DIRECTOR OF THE LITTLE MERMAID

Bishop Hendricken HS |  May- Aug 2016

Cast & directed 55 high school students in a full musical production

Worked closely with a production team on all aspects of production

Created and led warm-ups , rehearsals , schedules , company meals ,

service projects , talk-backs , meet & greets

CASTING ASSITANT

Karge & Ross Casting |  Part time Aug 2016  -  March 2017

Pilot Season : Worked as a casting assistant on roughly 30 pilots for

NBC & CBS | Created and organized masterlists and tapelogs to send

to LA Casting | Liaison between LA & NYC casting offices to Chicago

office  

ABC 2016 Diversity Search : Searched Chicago for Latino/Latina

talent | Led casting sessions where I read with actors and gave notes

when necessary | Decided which actors were passed on to LA

Programs used : Casting Networks , Cast It

CORE COMPETENCIES

EXPERIENCE

REBECCA HURD

W r i t e r / P e r f o r m e r / C r e a t i v e

CONTACT

BeccaHurdOfficial@gmail .com

EDUCATION

MFA WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

DRAMATIC ART   '19

BFA ACTING / BA CINEMA &

TELEVISION ARTS

ELON UNIVERSITY '16   (3.9 GPA)

Microsoft Office | Adobe

Photoshop | Adobe Premiere

Pro CC | Avid Media

Composer | Cast it | Casting

Networks

MEDIA SKILLS

THEATRE WORKSHOP COORDINATOR

Summer Stage at Bishop Hendricken HS | 2012  - 2016

Created and led morning & afternoon activities for entire camp |

mediated behavior to ensure safe environment for all campers

Created lesson plans for theater and improv classes within the camp

Acted as l iaison between counselors , parents , and campers | created

schedules | handled paperwork | supervised counselors

Directed and choreographed 50 children ages 10-14 in a l ive musical

performance

Started as intern in 2012, was promoted to Acting Counselor , then

was promoted to Workshop Coordinator for the final 2 years

www .rebeccahurd .com

+61 450 775

THEATRE TRAINING

Movement - Laban , Alexander ,

Feldenkrais , Chekhov

Voice - Fitzmaurice , Skinner

Acting - Meisner , Stanislavski , On

Camera , Shakespeare , Chekhov

Comedy - Improv ( iO , The Second City ,

The Annoyance), Stand Up , Sketch  

WRITER

Devised Theater with ACPA : Worked closely with other writers &

directors to devise a piece of new theatre with students of the

Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Australia

Public Readings at NIDA : Writer and Actress in l ive performance of

original one woman show for audiences at the National Institute of

Dramatic Art under the supervision of Stephen Sewell