About Alex Z.
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Founder and Artistic Director
Apr, 2007 - PresentMolotov Theatre Group
• Created and developed business plan for this award-winning 501(c)(3) theatre company that preserves and revives the celebrated French theatrical tradition of the Theatre du Grand Guignol, including securing the company’s non-profit status. • Established collegial and education-based professional relationships with acknowledged international academic authorities in the genre. • Established worldwide artistic relationships with theatre companies pursuing the preservation of this form, in countries including the US, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Australia. • Developed and codified the theatrical principles that form the foundation of the company’s production aesthetic, based on extensive academic research and collegial interaction with international authorities and adherents. • Lead six-week acting workshops on the Grand Guignol acting style, merging acting, special effects and fight choreography. • Created fight choreography, and developed stage effects for all of the company’s productions, including productions winning Best Comedy and Best Overall from the Capital Fringe Festival and Helen Hayes Award recommendation for excellence.
Co-Founder and Managing Director
May, 2007 - Sep, 2011Lean & Hungry Theater
• Created and developed business plan for this 501(c)(3) broadcast theatre company that performs radio drama adaptations of works of English literature, including securing the company’s non-profit status. • Developed microphone technique training process for incoming actors. • Created affinity and distribution relationships for the syndication of programming throughout the public radio environment, including ongoing broadcast opportunities in Washington, DC; Tampa, FL; and Austin, TX. • Established relationships with XM Satellite Radio and Public Radio Exchange for program distribution external to traditional public radio channels.
Education
BA, Philosophy
Sep, 1979 - Sep, 1983The College of William & Mary
Acting
Aug, 2008 - Apr, 2011The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory
Certifications
Certificate of completion
Aug, 2007Society of American Fight Directors
Competency in rapier/dagger, knife, and unarmed combat
Awards
Best Comedy
Jul, 2007Capital Fringe Festival Audience Vote
Best Overall
Jul, 2008Capital Fringe Festival Audience Vote
Affiliations
Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Aug, 2006An American labor union representing over 160,000 film and television principal and background performers, journalists, and radio personalities worldwide.
Languages
Russian
Limited Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
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