ALEXANDRA HARBOLD | DIRECTOR
Photo: The Lightning Thief | University of Utah | Todd Collins Photography and Aaron Swenson
Alexandra Harbold is a director, Equity actor, voiceover artist, dramaturg, and teacher based in Salt Lake City.
Harbold and Robert Scott Smith founded and share creative leadership of Flying Bobcat, a Theatrical Laboratory which produces and creates performance-based work.
She earned her Masters in Theatre Arts (Performance Studies option) from the University of London, Goldsmiths College, and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (High Honors, magna cum laude) from Middlebury College. She is an alumna of SITI Company's Skidmore Summer Intensive, BADA's Midsummer at Oxford, Michael Howard Studios in NYC, Plan-B Theatre/Meat & Potato Theatre’s Directors’ Lab, and The Field (SLC).
Alexandra Harbold is Assistant Professor of Directing in the University of Utah's Department of Theatre.
DIRECTING | FULL PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS
2023 The Wreck of Queen Thomasina by Connor Nelis Johnson | A Footpath Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival | August 4-12, 14-19, 2023
2022 To Saints and Stars by Jordan Ramirez Puckett | Good Company Theatre | November 3-20, 2022
2022 The Wreck of Queen Thomasina by Connor Nelis Johnson | Produced by Footpath Theatre Co and presented by spit&vigor | August 5-21, 2022
2021 Ronald and Edith by Connor Nelis Johnson (Premiere at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival) | The Fairy Story Society and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory | July 30-August 1, August 6-8th @7:30 pm
2020 At the Bottom by Christopher Madsen (Premiere) | Pinnacle Acting Company | February 27-March 8, 2020
2019 Death of a Driver by Will Snider (Utah Premiere) | Salt Lake Acting Company | September 11-October20, 2019
2019 The Night Witches by Rachel Bublitz | The Egyptian Theatre at the Great Salt Lake Fringe | August 3-11, 2019 (2019 Audience Choice Award)
2018 The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe | Salt Lake Acting Company | October 10 – November 11, 2018
2018 Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Pinnacle Acting Company | Westminster College | June 14-30, 2018
2018 Jump by Austin Archer | with Co-Director Robert Scott Smith | A Plan-B Theatre co-production with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory in partnership with The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists | April 5-15, 2018
2017 Ion | The Classical Greek Theatre Festival | Westminster College | September 14-25, 2017
2017 How Long Can You Stand on the Train Tracks: A Game for Two Sisters by Morag Shepherd | Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory Co-production with Sackerson | July 7-9, 13-16, 2017
2016 Picnic | The Grand Theatre | March 17-April 2, 2016
2016 Climbing with Tigers | Salt Lake Acting Company with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory & Red Fred Project | March 4-26, 2016
2015 Tribes | Salt Lake Acting Company | October 21-November 15, 2015
2015 Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Salt Lake Shakespeare | Babcock Theatre | July 9-19, 2015
2014 Once on This Island | Musical Director Kevin Mathie & Choreographer Michelle Patrick | The Grand Theatre
2013 The Righteous and Very Real Housewives of Utah County | Alligator Press Productions | Fort Douglas Post Theatre
2012 Betrayal | Pinnacle Acting Company
2011 (a man enters) | World Premiere | Salt Lake Acting Company
2011 The Persian Quarter*| World Premiere | Salt Lake Acting Company
2009 Three Days of Rain | Pinnacle Acting Company
2009 Rabbit Hole** | Pinnacle Acting Company
2008 Romeo & Juliet | Pinnacle Acting Company
2002 Concentric Circles | Bailiwick Directors’ WinterFest, Chicago, IL
1999 The Gravity of Means | Wolfgang Theatre | Chicago, IL
ACADEMIC DIRECTING
2023 The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical Book by Joe Tracz, Music & Lyrics by Rob Rokicki, Adapted from the book THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan | University of Utah Department of Theatre
2023 The Sweet Science of Bruising by Joy Wilkinson | University of Utah Department of Theatre
2022 New Works Project: Liminal by Troy Deutsch, Based on an Original Story by the Also Sisters, created in collaboration with Brandan Ngo | Flying Bobcat in partnership with the University of Utah Department of Theatre | Co-Directors Alexandra Harbold and Robert Scott Smith | February 2022
