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William Biddy(a.k.a. Peppy Biddy)
Work Address: Mississippi University for Women P.O. Box W-70 Columbus, MS 39701 (662) 329-7260 wbiddy@muw.edu peppybiddy@aol.com
EducationM.F.A. in Directing, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 1984 B.F.A. in Theatre Arts, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1980
Teaching Experience
Professor and Director of Theatre Program (tenured), Mississippi University for Women, 1991-Present; Duties include: Teaching 9-12 hours per semester, Directing Mainstage productions, Selecting season, Supervision of student projects, Recruiting, Administrative and Publicity duties, Committee work, and Community service. Courses taught: Beginning Acting, Intermediate Acting, Advanced Acting, Directing, Theatre Appreciation, Stage Management, Voice and Movement for the stage (Lessac), Theatre Management, Playscript Analysis, Creative Dramatics, Introduction to Film, UN101 Freshmen Seminar, Honors Seminar: Art and Culture of Japan, Yoga.
Mississippi Governor’s School, 1988, 1992-1998; Developed and executed an intensive workshop for selected gifted and talented high school juniors and seniors. Workshop included all area of Theatre training: Acting Directing, Writing, and Design.
Instructor/Director Musical Theatre Camp, Mississippi University for Women, 1992.
Assistant Instructor, Dallas Theatre Center’s Teen/Children’s Theatre, 1982-1984; Taught Children’s Musical Theatre class.
Graduate Assistant, University of Mississippi, 1980; Taught two sections of Interpersonal/Communications.
TrainingThe Teacher Development Program at The Actors Center, New York City, 2001 Two week intensive in classical and contemporary acting Robert Cohen Slava Dolgatchev
Webster Movement Institute, St. Louis, MO, 1996 One week intensive in Character mask Joan Schirle
Celebration Barn Theatre, Paris, Maine, 1995 Two week intensive in physical comedy Bob Berky Fred Garbo
Illinois State University, 1994 Two-week voice/text workshop David Carey, Central School of Drama, London, England Jane Boston, Central School of Drama, London, England
Royal National Theatre Alumni Acting Program, London, England, 1993 Two week intensive for graduates of RNT Studio Voice: Frankie Armstrong, Internationally known artist Helen Chadwick, National Theatre Studio, RADA, Central School Patsy Rodenburg, Head of Voice, Royal National Theatre Stephen Warbeck, Composer, Music Director, RNT Acting: John Burgess, Royal National Theatre William Gaskill Polly Teale, RNT Studio John Wright, Trestle Theatre Company, Middlesex University Simon Usher, Royal Shakespearean Company, Shakespearean Text: Michael Joyce, RADA, LAMDA, Associate Director Bristol Old Vic Movement: Bridget Panet, RADA, LAMDA, RNT Studio Sue Laurie (Alexander Technique), RNT Studio Master Classes: Sir Ian McKellan, Internationally known actor Richard Eyre, Director Royal National Theatre Caryle Churchill, Playwright
Royal National Theatre Summer Acting Program, London, England, 1991 (additional tutors to the previous list) Voice: Bardy Thomas, Central School, RADA Text: Geoffrey Connor Movement: Jane Gibson (Historical Dance) Head of Movement, RNT Mask: Roddy Maude Roxby, Theatre Machine Dialects: Joan Washington, Royal National Theatre Master Classes: Stephen Daldrey, Olivier Award, Best Director Ken Campbell, International Performing Artist
Alexander Technique, Ojai, California, 1991 Winter Workshop Michael Fredrickson Joan Schirle
Lessac Voice and Movement Technique, Boulder, Colorado, 1988 Six week summer intensive Arthur Lessac, International Voice Specialist Sue Ann Park, Suny Binghamton Lisbeth Roman Richard Cuyler, Suny Binghamton Saundra Cuyler, Suny Binghamton
Master Classes: Alexander Technique: Marjorie Barstow Linklater: Bonnie Raphael Design: Irene Corey Feldenkrais: Pat Tomlin
Singing: (tenor) Private Lessons and/or choral performance
Dance: Jazz, Tap, Ballet, and Modern
Internship: Two-year professional internship, Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, TX, Paul Baker, Mary Sue Jones; Artistic Directors
Professional Experience
Freelance Professional Actor, Director, Choreographer, and Stage Manager; Please see attached resume for list of Representative credits.
