Dan O'Driscoll - Fight Director

Last update: 10/30/24

With 30+ years of experience - I have choreographed the violence/movement/intimacy in 242 theatrical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and in the NY/NJ/CT/MD/AR area. I have assisted on an additional 92 productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally.

I am located in midtown Manhattan, own a car and can travel.

Covid-19 vaccinated: Pfizer vaccine on 3/9/21 & 3/30/21, Pfizer boosters on 9/27/21, 4/15/22 & 11/8/22. Flu vaccine on 9/30/23 & 9/9/24. Pfizer 2023-2024 Covid vaccine on 9/30/23 & 6/18/24. Moderna 2024-2025 Covid vaccine on 9/2/2024.

My acting/directing/choreographing background encompasses musicals, operetta, opera, classical theater and contemporary theater in both indoor and outdoor venues. I have staged 100's of fights in various techniques and styles and have a personal armory of stage combat weapons (steel and aluminum bladed) and faux weapon props upon which to draw.

Professional/Union Affiliations: SAFD (Certified Teacher/Fight Director), SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, FDC, ATME

In 2024: Fight/Intimacy Director for Cinderella (March) and Love's Labours Lost (April) @ Marymount Manhattan College for Spring Semester 2024. Also Fight/Intimacy Director for The Legend of Georgia McBride (February/March) and Ghost, the Musical (April) at Music Theatre of Connecticut

This summer/fall: my 3rd year as Intimacy Director/Actor Advocate for the Acting and Dance Company of the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Co-directing Galathea by John Lyly for their Streetspeare program. Also, performing there with my band, the Crimson Pirates and my comedy fight show, Polly Pirates Palooza! November/December - Associate Fight Director for A Guide For The Homesick Off-Broadway @ DR2 Theater.

In 2023: Fight/Intimacy Director (and playing Barrymore) for I Hate Hamlet in February and Fight/Intimacy Director for Rocky Horror Show in March, both at Music Theatre of Connecticut (AEA-SPT). I taught Unarmed Stage Combat @ Marymount Manhattan College for Spring Semester 2023. Associate Fight Director/Intimacy Director for Fuente Ovejuna at Theatre For A New Audience (AEA-LORT) in April/May. Associate Fight Director on Wet Brain at Playwrights Horizons in June.

Returned as Intimacy Director/Actor Advocate for the Acting Company of the Maryland Renaissance Festival for their Summer/Fall season, conducting unarmed stage combat workshops and directing/choreographing The Taming of the Shrew's Petruchio/Kate wooing scene for their Streetspeare and choreographing comic violence for The Merry Wives of Windsor. Also, performed there with my band, the Crimson Pirates and my comedy fight show, Polly Pirates Palooza! (performed also at the New York Capital District Renaissance Festival in May). Taught 2 classes at the Summer Sling Stage Combat Workshop at Brookyn College in August.

In Fall 2023 - Fight/Intimacy Director for The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Marymount Manhattan College, Jersey Boys and Clybourne Park at Music Theatre of Connecticut and Associate Fight Director for Waiting for Godot at Theatre For A New Audience.

In 2022: Associate Fight Director on American Buffalo (previewed 3/22/22, opened 4/14/22, closed 7/10/22) and Hangmen (previewed 4/8/22, opened 4/21/22, closed 6/18/22) - both shows were closed down by the pandemic in 2020 before they could open on Broadway.

This past Spring, fight directed and/or intimacy directed 4 student directing/playwriting projects @ Marymount Manhattan College. Also Fight Director for The Giant Void In My Soul at Luna Stage in NJ.

This past Summer and Fall - performed with my band, the Crimson Pirates, and/or my comedy fight show, Polly Pirates Palooza! @ the Kingdom Faire, the Cape Cod Pirate Festival and the New York Capital District Renaissance Festival. Taught @ the 2022 Summer Sling Stage Combat Workshop in NYC on 8/18/22.

Intimacy Director/Actor Advocate for the Acting Company of the Maryland Renaissance Festival including the all-female production of Richard III (transferred to the Strand Theatre in Baltimore), also Assistant Fight Director. Fight choreographed/directed a Streetspeare scene (Macbeth vs. Macduff) and performed @ MDRF with the Crimson Pirates (September)and Polly Pirates Palooza! (October).

Also in the Fall - Fight/Intimacy Director for Sunset Boulevard and Lend Me A Tenor at Music Theatre of Connecticut as well as Mr. Burns at Marymount Manhattan College and Sweat at Hunter College. Fight Consultant for Camp Siegfried at Second Stage. Associate Fight Director on Downstate at Playwrights Horizons and Des Moines at Theatre For A New Audience.

In 2021: Fight Consultant for Clyde's on Broadway (previewed 11/3/21, opened 11/22/21, closed 1/16/22). Associate Fight Director for Pass Over on Broadway (previewed 8/4/21, opened 9/12/21, closed 10/10/21).

Taught @ the 2021 Summer Sling Stage Combat Workshop in NYC on 8/22/21. Writer/Director/Choreographer/Performer for the 3 person fight show Polly Pirates Palooza! (Swords and Shenanigans) @ the Maryland Renaissance Festival (weekends from 10/2/21 through 10/24/21). Completed Intimacy Director and Coordinators (IDC) Foundations of Intimacy - Levels 1 & 2 Workshops online.

