Experience

University of Utah

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor of Directing, Department of Theatre

  • Jul 2018 - Present

• Director | STORM STILL by Gab Reisman

  • Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

  Storm Still—a spirited, rollicking riff on Shakespeare—brings the Bard to the backyard, where three sisters have reunited to sort out the mess their father left behind. As they navigate through paperwork and piles of trash and treasure, they entertain themselves by acting out a fast and loose version of KING LEAR. When the line between fact and fiction begins to blur, their old childhood pastime takes on new meaning. All three must reckon with their grief, their resentment, and the roles they play—willingly or not.Wild, wooly, and utterly unique, STORM STILL is a heartfelt, slapstick, tragicomedy, featuring an exceptional ensemble of three remarkable actors accompanied by a live band. Get your tickets today: with only nine live performances and limited seating, STORM STILL is an experience you don't want to miss. Show less

• Director | THE RIVALS by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  • Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

  The RivalsBy Richard Brinley SheridanDirected by Alexandra HarboldApril 5-14, 2019Babcock TheatreThe Rivals is a tightly woven farce of aristocratic and bourgeois love rivalry in the city of Bath. Sheridan’s comic masterpiece spins its tale around two couples who are thwarted on their way to matrimony. Featuring some of theatre’s great comic characters, the windbag Sir Anthony Absolute and the foolish Mrs. Malaprop–The Rivals is an uproariously funny feast that satisfies many a lusty appetite all while poking good fun at our superficial, narcissistic, preening times. Show less



University of Utah - Employment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Beginning Stage DirectingActing I for Non-MajorsActing II for Non-Majors

• Director | Self Defense, or death of some salesmen by Carson Kreitzer

  • Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

  Self Defense, or death of some salesmenBy Carson KreitzerA hitchhiking, highway prostitute is turned into a nation-wide celebrity when she is arrested for the murder of seven men. Is she the nation's first female serial killer, as the media paint her, or a victim? Self Defense gives a long, hard look at an America most of us don't want to admit exists.Director Alexandra HarboldLighting Designer Michele CollinsCostume Designer Zoë Cathryn FettersSet Designer Seth HamptonAssistant Set Designer Halee Rasmussen Fight Choreographer Adriana LemkeSound Designer Shea MadsonProps Designer Arika SchockmelDramaturg Cate HeinerAssistant Director Laura WitkopStage Manager Martin C. AlcocerAssistant Stage Manager Allison HarknessCompany: Beret Brems, Greg Carver, Alex Coltrin, Brandt Garber, Louis Hillegass IV, Kelsey June Jensen, Joshua Joles, Cece Otto, Ashley Marian Ramos, Isabella Reeder, Bailey Walker, Katryna Williams Show less



Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

• Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  Flying Bobcat is a Theatrical Laboratory which produces and creates performance-based work.

• Director, How Long Can You Stand on the Train Tracks: a game for two sisters by Morag Shepherd

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

  A world-premiere collaboration between Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and Sackerson.Playwright Morag ShepherdDirector Alexandra HarboldStage Manager Macarena SubiabreDramaturg Bianca Morrison DillardLighting Designer Martin C AlcocerSound Designer Adam DayCompany Robert Scott Smith, Nicki Nixon, Shawn Saunders, Merry MageeSpecial thanks to the University of Utah Department of Theatre



Good Company Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts

• Director | TO SAINTS AND STARS

  • Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

  To Saints and Stars by Jordan Ramirez Puckett directed by Alexandra Harbold November 3-20, 2022 Friday-Saturday at 8pm Sunday at 4pm Best friends Sofía and Zoe speak to each other every day. They have since childhood, when the planet was cooler and the possibilities of their futures seemed endless as they stargazed together. Now, Zoe has a master's degree in Theology and serves as the dutiful wife of her husband, a priest. Sofía is a NASA astronaut with ambitions to travel to other planets and save humanity. When Zoe reveals her pregnancy and Sofía becomes scheduled to be on the first manned mission to Mars their faith and friendship is put to the test. COMPANY Alvaro Cortez as John Chelsea Jurkiewicz as Zoe Alex Smith as Ken Kassandra Torres as Sofia Show less



University of Utah Department of Theatre and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

