Hill, NC

Web Series

Online Production

Carrboro NC

Carrboro NC

Chapel Hill NC

Hollywood CA

North Hollywood CA

Placerville, CA

Placerville, CA

London, UK

London, UK

London, UK

Placerville, CA

Directing
Stage Management

Living with the Tiger

For Lucy

One Flea Spare

Guys on Ice

The Tender Land

Dido and Aeneas

Pirates of Penzance

The Crucible (R. Ward)

Dance Gala

Remodeling Plans

Jesus Christ Superstar

Haymakers/Man Bites Dog

Carrboro Arts Center

Carrboro Arts Center

Riverside Theatre

University of Iowa/Englert Theatre

University of Iowa

U. of Iowa/Englert Theatre

U. of Iowa/Hancher Auditorium

U. of Iowa/Hancher Auditorium

El Portal Theatre

College of the Canyons

Durham, NC

Carrboro, NC

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City, IA

Iowa City, IA

North Hollywood, CA

Santa Clarita, CA

Education

BA (Honors) Drama and Theatre Studies (emphasis on Directing); Middlesex University London, UK

Drama Major/Opera Performance Minor; CSU Sacramento Sacramento, CA

Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Summer Seminar Ashland, OR

Suzuki and Viewpoints Summer Seminars; Mark Jackson Placerville, CA

Voice: David Owen Bell; Dr. Lynn Stradley; Rick Rickard

Dance: Lyrical Jazz and Ballet; Kristen Loving; Placerville School of Ballet

Honors

Catalyst Grant Recipient 2022, 2023

Charles Hume Scholar

Best Adapted Script

Best Director/Choreographer

Durham Arts Council

CSU Sacramento (Full Theatre Scholarship)

Rumplestiltskin (Imagination Theatre Co.)

Romeo and Juliet (Theatre El Dorado)

Associations

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Musical Theatre Educators Association

NC Theatre Arts Educators

Phi Beta Kappa

Associate Member

Member

Member

Alumnus

Relevant Professional Experience

Artistic Director

Artistic Director

Director of Operations

Stage Manager (Staff)

House Manager (Staff)

Assist. to Producing Director

Ed. and Outreach Assist.

Stone Soup Theatre Company, NC

Durham Savoyards, NC

Chapel Hill School of Musical Arts, NC

University of Iowa, Div. of Performing Arts, IA

University of Iowa, Dept. of Theatre Arts, IA

Broadway Sacramento, CA

California Music Circus, CA

2021 - present

2020 - present

2012-present

2005-2007

2005-2007

2002-2003

2002

Melissa S. Craib Dombrowski