BROADWAY (16):

HANGMEN (2022) previews 4/8/22, opened 4/21/22, closed 6/18/22

by Martin McDonagh, directed by Matthew Dunster, starring David Threlfall and Alfie Allen - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Tony Awards (5), Drama League (2)]

AMERICAN BUFFALO (2022) previews 3/22/22, opens 4/14/22, closed 7/10/22

by David Mamet, directed by Neil Pepe, starring Darren Criss, Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Tony Awards (4), Outer Critics Circle (2), Drama League (1)]

CLYDE'S (2021) previewed 11/3/21, opened 11/22/21, closed 1/16/22.

by Lynn Nottage, directed by Kate Whoriskey - Fight Consultant [Nominations: Tony Awards (1), Outer Critics Circle (2), Drama League (4), Drama Desk (5)]

PASS OVER (2021) previews 8/4/21, opened 9/12/21, closed 10/10/21.

by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, directed by Danya Taymor - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Tony Awards (1), Drama Desk (1)]

AMERICAN BUFFALO (2020) shut down before tech week due to covid-19 pandemic.

by David Mamet, directed by Neil Pepe, starring Darren Criss, Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Tony Awards (4)]

HANGMEN (2020) 13 previews, shut down before opening due to covid-19 pandemic.

by Martin McDonagh, directed by Matthew Dunster, starring Dan Stevens and Mark Addy - Assistant Fight Director

BE MORE CHILL (2019)

music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Tracz, directed by Stephen Brackett - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Outer Critics Circle (4), Tony Award (1), (Drama League (1), Off-Broadway Alliance (1)]

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2016)

by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Jonathan Kent

starring Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Shannon, John Gallagher, Jr. and Colby Minifie - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Outer Critics Circle (5), Drama League (3), Drama Desk (3), Tony Award (7)]

THERESE RAQUIN (2015)

by Helen Edmundsen, directed by Evan Cabnet,
starring Keira Knightley, Gabriel Ebert, Judith Light and Matt Ryan - Assistant Fight Director
[Nominations: Outer Critics Circle (3), Drama League (1), Tony Award (1)]

Thérèse Raquin - Set Design by Beowulf Boritt (YouTube video on the set design. That's me being thrown out of the rowboat at 1:06.)

THE BIG KNIFE (2013)

by Clifford Odets, directed by Doug Hughes, starring Bobby Canavale, Richard Kind and Marin Ireland - Assistant Fight Director
[Nominations: Drama Desk (1), Tony Award (1)]

GRACE (2012)

by Craig Wright, directed by Dexter Bullard, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington and Edward Asner - Assistant Fight Director

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (2012)

by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Doug Hughes, starring Richard Thomas and Boyd Gaines - Assistant Fight Director

WIT (2012)

by Margaret Edson, directed by Lynne Meadow for Manhattan Theatre Club, starring Cynthia Nixon - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Tony Award (1)]

BORN YESTERDAY (2011)

by Garson Kanin, directed by Doug Hughes, starring Jim Belushi, Robert Sean Leonard and Nina Arianda - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (2), Tony Award (3)]

A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (2010)

by David Mamet, directed by Neil Pepe, starring Sir Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight - Fight Choreographer Assistant

SPEED THE PLOW (2008)

by David Mamet, directed by Neil Pepe, starring Raul Esparza. Replacement rehearsals for Norbert Leo Butz and William H. Macy - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (1), Tony Award (1)]

Partial list of credits at the Lortel Archives (35) and the Internet Broadway Database (8).

Actors with whom I have worked: Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Nina Arianda, Ed Asner, Maddie Baillio, Jim Belushi, Reed Birney, Andre Braugher, Danny Burstein, Norbert Leo Butz, Bobby Canavale, Geneva Carr, Keith Carradine, Sophie Anne Caruso, Anna Chlumsky, Enrico Colantoni, Gary Cole, Darren Criss, Tate Donovan, Gabriel Ebert, Raul Esparza, America Ferrera, Laurence Fishburne, Boyd Gaines, Zach Grenier, Josh Hamilton, Lucas Hedges, Ciaran Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, Carol Kane, Richard Kind, T.R. Knight, Keira Knightly, Robert Sean Leonard, Laura Linney, Heather MacRae, William H. Macy, Zosia Mamet, Omar Metwally, Arian Moyed, Cynthia Nixon, Kristine Nielson, Laura Osnes, Mary Beth Peil, Matthew Perry, Annette O'Toole, Stephen Rea, Sam Rockwell, Paul Rudd, Matt Ryan, Jeanine Seralles, Michael Shannon, Justice Smith, Lois Smith, Dan Stevens, Sir Patrick Stewart, David Threlfall, Michael Urie and C.J. Wilson.

Directors with whom I have worked: Tea Alagic, Arin Arbus, Sarah Benson, Jesse Berger, Jo Bonney, Stephen Brackett, Evan Cabnet, Carolyn Cantor, Jackson Clay, Kevin Connors, David Cromer, Trip Cullman, Jack Cummings III, Matthew Dunster, Leah C. Gardiner, Pamela Hill, Doug Hughes, Anne Kauffman, Neil LaBute, Kenny Leon, Pam McKinnon, Taibi Magar, Amy Morton, Lila Neugebauer, Neil Pepe, Lindsay Posner, Everett Quinton, Giovanna Sardelli, Niegel Smith, Danya Taymor, Darko Tresjnak, Gaye Taylor Upchurch and Kate Whoriskey.