• University of Utah Performing Arts Building Studio 115

• Co-Director | New Work Project: LIMINAL

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Stage Play by Troy Deutsch, Based on an Original Story by Also Sisters A cosmic event leads to a group of strangers being trapped together in a sealed room Liminal is the stage component of a partnership between the Department of Theatre, Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, and Also Sisters. The stage play was written by Troy Deutsch, based on an original idea by Also Sisters—internationally-recognized filmmakers, multimedia storytellers, and Assistant Professors in the Film and Media Arts—and developed with the assistance of local playwright Brandan Ngo and Plan B Theatre’s Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshop. Liminal's co-directors, Robert Scott Smith and Alexandra Harbold, are also the co-founders of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory. An upcoming film by Also Sisters, currently in pre-production, is another component of this collaboration. Although the stage play and the film are standalone works, they will also function as companion pieces as this project continues to grow and develop. Liminal represents the first collaboration of its kind for the Department of Theatre, and we are thrilled to share this truly pioneering work-in-progress with our community. We hope that this project leads to additional new work and collaboration opportunities for students in the department, while also providing means and inspiration for us to engage meaningfully and productively with our extraordinary arts community. Show less



University of Utah and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

• Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

• Co-Director with Rob Scott Smith | Liminal | by Troy Deutsch

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

  New Work Project: Liminal Stage Play by Troy Deutsch, Based on an Original Story by Also Sisters A cosmic event leads to a group of strangers being trapped together in a sealed room. What happens next? Utah audiences can find out by seeing the workshop production of Liminal live in Studio 115 from February 24-27, 2022. Liminal is the stage component of a partnership between the Department of Theatre, Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, and Also Sisters. The stage play was written by Troy Deutsch, based on an original idea by Also Sisters—internationally-recognized filmmakers, multimedia storytellers, and Assistant Professors in the Film and Media Arts—and developed with the assistance of local playwright Brandan Ngo and Plan B Theatre’s Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshop. Creative Team Lighting | Drew Bielinski Scenic | Kaitlyn Crosby Costume | Mae Hinton-Godfrey Props | Arika Shockmel Sound | Ailish Harris Stage Manager Liz Wiand Producer Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell Company Nicolas Bianchi, Serena Collins, Ethan Hernandez, Caleb Hunt, Jessie Kranz, Samantha Nakken, Tobi Okhimamhe, Isabelle Siebeneck, Hannah Staudinger, Aidan Tappert, Zachary Thorn, Sophie White Show less



The Fairy Story Society and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

• Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

• Director | RONALD AND EDITH by Connor Nelis Johnson

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  RONALD AND EDITH by Connor Nelis Johnson At the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival @ the Gateway Mall (under the trees on the upper level above the Olympic splash fountain) Featuring Jessica Graham and Connor Nelis Johnson Directed by Alexandra Harbold Presented by The Fairy Story Society in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory Saturday, July 31 - 7:30 PM Sunday, August 1 - 7:30 PM Friday, August 6 - 7:30 PM Saturday August 7 - 7:30 PM Sunday, August 8 - 7:30 PM Performances are free and outdoors (no tickets), recommended donation is $5. In 1917, in Roos, Yorkshire, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien watched his wife, Edith, dance in a glade. The sight inspired Tolkien, barely returned from World War I, to write his cornerstone story Beren and Luthien. Ronald and Edith tells a (slightly) altered version of the facts of that fateful day. Join Tolkien and his wife, Edith, as they navigate war and love, elves and demons through storytelling. Show less



Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Creator, The Live Creature & Ethereal Things