2021 Storm Still by Gab Reisman | University of Utah Department of Theatre | September 24, 26, 30 and October 1, 2, 3, 2022
2020 The Night Witches by Rachel Bublitz | World Premiere Livestream | University of Utah Department of Theatre
2019 The Odyssey | University of Utah Department of Theatre | Nov 8, 9, 13-15, and 17 2019
2019 The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan| University of Utah Department of Theatre | April 5-15, 2019
2017 You Never Can Tell | Babcock Theatre, University of Utah | November 2017
2016 Self Defense, or death of some salesmen | Studio 115 | University of Utah
2014 The Owl Girl | Studio 115 | University of Utah
2013 Love Alone | Studio 115 | University of Utah | November 14 – 24, 2013
2013 The Eccentrics | Studio 115 | University of Utah
2001 Untitled: The Sounds of Unheard Voices (Co-Director Cheryl Faraone) Middlebury College, VT
1999 The Gravity of Means Middlebury College, VT
DIRECTING (DEVISED PROJECTS)
2013 MIND over MATTER | Co-Created with Robert Scott Smith, Nell Gwynn, & Conor Provenzano | The Leonardo
2013 LOVE: a mixed-media cabaret | Co-Created with Robert Scott Smith, Austin Archer, & Deena Marie Manzanares | The Leonardo
2012 SENSES 5 | Co-Created with Robert Scott Smith | The Leonardo
DIRECTING (ONE ACTS AND SELECTED STAGED READINGS)
2023 Let Down Your Hair| Salt Lake Acting Company New Play Sounding Series
2023 Will It Go Round | Pioneer Theatre Company Play-by-Play Series
2022 macbitches | Pioneer Theatre Company Play-by-Play Series
2017 The Art of Floating | Plan-B Theatre | Script in Hand Series (upcoming: February 22, 2017)
2012 Devil Dog Six | Salt Lake Acting Company | New Play Sounding Series
2012 Spark | Pygmalion Productions TBD Reading Series
2012 A Slight Discomfort | Jeff Metcalf | Touring
2012 The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs | Helper Art & Music Festival | Helper, UT
2012 SLAM | Next! | Plan-B Theatre Company
2012 Monsterheart | SLAC: New Play Sounding Series
2012 The Agony & The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs | SLAC: New Play Sounding Series
2011 T.I.C. (Trenchcoat in Common) by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb | SLAC: New Play Sounding Series
2010 SLAM | Brown Shoes | Plan-B Theatre
2010 Prophets of Nature | SLAC: New Play Sounding Series
2010 Over | Plan-B/ Meat & Potato: Script in Hand
2010 Self Storage Plan-B/ Meat & Potato: Script in Hand
2009 SLAM | Black & White Plan-B Theatre
2007 Keeping Clean amid the Messy Night Dance Theatre Coalition: Proving Ground
2006 Faint Whistle in the Crater Dance Theatre Coalition: Proving Ground
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
2012 Emma, dir. Matthew Arbour Pioneer Theatre Company
2010 Charm, dir. Meg Gibson Salt Lake Acting Company
2004 Trembling Hands, dir. Paul Tei MadCat Theatre, Miami, FL
2004 The Gulf of Westchester, dir. Lou Tyrrell Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL
2004 Mercy of a Storm, dir. Michael Bigelow Dixon Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL
2003 Running with Scissors, dir. Lou Tyrrell Florida Stage, Manalapan, FL
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
Member of StateraArts
Member of Actors Equity Association (AEA)
Member of Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA)
Artistic & Literary Associate | Salt Lake Acting Company
Communications & Audience Development | Salt Lake Acting Company
Research Assistant to Playwright Julie Jensen | She Was My Brother
Visiting Lecturer | Acting I & Creative Process | Middlebury College, VT
Faculty | Creative Process | American Festival for the Arts | Houston, TX
EDUCATION | TRAINING
Change Leader Institute | Utah Division of Arts & Museums | Park City, UT
Viewpoints/Suzuki/Composition (graduate credit) | SITI Summer Intensive | Skidmore College, NY
M.A. Performance Studies | University of London, Goldsmiths College | UK
B.A. Theatre, High Honors, Magna cum laude | Middlebury College, VT
BADA Midsummer at Oxford | Balliol College | UK
Acting | Michael Howard | Michael Howard Studios | NYC, NY
PLAY | ROLE | THEATRE | DIRECTOR (* denotes world premiere, † upcoming production, strikethrough cancellation due to Covid-19 shutdown)
*How to Transcend a Happy Marriage | Jane | Salt Lake Acting Company | Director Adrienne Moore | 2020
Molly Sweeney (Staged Reading) | Molly Sweeney | UtahPresents | Director Robin Wilks-Dunn | 2018
Hand to God | Marjorie | Salt Lake Acting Company | Director Christopher DuVal | 2017
Remington & Weasel | Alex Weadle | Pygmalion Productions | Dir. Robin Wilks-Dunn