Productions on which I have worked have garnered these nominations/awards: Lucille Lortel (67), Drama Desk (49), Outer Critics Circle (36), Tony Award (30), Drama League (28), OBIE (21), Off-Broadway Alliance (11), New York Drama Critics' Circle (3) and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

OFF-BROADWAY (81):

CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY / TRANSPORT GROUP THEATRE COMPANY (co-production) @ CSC [AEA-Off-Bway, Tier 5]

SUMMER AND SMOKE (2018) by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jack Cummings III - Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (1), Drama League (1), Off-Broadway Alliance (1)]

MCC THEATER @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre [AEA-ANTC]

LOST GIRLS (2015) by John Pollono, directed by Jo Bonney, starring Piper Perabo - Fight Director

NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL @ Signature's Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre

BLACK HOLE WEDDING (2019) music and book by Paul Edward Nelson, lyrics and book by Katherine Brann Fredricks, directed by Craig George - Fight Director

PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS [AEA-Off Bway]

HIR (2015) by Taylor Mac, directed by Niegel Smith, starring Kristine Nielson - Fight Director [Nominations: Drama League (2)]

SECOND STAGE THEATER @ the Tony Kizer Theater [AEA-LORT Non-Rep] (3)

CAMP SIEGFRIED (2022) by Bess Wohl, directed by David Cromer - Fight Consultant [Nominations: Hewes Design Award (1)]

THE UNDERLYING CHRIS (2019) by Will Eno, directed by Kenny Leon - Movement Consultant

MARY PAGE MARLOWE (2018) by Tracy Letts, directed by Lila Neugebauer - Fight Consultant [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1)]

TGW ACTING STUDIO / BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (2014) directed by Thomas G. Waites - Fight Director

TRANSPORT GROUP THEATRE COMPANY @ the Gym at Judson [AEA-LOA] (2)

COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (2017) in rep with PICNIC (2017) by William Inge, directed by Jack Cummings III - Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (2), Off-Broadway Alliance (1), OBIE (3)]

ATLANTIC THEATRE COMPANY @ Atlantic Stage 2 (4)

I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD (2015) by Halley Feiffer, directed by Trip Cullman, starring Reed Birney and Betty Gilpin - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (1)]

THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (2014) by Alan Sillitoe, stage adaptation by Roy Williams, directed by Leah Gardiner - Assistant Fight Director

GOOD TELEVISION (2013) by Rod McLachan, directed by Bob Krakower - Assistant Fight Director

THE JAMMER (2013) by Rolin Jones, directed by Jackson Clay - Assistant Fight Director

ATLANTIC THEATRE COMPANY @ the Linda Gross Theatre (13)

THE MOTHER (2019) by Florian Zeller, translation by Christopher Hampton, directed by Trip Cullman, starring Isabelle Huppert, Chris Noth & Justice Smith - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: 2019 Hewes Design Award: Ben Stanton, Lighting Design]

FIREFLIES (2018) by Donna R. Love, directed by Saheem Ali - Assistant Fight Director

HANGMEN (2018) by Martin McDonough, directed by Matthew Dunster - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1), Drama League (2), Outer Critics Circle (2), Drama Desk (1), NY Drama Critics' Circle (1)]

DESCRIBE THE NIGHT (2017) by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Giovanna Sardelli, starring Danny Burstein - Assistant Fight Director [OBIE (1)]

ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD (2017) by Simon Stephens, directed by Neil Pepe,starring Blair Brown, Mary McCann and C.J. Wilson - Assistant Fight Director

GUARDS AT THE TAJ (2015) by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Amy Morton - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (5), OBIE (3)]

POSTERITY (2015) written and directed by Doug Wright, starring John Noble - Assistant Fight Director

DYING FOR IT (2015) freely adapted by Moira Buffini from Nikolai Erdman's THE SUICIDE, directed by Neil Pepe - Assistant Fight Director

THE THREEPENNY OPERA (2014) directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke, starring F. Murray Abraham, Laura Osnes and Mary Beth Peil - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (1), Henry Hewes Design (1), Lucille Lortel (1)]

THE NIGHT ALIVE (2014) written and directed by Conor McPherson (a Donmar Warehouse production), starring Ciaran Hinds - Assistant Violence Consultant [Nominations: Drama Desk (1), New York Drama Critic's Circle (1), Lucille Lortel (1)]

THE LYING LESSON (2013) by Craig Lucas, directed by Pam McKinnon, starring Carol Kane - Assistant Fight Director

GABRIEL (2010) by Moira Buffini, directed by David Esbjornson - Assistant Fight Coordinator

AGES OF THE MOON (2010) by Sam Shepard, directed by Jimmy Fay, starring Stephen Rea - Assistant Fight Director

BARROW STREET THEATRE (2)

THE EFFECT (2016) by Lucy Prebble, directed by David Comer - Assistant Fight Director

HIT THE WALL (2013) by Ike Holter, directed by Eric Hoff - Head Fight Direction Assistant

CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN (2016) by Bertolt Brecht, music by Duncan Sheik, directed by Brian Kulick - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1)]

DARYL ROTH 2 THEATER

A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK (in rehearsal: previews 12/6, opens 12/12) (2024) by Ken Urban, directed by Shira Milikowski - Associate Fight Director

LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE 3 (2)