Professional Activities
Production Manager, Sundance Theatre Lab, Sundance Institute, UT, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Assistant Production Manager, Sundance Theatre Lab, Sundance Institute, UT, 2000 Sasakawa Fellow, "Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum," Four weeks of intensive seminars focused on Japanese Culture, San Diego State University, 2000 Contributor, Women and Music In America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia, June 2001, Oryx Press
Selected as one of twelve university directors nationwide to attend the National American College Theatre Festival’s "Learn from the Best" workshop with Broadway director Des McAnuff at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., 1998 Peer Review Evaluator, Birmingham Southern College Theatre Program, 1998 Guest Adjudicator, American College Theatre Festival, University of Alabama, 1998 Conference Presenter, Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention, "Challenges and Solutions for Small Theatre Departments," Birmingham, AL 1998 Company Member (Technician), Santa Fe Stages International Festival, summer, 1997 Guest Adjudicator, Alabama State SETC Screening Auditions, 1997 Guest Adjudicator, American College Theatre Festival, University of Memphis, 1997 Guest Adjudicator, American College Theatre Festival, University of Southern Mississippi, 1997 Guest Scholar, New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS, New Playreading Series, December 1995 Associate Director, Mississippi Theatre Association/American College Theatre Festival, State Festival, 1995 Conference Presentation, Southeastern Theatre Conference, “Transformation Scenery” Norfolk, VA, 1995 Director, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Evening of Scenes, American College Theatre Festival, Greensboro, NC, 1995 Guest Scholar, Eudora Welty New Playreading, New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS, 1994 Guest Adjudicator, American College Theatre Festival, Auburn, AL, 1994 Guest Adjudicator, American College Theatre Festival, Mississippi State University, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001 Guest Speaker, Young Southern Writers Association, Aberdeen, MS, 1993 Dialect Consultant, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1993 Director, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Evening of Scenes, American College Theatre Festival, Radford, VA, 1992 Dialect Consultant, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1992
Conferences Attended
Commercial Theatre Institute, New York City, 2002
Women In Theatre: Mapping the Sources of Power, New York City, 1997
Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Atlanta 1992, Chicago 1994
Southeastern Theatre Conference Mobile, AL, 2002 Norfolk, VA, 1995, 2000 Arlington, VA, 1993 Birmingham, AL 1998 Orlando, FL, 1992 Miami, FL, 1997 Nashville, TN, 1990 Savannah, GA, 1994 Winston-Salem, NC, 1991
American College Theatre Festival (National) Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 1998, 2004
American College Theatre Festival (Regional) Hattiesburg, MS, 2001 Greensboro, NC, 1995 Clemson, SC, 1994, 1998 Auburn, AL, 1993 Knoxville, TN, 1996 Radford, VA, 1992 Birmingham, AL, 2004
American College Theatre Festival (State Festival) Starkville, MS, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000 Hattiesburg, MS 1997 Jackson, MS, 1994, 1996 Gulfport, MS, 1993, 1999, 2001
National Association of Local Arts Agency, Fort Worth, TX, 1994
Membership in Professional OrganizationsActors’ Equity Association (AEA) Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Mississippi Theatre Association (MTA) National Education Association (NEA) Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE)
Professional ViewingHave attended professional theatre performances in the following locations: London, England Memphis, TN Edinburgh, Scotland Chicago, IL Dublin, Ireland Salt Lake City, UT St. Petersburg, Russia Nashville, TN New York City Washington, D.C. Los Angeles, CA Dallas, TX Atlanta, GA Boston, MA Santa Fe, NM Houston, TX St. Louis, MO New Orleans, LA Seattle, WA Actors Theatre Humana Festival, Louisville, KY Jackson, MS Barter Theatre, Abington, VA