Slow Food (Play-by-Play) | Woman | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Julie Kramer
Two Stories | Jodi | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. Keven Myhre
FEAST | Woman | NOW International/Interdisciplinary Dance Company, Playwright Troy Deutsch, & Flying Bobcat | Choreographer/Director Charlotte Boye-Christensen
A Public Education (Play-By-Play) | Pam Finley | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Shana Gold
Circle Mirror Transformation | Teresa | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. Adrianne Moore
Dancing at Lughnasa | Maggie | Pinnacle Acting Company | Dir. John Michael Graham
Hamlet | Player Queen [U/S Gertrude] | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Charles Morey
Toll of War (Reading) | Athena/Tekmessa | Classical Greek Theatre | Dir. Larry West
Six Years | Meredith | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. Tracy Callahan
The Seagull | Arkadina | Pinnacle Acting Company | Dir. Melanie Nelson
Living Out* | Nancy | Pygmalion Productions | Dir. Reb Fleming
The Rant (NPSS Reading) | Lila Mahnaz | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. Paul Kiernan
Ugly to the Bone (Script in Hand Series) | Faith | Plan-B Theatre | Dir. Jerry Rapier
Reviving Ophelia | Mom | Youth Theatre at the U | Dir.
Ice Glen | Dulce | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. David Mong
Fat Pig | Jeannie | Pygmalion Productions | Dir. Shellie Waters
Ugly to the Bone/ ‘06 SLAM | Prudence | Plan-B Theatre | Dir. Larry West
Art for Art’s Sake (NPSS Reading) | Marie | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. Tony Larimer
Passion Play (Reading) | Nell | Aspect Theatre, Chicago, IL
Antigone (Reading) | Antigone | Aspect Theatre, Chicago, IL
Slow Dance on the Killing Ground | Rosie | Aspect Theatre, Chicago
Blue Forest | Alice | Potomac Theatre Project, Olney, MD
Necessary Targets (Reading) | Melissa | Middlebury Symposia, VT
Stick Knife Here | Chalk Girl | Building Stage, Chicago, IL
The Voyage of the Carcass | Eliza Kane | Building Stage, VT
Boxing the Compass | Maeve | New Actors' Stage, Chicago, IL
In Perpetuity throughout the Universe | Christine Penderecki | American Festival for the Arts | Houston, TX
Fantasio | Elspeth | Helle Theatre Company, NYC
Happiness Compartment | Mary Jo | NXT, London, England Mrs. Klein | Melitta Klein | NXT, London, England
Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants. | June | Potomac Theatre Project, DC
VOICEOVER EXPERIENCE
Reading Horizons
Visual Link Spanish
Yikes! Audio Book by Adele Park
EDUCATION | TRAINING
Viewpoints/Suzuki/Composition (graduate credit) | SITI Summer Intensive | Skidmore College, NY
M.A. Performance Studies | University of London, Goldsmiths College | UK
B.A. Theatre, High Honors, Magna cum laude | Middlebury College, VT
BADA | Midsummer at Oxford | Balliol College | UK
Auditions Seminar | Jeff Johnson | SLC, UT
Acting | Anne Cullimore Decker with Plan-B Theatre | SLC, UT
General Concepts for Film & Television | Anne Sward Hansen | ASH Productions, UT
Acting | Michael Howard | Michael Howard Studios | NYC, NY
DRAMATURGY
2024 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | Pioneer Theatre Company
2024 The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, Adapted by Ben Power | Pioneer Theatre Company | Director Karen Azenberg
2023 What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck | Pioneer Theatre Company | Director Karen Azenberg
2020 Mary Stuart by Jean Stock Goldstone & John Reich | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Shelley Butler
2019 The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell & Gordon Farrell. Based on the essay/Book by John D’Agata & Jim Fingal | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Wes Grantom
2019 Sweat by Lynn Nottage | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Mary B. Robinson
2018 Oslo by J.T. Rogers | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Karen Azenberg
2018 Death of a Driver by Will Snyder | SLAC Playwrights' Lab 2018 | Salt Lake Acting Company | Dir. Kareem Fahmy
2017 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Karen Azenberg
2016 The Last Ship | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Karen Azenberg
2016 An Inspector Calls | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Mary B. Robinson
2015 I Hate Hamlet | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Art Manke
2012 Of Mice and Men | Pioneer Theatre Company | Dir. Mary B. Robinson