@ the Claire Tow Theater - PASS OVER (2018) by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, directed by Danya Taymor - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (4)]

@ the Duke on 42nd Street - THE COWARD (2010) by Nick Jones, directed by Sam Gold - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (4), Henry Hewes Design (2)]

LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE (in association with Cherry Lane Theatre)

FEAR (2019) by Matt Williams, directed by Tea Alagic, starring Enrico Colantoni and Obi Abili - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: 2020 Audelco Award (1)]

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB @ New York City Center, Stage 1 (3)

INCOGNITO (2016) by Nick Payne, directed by Doug Hughes [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1), Outer Critics Circle (1) ]

THE WHIPPING MAN (2011) by Matthew Lopez, directed by Doug Hughes, starring Andre Braugher [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (2), Audelco (2), Drama League (1), Off-Broadway Alliance (1), Henry Hewes (3), OBIE (1), Outer Critics Circle (1)]

EQUIVOCATION (2010) by Bill Cain, directed by Garry Hynes [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1), Outer Critics Circle (1)]

Assistant Fight Director

MCC THEATER @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre [AEA-ANTC] (7)

THE END OF LONGING (2017) by Matthew Perry, directed by Lindsay Posner

YEN (2017) by Anna Jordan, directed by Trip Cullman, starring Jack DiFalco, Ari Graynor, Lucas Hedges, Stefania LaVie Owen and Justice Smith [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (4), Drama Desk (2), Theatre World (1)]

PERMISSION (2015) by Robert Askins, directed by Alex Timbers

THE NETHER (2015) by Jennifer Haley, directed by Anne Kauffman [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (5), Outer Critics Circle (1), Off-Broadway Alliance (1)]

PUNK ROCK (2014) by Simon Stephens, directed by Trip Cullman [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (2), Off-Broadway Alliance (1), Drama League (1), OBIE (1)]

REASONS TO BE HAPPY (2013) written and directed by Neil LaBute [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1), Artios (1)]

REALLY, REALLY (2013) by Paul Downs-Colaizzo, directed by David Comer, starring Zosia Mamet and Evan Jonigkeit [Nominations: Outer Critics Circle (2), Artios (1)]

Assistant Fight Director

PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS [AEA-Off Bway] (4)

WET BRAIN (2023) by John J. Caswell Jr., directed by Dustin Wills - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: OBIE (2), Lucille Lortel (8), Drama League (1), Outer Critics Circle (1)]
DOWNSTATE (2022) by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam McKinnon - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (4), Drama League (2), Outer Critics Circle (6), Dorian Theatre (2), Joe Callaway (1), Drama Desk (2), Drama Critics Circle (1), Audelco (2), Artios (1)]

INDIAN SUMMER (2016) by Gregory S. Moss, directed by Carolyn Cantor - Assistant Fight Director

MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY (2013) by Anne Washburn, directed by Steve Cosson - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama League (1), Henry Hewes (4)]

PUBLIC THEATER @ Martinson Hall (2)

SOCRATES (2019) by Tim Blake Nelson, directed by Doug Hughes - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1), Drama League (1)]

BUZZER (2015) by Tracey Scott Wilson, directed by Anne Kauffman - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1)]

RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER

HAMLET IN BED (2015) by Michael Laurence, directed by Lisa Peterson, starring Annette O'Toole and Michael Laurence - Assistant Fight Director

RED BULL THEATER (3)</p>@ the Duke on 42nd Street and New World Stages - Stage IV

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (2017) adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from REVIZOR by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Jesse Berger, starring Michael Urie - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (2), Drama League (1), Outer Critics Circle (2), Off Broadway Alliance (1)]

@ the Lucille Lortel Theater

THE CHANGELING (2016) by Middleton&Rowley, directed by Jesse Berger - Assistant Fight Director

@ the Theater in St. Clement's Church

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (2010) by John Webster, directed by Jesse Berger - Assistant Fight Director

SECOND STAGE THEATER @ the Tony Kiser Theater

CARDINAL (2018) by Greg Pierce, directed by Kate Whoriskey, starring Anna Chlumsky - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (1)]

SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY (5)

BE MORE CHILL (2018) music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Tracz, directed by Stephen Brackett, produced by Jerry Goehring, Moike Mitro and Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (4), Drama Desk (7)]

IN THE BLOOD (2017) by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (2), Drama Desk (3)]

THE PIANO LESSON (2013) by August Wilson, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (6), Outer Critics Circle (1), Off-Broadway Alliance (1), Drama Desk (3), Drama League (3), Henry Hewes Design (3), Theatre World (1), Joe A. Callaway (1), OBIE (2)]

HEARTLESS (2012) by Sam Shepard, directed by Daniel Aukin, starring Gary Cole, Lois Smith, Betty Gilpin and Julianne Nicholson - Assistant Fight Director

MEDIEVAL PLAY (2012) written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan - Assistant Fight Director

Fight Director -- TDF's Theatre Dictionary - Defining Theatre Terms (Fight rehearsal for Medieval Play. I'm at :15 in the NYRF t-shirt demonstrating a cut. I supplied the weapons as well).