Have organized and escorted multiple student and faculty trips including the following: New York City Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT Cirque Du Soleil, Atlanta, GA and Biloxi, MS Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery, AL
University Services University Core Curriculum Council, 2003 University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, 2001, 2003 Honors Forum Presenter, Japanese Art and Culture, 2000 Elected as Fine and Performing Arts representative for Faculty Senate, 1999-Present Member of Search Committee for Division Head of Fine & Performing Arts, 1998 Executive Committee, United Way Fundraising Gala, 1995 MUW Representative Lecture Coordinator, The Palaces of St. Petersburg, Press Trip to Russia, 1995 Undergraduate Curriculum Council, Member, 1992-1996 Undergraduate Curriculum Council, President, 1994-1995 Advising Corps, 1994-Present Gibbons Chair Search Committee, 1995 Homecoming Gala Director, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001 Chairman Theatre Search Committee, 1992, 1995 Summer Orientation Representative, 1994 Student Grievance Committee, 1993-2001 Guest Speaker, Residence Life (Kincannon, Jones dorm), 1992, 1993, 1994 Teacher of University 101, 1993-Present Singer MUW Choral, 1993-Present Faculty Advisor, 1991-Present Scholar’s Day Committee, 1993-Present Take a Girl to Work Day, 1993, 1994, 1995 MS Fibernet 2000, Fine Art Teacher, 1993 Committee Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), 1993, 2001 Student Development Services Committee, 1991-1993 Governors School Student Selection Committee, 1993 BKT All-Sing Judge, 1992, 1993 Music Search Committee, 1994 Guest Artist MUW Dance Concert, 1992 Producer, Read Mississippi, Rita Coolidge Concert, 1990
Community ServicesGuest Speaker, Lee Home Lunch and Learn Series, 2000-01 Judge, Magnolia Film Festival, 1998, 1999 Guest Clinician, MSMS, 1995 Guest Clinician, Columbus, H.S., “Front Line”, 1995 Division Representative, American Heart Association, Walk for Heart, 1993, 1994 Guest Instructor, American Heart Association, Dance for Heart, 1992 Singer & Director, Amahl and the Night Visitors, 1992, 1994 Board Member, Columbus Arts Council, 1993-1997 Concert Series Committee, Young People Artist Series Committee Speaker for Rotary Club, 1989, 1991 Volunteer Service, Habitat for Humanity, 1995
Have served as advisor/consultant on one or more occasions for the following institutions and organizations: Sale Elementary School Columbus Parks & Recreation Demonstration School Kids with Character Heritage Academy Aroria Nursing Home Greater Columbus Learning Center Franklin Academy Whitfield Renovation Consultant Joe Cook School Columbus Community Theatre Reform High School, Reform, AL Tupelo Community Theatre First Methodist Church
HonorsReceived Faculty Research Grant, 1998, 2001 Received Sabbatical, spring 1999 Citation from Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1999 Faculty Member of the Year—Mississippi Governor's School, 1998 Trinity University Scholarship recipient Omicron Delta Kappa, Leadership Honorary Alpha Psi Omega, Theatre Honorary University of Mississippi, Deans List, Academic and Theatre Scholarship National Institute of Musical Theatre, selected to compete
ThesisThe Use of the Elements of Form in Creating Choreography
Manuscript ReviewAllyn and Bacon Publishing, Understanding Plays, Second Edition, by Milly S. Barranger, 1991
OtherCertified Yoga Instructor, American Aerobic Association International/International Sports Medicine Association (AAAI/ISMA) Since 2000 |
PEPPY BIDDY
(a.k.a. William Biddy)
Director/AEA Stage Manager
Work Address: E-Mail:
PO Box W-70 wbiddy@muw.edu
Columbus, MS 39701
(662) 329-7260
RIKKI TIKKI TAVI Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 2004
NICKEL AND DIMED Director Mississippi University for Women, 2004
SUNDANCE THEATRE LAB 2004 Production Manager Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT 2004
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Director/Choreographer New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS, 2004
SUNDANCE @ WHITE OAK Production Manager White Oak, FL 2004
ON THE VERGE Director Mississippi University for Women, 2003
