KEVIN LONG
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KEVIN LONG
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Director/Acting Instructor
Kevin has worked professionally in various equity and summer stock theatres in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois.
He holds a BFA in Acting from West Virginia University’s Professional Actor’s Training Program and an MA in Speech and Performing Arts from Northeastern Illinois University.
Kevin has fifteen years experience as an acting teacher and director in various universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools, and professional and community theatres.
Additionally, Kevin frequently presents his workshop “Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” in which participants explore the language and theater of the world’s greatest playwright through the use of the First Folio. His most recent presentation of the workshop was at Chicago Shakespeare’s teacher workshop for THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.
The most outstanding mark of a creative person is courage...the courage to question what is generally accepted; the courage to be destructive in order that something better can be constructed; the courage to think thoughts unlike any one else's; the courage to be open to experience both from within and without; the courage to follow one's intuition; the courage to imagine the impossible and try to achieve it; the courage to stand aside from the collectivity and in conflict with it if necessary; the courage to become and to be oneself.
--Kevin Long
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Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC DEGREES
M.A. from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
August 1999, Major: Speech and Performing Arts
B.F.A. from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
May 1989, Major: Theatre/Acting
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Harper College, Palatine, IL 2007 - Present
Speech and Theatre Instructor
St. Patrick High School, Chicago, IL, 2002 - 2007
Theatre Program Director and Theatre Instructor
Chicago Shakespeare, Teacher Workshop for The Comedy of Errors, January 22, 2005 – Shakespeare and the use of the First Folio
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 2005
Acting Instructor
Quest Academy, Palatine, IL, 2000 – 2002
Theatre Instructor
National-Louis University, Wheaton, IL Campus, Summer, 2000
Adjunct Theatre Faculty
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, Fall, 1999
Adjunct Theatre Faculty
Studio Theatre – Dance Experience, Naperville, IL, 1998 - 1999
Acting Instructor
Schaumburg Park District, Schaumburg, IL, 1994-1996
Clubhouse Theatre Director
Acting and Musical Theatre Instructor
Niles College Marbleworks Theatre, Niles, IL, 1993-1994
Musical Director
St. Paul of the Cross, Park Ridge, IL, 1992-1996
Music and Theatre Instructor
Music on the Move, Evanston, IL, 1990 - 1992
Music Instructor
West Virginia University Theatre Prepatory Program, 1987-1989
Theatre Instructor
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Bus Stop, Inge, 2007, Saint Patrick Summer Theatre, Chicago, IL.
1776, Edwards/Stone, 2007, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL.
Born Yesterday, Kanin, 2007, Village Players Theatre of Oak Park, IL
Inspecting Carol, Sullivan, 2006, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Lost In Yonkers, Simon, 2006, Saint Patrick Summer Theatre, Chicago, IL
Into the Woods, Sondheim/Lapine, 2006, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Over the Tavern, Dudzick, 2005, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Mayer/Lippa/Gesner, 2005, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Damn Yankees, Abbott/Wallop/Adler/Ross, 2005, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Ragtime, McNally/Flaherty/Ahrens, 2005, Music On Stage, Palatine, IL
The Foreigner, Shue, 2004, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Guys and Dolls, Burrows/Swerling/Loesser, 2004, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Dark of the Moon, Richardson/Berney, 2003, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Les Miserables, Boubil/Schonberg, 2003, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
The Odd Couple, Simon, 2002, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Joseph…Dreamcoat, Rice/Webber, 2002, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
Arsenic and Old Lace, Kesselring, 2001, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
Into the Woods, Sondheim/Lapine,2001, Summer Place Theatre, Naperville, IL
As You Like It, Shakespeare, 2001, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
The Rivals, Sheridan, 2001, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
You Can’t Take It With You, Kaufman/Hart, 2001, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
She Loves Me, Masteroff/Bock/Harnick, 2001, Music On Stage, Palatine, IL
Fiddler on the Roof, Stein/Bock/Harnick, 2000, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
Fifth of July, Lanford Wilson, 1999, Northeastern Illinois University
A Slaying in the South, Dick Laffin, 1999, Immanuel UCC, Streamwood, IL
Bus Stop, William Inge, 1999, Northeastern Illinois University
42nd Street, Stewart/Bramble/Warren, 1998, Summer Place Theatre, Naperville, IL
The Sound of Music, Rodgers/Hammerstein,1998, Music On Stage, Palatine, IL
The Good Doctor, Neil Simon, 1997, Barrington Community Theatre, IL