SOHO PLAYHOUSE

MINDGAME (2008) by Anthony Horowitz, directed by Ken Russell, starring Keith Carradine - Assistant Fight Director

SOHO REP (5)

@ the Mezzanine Theatre @ A.R.T./New York

SAMARA (2017) by Richard Maxwell, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director

@ Walkerspace

FAIRVIEW (2018) by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director [2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Outer Critics Circle (1), Drama Desk (6), Drama League (1)]

IS GOD IS (2018) by Aleshea Harris, directed by Taibi Magar - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama League (2), Drama Desk (1), OBIE (4)]

AN OCTOROON (2016) by Branden Jacob-Jenkins, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: OBIE (1)]

WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HERERO OF NAMIBIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHWEST AFRICA, FROM THE GERMAN SUDWESTAFRIKA, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1884-1915 (2012) by Jackie Sibblies, directed by Eric Ting - Assistant Fight Director

THEATRE BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS (3) @ the Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row

THE ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE (2017) by Charles Ludlam, directed by Everett Quinton - Assistant Fight Director[Nominations: Off-Broadway Alliance (1)]

MURDER (2014) a one-act in POWERPLAYS, 4th annual Short Play festival, by Bekah Brunstetter, directed by Christina Roussos - Assistant Fight Director

@ the Kirk Theatre, Theatre Row

BASS FOR PICASSO (2010) by Kate Moira Ryan, directed by Ike Shambelan - Assistant Fight Director

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE @ the Polonsky Shakespeare Center (6)

WAITING FOR GODOT (2023) by Samuel Beckett, directed by Arin Arbus - Associate Fight Director [Nominations: Outer Critics Circle (1)]

FUENTE OVEJUNA (2023) by Lope de Vega, directed by Flordelino Lagundino - Associate Fight Director / Intimacy Director

DES MOINES (2022) by Denis Johnson, directed by Arin Arbus - Associate Fight Director

GNIT (2020) by Will Eno, directed by directed by Oliver Butler - Assistant Fight Director

Soho Rep's FAIRVIEW (2019) by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director

Soho Rep's AN OCTOROON (2015) by Branden Jacob-Jenkins, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (2)]

THE FLEA THEATER

FULFILLMENT (2015) by Thomas Bradshaw, directed by Ethan McSweeney - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (1)]

TWO PLANKS AND A PASSION PRODUCTION @ the Lion Theatre, Theatre Row

BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE (2014) by Fraser Grace, directed by David Shookoff - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Off-Broadway Alliance (1)]

VINEYARD THEATRE

GLORIA (2015) by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Evan Cabnet - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (2), Outer Critics Circle (2), Drama League (1), Drama Desk (1), Off-Broadway Alliance (1)]

WOMEN'S PROJECT / WP THEATER @ New York City Center, Stage 2 (3)

THE MOST DESERVING (2014) by Catherine Trieschmann, directed by Shelley Butler - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Drama Desk (1)]

ROW AFTER ROW (2014) by Jessica Dickey, directed by Daniella Topol - Assistant Fight Director

BETHANY (2013) by Laura Marks, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, starring America Ferrera - Assistant Fight Director [Nominations: Lucille Lortel (2), Drama League (1)]

REGIONAL THEATRE (48):

ARKANSAS REPERTORY COMPANY (Little Rock, AR - AEA LORT D) (3)

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2006) directed by Brad Mooy

THE MIRACLE WORKER (2005) directed by Brad Mooy

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1998) directed by Brad Mooy

Fight Director

BICKFORD THEATRE @ the Morris Museum (Morristown, NJ - AEA SPT)

THE RUNNER STUMBLES (2016) by Milan Stitt, directed by Eric Hafen - Fight Director

HOLMDEL THEATRE COMPANY (Holmdel, NJ - AEA Special Appearance) (2)

BECKET (2016) by Jean Anouilh, directed by Steve Bartlow

Washington Irving's THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (2015) adapted by Christopher Cook, directed by Melanie Taylor - Fight Director

THE LIPSTICK PROJECT @ the Carriage House (Norwalk, CT)

HAMLET (2017) directed by Stephen Emerick - Fight Director

LUNA STAGE (West Orange, NJ - AEA SPT) (14)

THE GIANT VOID IN MY SOUL (2022) by Bernardo Cubria, directed by Rajesh Bose

PASS OVER (2020) by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Devin E. Haqq

PIRIRA (2018) by J. Stephen Brantley, directed by Ari Laura Kreith

RAZORHURST (2018) music by Andy Peterson, book and lyrics by Kate Mulley, directed by Cheryl Katz

TRANQUIL (2017) by Andrew Rosendorf, directed by Cheryl Katz

KING OF THE MOUNTAINS (2016) by Ben Clawson, directed by Cheryl Katz

OLD LOVE NEW LOVE (2016) by Laura Brienza, directed by Nancy Robillard

TAR BEACH (2015) by Tammy Ryan, directed by Cheryl Katz

TILT THE UNLIT CANDLE (2014) by Ben Clawson, directed by Artem Yatsunov

LINES IN THE DUST by Nikkole Salter, directed by Reginald L. Douglas

MARISOL (2014) by Jose Rivera, directed by Niegel Smith

HIGH WATER MARK (2014) by Ben Clawson, directed by Cheryl Katz

MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN (2013) by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Nancy Robillard

CARNAVAL (2013) by Nikkole Salter, directed by Cheryl Katz

Fight Director

MUSIC THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT (Norwalk, CT - AEA SPT) (14)

GHOST THE MUSICAL (2024) directed by Kevin Connors

THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE (2024) directed by Kevin Connors