A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING Director/Choreographer New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS, 2003
SUNDANCE THEATRE LAB 2003 Production Manager Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT 2003
JET SET ’67* Director/Co-creator Mississippi University for Women, 2002
SUNDANCE THEATRE LAB 2002 Production Manager Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT 2002
ALEXANDER…BAD DAY Director/Choreographer Dallas Children’s Theatre , 2002 &2003
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Director Mississippi University for Women, 2002
SUNDANCE THEATRE LAB 2001 Production Manager Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT, 2001
ALWAYS . . . PATSY CLINE Director Mississippi University for Women, 2001
THE 15 MINUTE HAMLET Director Mississippi University for Women, 2000
FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN
BELLE TOLLS (and other plays) Director Mississippi University for Women, 2000
SUNDANCE THEATRE LAB 2000 Assistant Production Mgr. Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT, 2000
BEEHIVE Choreographer Tupelo Community Theatre, 2000
THE ALL NIGHT STRUT Director Mississippi University for Women, 2000
MOTHER HICKS Director Mississippi University for Women, 1999
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN
CHARLIE BROWN Director Dallas Children’s Theatre, 1999
TAPESTRY Director Mississippi University for Women, 1998
ALL IN THE TIMING Director Mississippi University for Women, 1997
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1997
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1997
SYLVIA Director Mississippi University for Women, 1996
COMPANY B Writer/Director Mississippi University for Women, 1996
COMPANY A Writer/Director Mississippi University for Women, 1995
PATIENT A Director Mississippi University for Women, 1995
OUR TOWN Director Mississippi University for Women, 1995
GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA Director Mississippi University for Women, 1994
(Good Morning Juliet)
GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT Director Mississippi University for Women, 1993
LOVE LETTERS Director Mississippi University for Women, 1993
I WON'T TAKE A BATH Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1993
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1992
MRS. CALIFORNIA Director Mississippi University for Women, 1992
IN A ROOM SOMEWHERE Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1991
READ MISSISSIPPI Producer Mississippi University for Women, 1990
(Literacy Benefit with Rita Collidge)
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR Director Mississippi University for Women, 1991
& GRILL
PSYCHO BEACH PARTY Director Mississippi University for Women, 1989
HAMLET: THE MUSICAL Director/Choreographer Hot Southern Nights, Birmingham, AL, 1989
THE BIG BAD WOLF AND HOW Asst. Director/Dance Captain Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1988
HE GOT THAT WAY
EXTREMITIES Director Mississippi University for Women, 1989
PUMP BOYS & DINETTES Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1988
A...MY NAME IS ALICE Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1988
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Choreographer Cape Fear Regional Theatre, 1987
Fayetteville, NC
GODSPELL Director/Choreographer Mississippi University for Women, 1987
ARSENIC & OLD LACE Director Garland Civic Center, Garland, TX, 1987
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN Director/Choreographer Irving Arts Center, 1986
CHARLIE BROWN
CRAZY (FOR LOVING YOU)* Director S.T.A.G.E., Dallas, TX, 1987
COVERED DISH* Director Garland Civic Center, 1986
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM Director Garland Civic Center, 1986
CRIMES OF THE HEART Director Dallas Theatre Center, 1983
(Studio Production)
SPIRIT OF AMERICA Stage Manager Opryland U.S.A., 1990
(with Brenda Lee) Nashville, TN
GENERAL JACKSON Stage Manager Opryland U.S.A., 1990
SHOWBOAT
ON THE RAZZLE Stage Manager New Arts Theatre, 1984
Dallas, TX
BETRAYAL Stage Manager New Arts Theatre, 1983
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED Stage Manager Dallas Theatre Center, 1982
* World Premiere
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