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2021

  Moving Parts Family Series - February 2, 2019 1:00 pm JQ Lawson Capitol Theatre Tickets: $35 ($40 day of) Purchase Tickets: ArtTix.org Moving Parts Family Series Tickets: ArtTix.org ‘the live creature and ethereal things’ is a journey of the imagination for all ages. This dance performance is inspired by the mission of the Red Fred Project, founded by Dallas Graham, which gives voice to young creatives living in extraordinary circumstances. This magical adventure transports you past the threshold of the ordinary into a world of fantastical possibilities and asks, “if you could tell a story and share it with the entire world, what story would you tell?” Guest performer Robert Scott Smith joins the Company on this curious, shapeshifting, and theatrical quest. Storytelling in both English and Spanish, ‘the live creature and ethereal things’ explores how all of our voices and stories matter, and how our intimate social connections weave the pattern of our lives and happiness. Choreography by Artistic Director Daniel Charon, co-created in collaboration with Alexandra Harbold and Robert Scott Smith of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, and original score created by John Paul Hayward with original lyrics by Troy Deutsch. Ririe-Woodbury Company: Yebel Gallegos, Megan McCarthy, Brian Nelson, Breeanne Saxton, Bashaun Williams, Melissa Rochelle Younker. Costume Design by Jared Gold. Lighting & Props Design by William Peterson. Show less



Pinnacle Acting Company

• Performing Arts

• Director | AT THE BOTTOM by Christopher Madsen, based on THE LOWER DEPTHS by Maxim Gorky

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2020



Egyptian Theatre YouTheatre

• Park City, Utah

• Director | THE NIGHT WITCHES by Rachel Bublitz

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019



Salt Lake Acting Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director | THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe

  • Sep 2018 - Nov 2018

  Salt Lake Acting Company | Season 2018-2019 Playwright Sarah DeLappe Director Alexandra Harbold Play Dates October 10 - November 11, 2018 Show Type Utah Premiere Cast Madi Cooper, Louise Dapper, McKenzie Steele Foster*, Tracie Merrill*, Mary Neville, Ireland Nichols, Hailee Olenberger*, Fina Posselli, Cézanne Smith, Alison Jo Stroud Soccer Consultant: Joe Murray * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. "The Wolves" was presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. https://saltlakeactingcompany.org/this-season/item/1393-the-wolves Show less



Pinnacle Acting Company

• Performing Arts

• Director | MACBETH by William Shakespeare

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  This Shakespearean classic tells the tale of Macbeth, a brave and loyal Thane to King Duncan of Scotland. In an encounter with three Weird Sisters, they fortell that he will become king himself. Macbeth is overcome by ambition and greed; and bolstered by his wife’s encouragement, he kills King Duncan and takes the throne. Afterwards, Macbeth’s guilt, fear, and paranoia lead him to commit even more treachery to secure his power. http://www.pinnacleactingcompany.org/macbeth/ COMPANY Anne Louise Brings, Holly Fowers, Suni Gigliotti, Sean Hunter, Jared Larkin, Ali Lente, Melanie Nelson, Joseph Kyle Rogan, Viviane Turman, Cooper Rushton CREATIVE TEAM Andrea Benson Davenport | Costume Design Sam Allen | Sound Design Spencer Stringham Brown | Lighting Design Roya Burton | Set and Props Design Roger Dunbar | Fight Choreography Joseph Kyle Rogan | Fight Captain and Additional Choreography Charisse Baxter | Dramaturg Victoria Dylan Ray | Stage Manager Madeleine Gail Rex | Assistant Director (and godsend) Alexandra Harbold | Director Profound thanks to Jessica Rubin, Robert Scott Smith, Varlo Davenport, the Rushton family, Erica Alexandra Carvalho, Trevor Leatham "If you are in the Salt Lake area and want to see an amazing version of Macbeth look no further than Pinnacle Acting Company's Macbeth. It was a real treat to watch and is one of my favorite versions of it that I have seen. You won't want to miss this." Kaltin Kirby Show less



Plan-B Theatre Company with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

• Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Co-Director with Robert Scott Smith | JUMP by Austin Archer

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

  JUMP a world premiere by Austin Archer April 5-15, 2018 SOLD OUT How will you die? Will you see it coming? What if you’re given a second chance? A failed parachute, unexpected relationships and survivor’s guilt. JUMP explores the power of second chances and the impact of surviving on those we love. Featuring Teri Cowan, Nicki Nixon, Matthew Sincell and Darryl Stamp. Designed by La Beene (costumes), Cheryl Cluff (sound), Pilar I. (lighting), Cara Pomeroy (set) assisted by Iris Salazar, Arika Schockmel (props). Stage managed by Jennifer Freed. Co-directed by Alexandra Harbold and Robert Scott Smith. A co-production with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory in partnership with The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists. Show less