CLYBOURNE PARK (2023) directed by Pamela Hill

JERSEY BOYS (2023) directed by Kevin Connors

ROCKY HORROR SHOW (2023) directed by Kevin Connors

I HATE HAMLET (2023) directed by Kevin Connors

LEND ME A TENOR (2022) directed by Pamela Hill

SUNSET BOULEVARD (2022) directed by Kevin Connors

Fight Director / Intimacy Director

SYLVIA (2019) directed by Kevin Connors

RAGTIME (2019) directed by Kevin Connors

CABARET (2019) directed by Kevin Connors

JEKYLL & HYDE (2018) directed by Kevin Connors

END OF THE RAINBOW (2017) a play with music by Peter Quilter, directed by Kevin Connors

SLEUTH (2016) by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Pamela Hill

Fight Director

NEVERTOLD PRODUCTIONS

ROBIN! A MUSICAL ADVENTURE! (2017) directed by Christopher Leidenfrost - Fight Director

OPEN EYE THEATRE (Margaretville, NY)

TWELFTH NIGHT (2003) directed by Joanne Zipay - Fight Director

PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE (NJ) (AEA - COST, Tier 4)

BENNY & JOON (2019) Book by Kirsten Guenther, Music by Nolan Gasser, Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, directed by Jack Cummings III - Violence Consultant

PRINCETON REP COMPANY (NJ) / PRINCETON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (AEA LOA)

TWELFTH NIGHT (2006) by directed by Vicki Liberatori - Fight Director

RIDGEWOOD GILBERT AND SULLIVAN COMPANY (NJ)

PRINCESS IDA (2005) directed by Susanna Organek - Fight Director

SAVORY SINGERS (Cranford, NJ)

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (1989) - co-directed with Ann J. Kirschner - Fight Director

SHADOWLAND THEATRE (Ellenville, NY - AEA SPT)

AMERICAN BUFFALO (2009) by David Mamet, directed by Brendan Burke - Fight Director

THE DARIEN PLAYERS (CT)

JULIUS CAESAR (2008) directed by Joel Fenster - Fight Director

BERKELEY REPERTORY COMPANY (Berkeley, CA - AEA LORT B)

FAIRVIEW (2018) by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Sarah Benson - Assistant Fight Director

BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE (New Hope, PA - AEA COST, Tier 1)

DEATHTRAP (2014) by Ira Levin, directed by Evan Cabnet - Assistant Fight Director

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE (Los Angeles, CA - AEA LORT B)

SWITZERLAND (2015) by Joanna Murray-Smith, directed by Mark Brokaw, starring Laura Linney and Seth Numrich - Assistant Fight Director

HARTFORD STAGE (CT - AEA LORT B) (2)

LA DISPUTE (2016) by Marivaux and MACBETH in rep, both directed by Darko Tresjnak - Assistant Fight Director

TOURING (17):

BIGGS ROSATI PRODUCTIONS / NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS (CT, 1995-98) (14)

ROMEO AND JULIET (5 productions) - Fight Director

DON QUIXOTE (3 productions) - Fight Director

SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE - Fight Director

CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Fight Director

LES TROIS MOUSEQUETAIRES (3 productions) - Director / Fight Director

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE - Director / Fight Director

OPERA NORTHEAST (2)

ROMEO ET JULIETTE by Gounod (1998)

SHOWBOAT (1988)

Fight Director

THE ACTING COMPANY [AEA-LOA]

THE SPY (2009) by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by John Miller-Stephany - Assistant Fight Director

OUTDOOR DRAMA (42):

MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL (Crownsville, MD) (10)

GALATHEA (by John Lyly) (2024) - Co-Director / Fight Director / Intimacy Director

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (2023) - Fight Director

STREETSPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Katherina & Petruchio - Act 1, Scene 2) (2023) - Director / Fight Director / Intimacy Director

RICHARD III (2022) - Assistant Fight Director / Intimacy Director

STREETSPEARE: MACBETH (Macbeth vs. Macduff - Act V, Scene 8) (2022) - Director / Fight Director

POLLY PIRATES PALOOZA: Swords and Shenanigans! (2021-2024) - Director / Fight Director

ROMEO AND JULIET (2019) - Fight Director

NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE (Tuxedo, NY 1990-2013) (22)

THE LIVING CHESS GAME (15 times: 1995-6, 1998-2007, 2011-13) - Fight Director

THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD (4 times: 1995, 1998, 2000, 2013) - Director / Fight Director

A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM (2007) - Director / Fight Director

TWELFTH NIGHT (2005) - Fight Director

MACBETH (2003) - Fight Director

Performance Company Co-Director - 2013
Performance Company Associate Director - 2011/2012

Assistant Fight Director - 1994

THE FLOATING THEATER

THE MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR (2012) directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch (A site—specific, history-based musical performed on Manhattan By Sail's Clipper City, a 158' long, two-masted, steel-hulled schooner docked @ Pier 17 in South Street Seaport. 10 performances in July while sailing around New York Harbor) - Fight Director

THE MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL @ the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park (NYC) (9)

THE LIVING CHESS GAME (1999-2007) - Fight Director

OFF-OFF-BROADWAY (55):

AFRICA ARTS THEATER COMPANY @ the Pantheon Theatre

OTHELLO (2002) directed by Mark Edward Lang - Fight Director

AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE [AEA-Showcase Code] (6)

HAMLET (2000) directed by John Basil [Off-Off-Broadway Review Award]