On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson, 1996, Clubhouse Theatre, Schaumburg, IL
Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry, 1996, Clubhouse Theatre, Schaumburg, IL
The Sound of Music, Rodgers/Hammerstein, 1996, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley, 1995, Clubhouse Theatre, Schaumburg, IL
The Fabulous Fable Factory, Joseph Robinette, 1995, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
Joseph … Dreamcoat, Rice/Webber, 1995, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
The Wizard of Oz, Baum/Arlen/Harburg, 1992, Saint Wenceslaus, Chicago, IL
Sondheim Plus Cabaret, Sondheim/Long, 1989, West Virginia University
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Clark Gesner, 1988, West Virginia University Preparatory Theatre
Macbeth, Shakespeare, 1987, West Virginia University Preparatory Theatre
Evening of Restoration, Various,1987, West Virginia University Preparatory Theatre
MUSICAL DIRECTING EXPERIENCE,
Into the Woods, Sondheim/Lapine, 2006, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,Mayer/Lippa/Gesner, 2005, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Les Miserables, Boubil/Schonberg, 2003, Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL
Joseph…Dreamcoat, Rice/Webber, 2002, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL
The Sound of Music, Rodgers/Hammerstein, 1996, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
The Fabulous Fable Factory, Joseph Robinette, 1995, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
Joseph … Dreamcoat, Rice/Webber, 1995, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
Nunsense, Dan Goggin, 1994, Marbleworks Theatre, Niles College
Annie, Meehan/Strouse/Charnin, 1994, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
Who’s Afraid of the …Wolf, Tom McCabe, 1993, Marbleworks Theatre, Niles College
Cinderella, Rodgers/Hammerstein, 1993, Saint Paul of the Cross School, IL
The Wizard of Oz, Baum/Arlen/Harburg, 1992, Saint Wenceslaus, Chicago, IL
Sondheim Plus Cabaret, Sondheim/Long, 1989, West Virginia University
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Clark Gesner, 1988, West Virginia University Preparatory Theatre
PRESENTATIONS
•“Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” The Use of the First Folio. Village Players Theatre of Oak Park, March, 2006.
•Folio Technique. Teacher Workshop for THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago, January 22, 2005.
•“Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” The Use of the First Folio. Illinois High School Theatre Festival, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, January 7, 2005.
•“Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” The Use of the First Folio. National-Louis University, The Center for Gifted, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL, June 16, 2004.
•“Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” The Use of the First Folio. National-Louis University, The Center for Gifted, Wheaton, IL, March 14, 2004.
•“Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” The Use of the First Folio. Illinois High School Theatre Festival, Illinois State University, January 9, 2004.
•“Shakespeare Whispers In Your Ear” The Use of the First Folio. Illinois High School Theatre Festival, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, January 11, 2003.
•“…every one according to his cue.” The Folio Method of Interpreting
Shakespeare. Graduate Seminar: Problems in Interpretive Arts, Northeastern
Illinois University, Chicago, IL, 1999.
•“Bus Stop: A Director’s Approach.” NEUI Alumni Day Celebration, April 24, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, 1999.
PUBLICATIONS
•“Character Exercise: Achieving Reality On The Stage”. Article. Creative Dramatics Magazine, Vol. 4, 1., 2000.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
•Illinois Theatre Association (ITA), 2000 to present
•Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), 2000 to present
•Theatre Communications Group (TCG), 1996 and 1999 to present
•Equity Membership Candidate (Actors’ Equity Association), 1989 to present
HONORS
 National Honor Roll’s Outstanding American Teacher Award, 2006.
 OVER THE TAVERN selected to perform for the Illinois High School Theatre Festival, 2006.
•Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005.
•Most Inspirational Teacher, Western Illinois University, 2004.
•Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004.
•Outstanding Educator Award, St. Patrick High School, 2003.
•“Best Musical of 2001 – Northwest Suburbs” selected by Pioneer Press– SHE LOVES ME
•Summa Cum Laude, Northeastern Illinois University, 1999.
•Theatre Alumni Award, West Virginia University, 1989.
•Cum Laude, West Virginia University, 1989.
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
•Conductor of Saint Patrick High School Men’s Chorus, 2002 – Present
•Adjudicator, 2004 American Association of Community Theatres Illinois State Festival, August, 2004.
•Music Director, Immanuel United Church of Christ Sunday School, 1997 to 2000
•Prepared and Conducted 60 member Children’s Choir, St. Paul of the Cross School and Church, 1992-1996.
•CD Recording: Faces of the Children, Music and Lyrics by Kathy Sherman, CSJ, 1995.
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Current Employemnt:
Theatre Program Director, Saint Patrick High School
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