University of Utah

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director | YOU NEVER CAN TELL by George Bernard Shaw

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2017

  You Never Can Tell By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Alexandra Harbold November 10-19, 2017 Babcock Theatre http://theatre.utah.edu/productions/you-never-can-tell/ Stage Manager Kallie Erickson Dramaturg/Assistant Director Kali Scott Set Design Halee Rasmussen Costume Design Kerstin Anderson Davis Hair and Makeup Design Amanda French Properties Design Arika Schockmel Lighting Design David Butterballs De Carolis Sound Design Gavin Yehle Choreographer Aaron Eskelson Fight Choreographer Adriana Lemke Production Dialect Coach Sarah Shippobotham with Kali Scott Assistant Stage Managers Chloe Mason, Allison Harkness Communications Maven: Josiane Dubois Producer: Gage Williams Company Lindsie Kongsore, Jesse Klick, Payton Bowen, Kalla Nielsen, Mary-Helen Pitman, Morgan Werder, PJ Volk, Louis Hillegass IV, Brandt Garber, Jake Watt, Gavin Yehle, Jacob Weitlauf Photo Credit: Todd Collins At one riotous lunch, Mrs. Clandon, a famed feminist author and lecturer, is accidentally reunited with her estranged husband, while her high-minded eldest daughter tries to stave off a smooth-talking dentist’s advances. Identities are confused, ideals are challenged, and mischief is afoot. What could possibly happen? As a wise waiter continuously, and hilariously observes, “You never can tell!” Show less



Classical Greek Theatre Festival

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director | ION by Euripides, a new version by David Lan

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2017

  ION by Euripides, a new version by David Lan Director Alexandra Harbold Dramaturg Jim Svendsen Assistant Director Emilio Casillas Fight Choreographer Adriana Lemke Set & Lighting Designer Spencer Stringham Brown Composer & Sound Designer Jennifer Jackson Costume Designer Shannon McCullock Stage Manager Harry Corthell Assistant Stage Manager Maggie Regier Company Aaron Adams, Tamari West Dunbar, Holly Fowers, Brandt Garber, Stacey Jenson, Alec Kalled, Katelyn Limber, Merry Magee, Sydney Shoell, Tyler Palo Show less



Salt Lake Acting Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director | Climbing with Tigers

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Adapted for the stage by Troy Deutsch, based on the book by Nathan Glad and Dallas Graham, in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and the Red Fred Project March 4 – 27, 2016 World Premiere Cast Austin Archer and Robert Scott Smith Director Alexandra Harbold Stage Manager Annie Brantley Animation & Digital Art Jarom Neumann Composer Kevin Mathie Costume Design Rodney Cuellar Lighting Design Jesse Portillo Set Design Thomas George Sound Design Adam Day Puppet Design & Fabrication Mark Hofeling Show less



Salt Lake Acting Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director | Tribes by Nina Raine

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2015

  Tribes by Nina Raine | Salt Lake Acting Company Directed by Alexandra Harbold October 21 – November 15, 2015 Company: Stephen Drabicki, Paul Kiernan, Alison Lente, Sarah Shippobotham, Matthew Sincell, Amy Ware Creative Team: Set Design | Shawn Fisher, Lighting Design | James Craig, Costume Design | Philip Lowe, Projection Design | Alex Thedell, Sound Design | Shea Madson, Dialect Coach | Adrianne Moore, Dramaturgy | David Kranes Stage Manager Tribes by Nina Raine | Salt Lake Acting Company Directed by Alexandra Harbold October 21 – November 15, 2015 Company: Stephen Drabicki, Paul Kiernan, Alison Lente, Sarah Shippobotham, Matthew Sincell, Amy Ware Creative Team: Set Design | Shawn Fisher, Lighting Design | James Craig, Costume Design | Philip Lowe, Projection Design | Alex Thedell, Sound Design | Shea Madson, Dialect Coach | Adrianne Moore, Dramaturgy | David Kranes Stage Manager