KING LEAR (1999) directed by John Basil

- Fight Director

THE CRIMSON PIRATES 2: BORN TO PLUNDER! (1999)

THE CRIMSON PIRATES: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES! (1999)

-Writer, Director, Fight Director

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1998) directed by Jacqueline Lowry [Off-Off-Broadway Review Award]

AS YOU LIKE IT (1998) directed by John Basil - Fight Director

AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE [Staged Reading]

MACBETH (1998) - Fight Director

AULIS COLLECTIVE @ Intar 53

TWO (2001) by Ron Elisha, directed by Bernice Rohret - Fight Director

CLUBBED THUMB @ the Wild Project [AEA-Showcase Code]

16 WORDS OR LESS (2014) by Peggy Stafford, directed by Portia Krieger - Fight Director

COLUMBIA STAGES @ Riverside Theatre [AEA-Showcase Code]</p>THE GREAT GOD BROWN (2008) by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Michael Rau - Fight Director

CRYPTIC FASCINATIONS THEATER COMPANY @ the Duo Theatre

BLASTED (2013) by Sarah Kane - Fight Director

DISTILLED SPIRITS THEATER COMPANY @ the Flatiron Playhouse

NORTHANGER ABBEY (2000) adapted by Lynn Marie Macy, directed by David Scott - Fight Captain (plus uncredited choreography)

EDGE THEATRE COMPANY (2)

@ Chasama - STONE COLD DEAD SERIOUS (2003) by Adam Rapp, directed by Carolyn Cantor - Fight Director

@ Walkerspace - LIFE IS A DREAM (2002) by Pedro Calderon, directed by Carolyn Cantor - Fight Director

GALLERY PLAYERS [AEA Showcase Code]

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (2019) by Tennessee Williams, directed by Owen Thompson - Fight Director

HISTORIC TIMES COMPANY @ 78th Street Theatre Lab

HISTORIC TIMES (2001) by Andrew Case, directed by Carolyn Rendell - Fight Director

JUDITH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY [AEA-Showcase Code] (10)

TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA (2010) directed by Joanne Zipay / THE RAPE OF THE LOCK (2008) by Paul Hagen, directed by Jane Titus / RICHARD III (2004) / THE TEMPEST (2001) / JULIUS CAESAR (1999 & 2000) / ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1997) / THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (1995 & 2000) / MACBETH (1996) all directed by Joanne Zipay [Off-Off-Broadway Review Award] - Fight Director

JUDITH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY [AEA Staged Reading Code] (10)

CORIOLANUS (2007) / LOVE'S LABORS LOST (2003) / HENRY VI, Parts 1, 2 & 3 (2003) / HENRY V (2002) / HENRY IV, Parts 1 & 2 (2002) / RICHARD II (2002) / TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (1995) all directed by Joanne Zipay - Fight Director

[Book - Shakespeare & Gender in Practice by Terri Power - Joanne Zipay, Artistic Director of the Judith Shakespeare Company - Page 120: "My fight choreographer is very, very good, Dan O'Driscoll…"]

PERVERSE THEATRICAL INITIATIVE @ NYC Fringefest

THE AUTUMN MAKERS (2001) by Mike Hall, directed by Joanne Zipay - Fight Director

PLANET CONNECTIONS THEATRE FESTIVITY @ Flamboyan Theatre/Clemente Solo Velez Art Center [AEA Showcase Code]

OCCASION FOR SIN (2017) music by Oriente Lopez, book by Katherine Brann Fredericks, directed by Jessica Bashline - Fight Director

SOURCEWORKS THEATRE COMPANY @ ATA Theatre

FOUND A PEANUT (1994) by Donald Margulies, directed by Mark cannistraro - Fight Director

THE ART OF WARR PRODUCTIONS @ the 13TH STREET PLAYHOUSE

PIZZA MAN by Darlene Craviotto / STUPID F**KING BIRD by Aaron Posner, directed by Joshua Warr - Fight Director

THE LOOKING GLASS THEATRE COMPANY (3)

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1997) directed by Kenneth Nowell

THE INNOCENT MISTRESS by Mary Pix, directed by Justine Lambert

GABRIEL/GABRIELLE (1996) by George Sand, directed by Yelena Demikovsky

- Fight Director

THE PROTEAN THEATRE COMPANY @ the Hudson Guild

THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (1996) by Thomas Middleton, directed by Sherry Nehmer - Fight Director

THE RUSHLINE COMPANY @ the Secret Theatre (Long Island City) [AEA Showcase Code]

TROLL (2016) by Ken Greller, directed by Jason Modica - Fight Director

THE SHAW PROJECT (Staged Readings) (5)

TO GOOD TO BE TRUE, CYMBELINE/CYMBELINE REVISITED, THE PASSION PLAY, SHAKES VS. SHAV, THE MILLIONARESS directed by David Seatter- Fight Director

THE STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL @ Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios

WHY WE'RE HERE by Jo Rodriguez, directed by Joy Kelly - Fight Director

THIRTEENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE

WHAT WE CANNOT FORGIVE by Rick Charles Miller, directed by Joy Kelly - Fight Director

YORK SHAKESPEARE THEATRE @ St. Catherine of Siena Church

J. CAESAR (2001) adapted and directed by Meredith Ann Berg - Fight Director

COLLEGES / UNIVERSITIES (73):