Salt Lake Shakespeare

• Babcock Theatre at the University of Utah

• Director | Twelfth Night, or what you will by William Shakespeare

  • May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare Directed by Alexandra Harbold July 9- 12 & 15-18, 2015 | 7:30 PM Matinees July 11, 12, 18 & 19, 2015 | 2:00 PM Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare Directed by Alexandra Harbold July 9- 12 & 15-18, 2015 | 7:30 PM Matinees July 11, 12, 18 & 19, 2015 | 2:00 PM



University of Utah Department of Theatre

• Studio 115 | Performing Arts Building

• Director | Owl Girl by Monica Raymond

  • Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  Set in a world where reality intertwines with magic and myth, The Owl Girl is a parable about the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Two families both have keys to the same house. They try to live together peaceably, but the domestic situation becomes as perilous as the world around them, torn apart by centuries of hatred. One daughter tries to fly above to see the terrain clearly, but when her dreams are shot down, the betrayals and realignments that follow cause everyone to question the very possibility of peace. Show less



A Slight Discomfort | A Comedy about Cancer by Jeff Metcalf

• Theatre Director

  • 2012 - Aug 2014

  Award-winning playwright Jeff Metcalf has written a remarkably honest- and outrageously funny - play about his experience with prostate cancer. This one man play, based on his journals, follows Jeff's journey from diagnosis through his life surviving the disease. A Slight Discomfort explores the shared experience of being human and dealing with a crisis with grace and humor. http://aslightdiscomfort.com/ Award-winning playwright Jeff Metcalf has written a remarkably honest- and outrageously funny - play about his experience with prostate cancer. This one man play, based on his journals, follows Jeff's journey from diagnosis through his life surviving the disease. A Slight Discomfort explores the shared experience of being human and dealing with a crisis with grace and humor. http://aslightdiscomfort.com/



Now International/Interdisciplinary Dance Co. with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

• The Great Saltair

• Collaborator | FEAST

  • Apr 2014 - May 2014

  FEAST | NOW-ID and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory May 24, 2014 at The Great Saltair FEAST | NOW-ID and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory May 24, 2014 at The Great Saltair



The Grand Theatre

• Director | ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  Once on This Island at the Grand Theatre Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Music by Stephen Flaherty Photo Credit: Steve Fidel Once on This Island at the Grand Theatre Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Music by Stephen Flaherty Photo Credit: Steve Fidel



University of Utah | Department of Theatre

• Performing Arts Building | Studio 115

• Guest Director | LOVE ALONE by Deborah Salem Smith

  • Oct 2013 - Nov 2013



The Leonardo

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theatre Director

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  Through a collaborative process, POP-UP@LEO strives to create provocative, multi-disciplinary work fueled by the fusion of Creativity with Science and Technology. Co-created three original works with Creative Director Robert Scott Smith, SENSES 5, LOVE, and MIND OVER MATTER. Through a collaborative process, POP-UP@LEO strives to create provocative, multi-disciplinary work fueled by the fusion of Creativity with Science and Technology. Co-created three original works with Creative Director Robert Scott Smith, SENSES 5, LOVE, and MIND OVER MATTER.



Alligator Press Productions

• Theatre Director | The Righteous and Very Real Housewives of Utah County

  • 2013 - 2013



Reading Horizons

• Voiceover Artist

  • 2009 - 2013



Pinnacle Acting Company

• Midvale Performing Arts Center

• Theatre Director

  • 2012 - 2012

  BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter Performances May 3-12, 2012 Director Alexandra Harbold Company Roger Dunbar, Jared Larkin, and Melanie Nelson BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter Performances May 3-12, 2012 Director Alexandra Harbold Company Roger Dunbar, Jared Larkin, and Melanie Nelson



Pioneer Theatre Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • 2012 - 2012

  EMMAAdapted by Jon JoryFrom the novel by Jane AustenFebruary 17-March 3, 2012Director Matthew Arbour

• Dramaturg

  • 2012 - 2012

  OF MICE AND MENBy John SteinbeckOctober 19 through November 3, 2012 Director Mary B Robinson



Salt Lake Acting Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artistic & Literary Associate

  • 2010 - 2012

• Theatre Director

  • 2010 - 2012



Pioneer Theatre Company

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Actor

  • 2010 - 2010



Pinnacle Acting Company

• Actor

  • 2010 - 2010