CUNY - HUNTER COLLEGE

SWEAT (2022) by Lynn Nottage, directed by Adrienne D. Williams - Fight/Intimacy Director

MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE (43)

LOVE'S LABOURS LOST (2024) directed by Carter Gill

CINDERELLA (2024) directed by Todd Buonopane

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE (2023) - by Bertolt Brett, directed by Brandon Logan

MR. BURNS, a Post-Electric Play (2022) - by Anne Washburn, directed by Ellen Orenstein

- Fight / Intimacy Director

ACHILLES AND PATROCLUS (2022) - by James T. Washburn, directed by Elena Maldonado-Dunn (student directing project) - Fight Director

NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM (2022) - (excerpt) by Jennifer Haley, directed by Peter Del Re (student directing project) - Fight/Intimacy Director

I'M NOT LEAVING (2022) - by Connor Spaulding, directed by Eric Robitaille (student playwriting/directing project) - Intimacy Director

THIS THING OF DARKNESS (2022) by Julia Cerquiera, directed by Tammi Swopes (playwriting project)

GREASE (2019) directed by Ray DeMattis

PURGATORY IN INGOLSTADT (2019) by Marieluise Fleisser, directed by Ashley Tata

LINE (2019) by Israel Horowitz, directed by Nick Bradshaw (student directing project)

MUD (2019) by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Nika Rose (student directing project)

ORGY IN THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019) by Alfred Machard, directed by Lilian Boyd (student directing project)

THE BALCONY (2019) by Jean Genet, directed by Ellen Orenstein

RAG AND BONE (2019) by Noah Haidle, directed by RheAnn Mennefield (student directing project)

ELECTRA (2019) directed by Adrienne D. Williams

OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (2019) directed by Hans Friedrichs

TOMMY (2019) directed by Emily Clark

SKIDDY (2018) by Michaela Williams, directed by Paul Takacs (student playwriting project)

THE SWAN (2018) by Elizabeth Egloff, directed by RheAnn Mennefield (student directing project)

BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE (2018) by James Baldwin, directed by David Mold

THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS (2018) directed by Carter Gill

WHERE WE'RE BORN (2018) by Lucy Thurber, directed by Molly Van Der Molen (student directing project)

BACK BOG BEAST BAIT (2018) by Sam Shepard, directed by Abigail Grubb (student directing project)

LISTENERS (2018) by Jane Martin, directed by Sean Leahan (student directing project)

DETROIT (2018) by Lisa D'Amour, directed by Coleman Clark (student directing project)

PARADE (2018) directed by Roger Ellis

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (2018) directed by Tom Wojtunik

PUNK ROCK (2018) by Simon Stephens, directed by Coleman Clark (student directing project)

CELL (2017) by Cassandra Medley, directed by Heather Bildman (student directing project)

MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE (2017) by Harold Pinter, directed by Hunter Gause (student directing project)

SHEET (2017) by RheAnn Mennefield, directed by Brooke Haney (student playwrighting project)

KILLER JOE (2017) by Tracy Letts, directed by Molly Van Der Molen (excerpted - student directing project)

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (2017) by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Antonio Edwards Suarez

MACHINAL (2017) by Sophie Treadwell, directed by Ellen Orenstein

KISS ME KATE (2017) directed by Bethany Christine Elkin

EVITA (2016) directed by Brian Jager (a 30 minute excerpt/student directing project)

Frank Wildhorn's DRACULA, the Musical ((2016) directed by Tom Wojtunik, starring Maddie Baillio (Tracy Turnblad in NBC's Hairspray Live!)

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (2015) directed by Antonio Edwards Suarez

TARTUFFE (2015) directed by Ellen Orenstein

THE AUTHOR'S VOICE (2015) directed by Brian Jager (student directing project)

POLAROID STORIES (2014) directed by Ellen Orenstein

THE BEAUX STRATAGEM (2014) directed by John Basil

- Fight Director/Violence Consultant

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (19)

WEST SIDE STORY (2017) directed by Mark Hardy

Elton John's AIDA (2016) directed by Gary John La Rosa

99 WAYS TO F*%K A SWAN (2016) directed by Jesse Jou

HAIR (2015) directed by Gary John La Rosa

THE WINTER'S TALE (2015) directed by Michael Bloom

WINTERTIME (2014) directed by Heather Benton

THE THREEPENNY OPERA (2014) directed by Mark Hardy

MIDDLETOWN (2014) directed by Debbie Saivetz

HENRY V (2014) directed by Carole Healey

Andrew Lippa's THE WILD PARTY (2013) directed by Mark Hardy

LYSISTRATA (2010) directed by Michael Allen

SWEENEY TODD (2010) directed by Clay James/Jodi Capeless

POLAROID STORIES (2009) directed by Keri Costa/Brandon Monokian

BIG LOVE (2007) directed by Jorge Cachiero

THE TROJAN WOMEN (2005) directed by Jorge Cachiero

FLYIN' WEST (2005) directed by Suzanne Trauth

IN THE BLOOD (2005) directed by Michael Allen

BALM IN GILEAD (2002) directed by Brian Schnipper

HOTEL PARADISO (2001) directed by John Wooten

Fight Director/Violence Consultant

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TSOA (3)

Atlantic Studio @ Atlantic Stage 2 -

MACBETH (2014) directed by Ian Hersey - Fight Director

AS YOU LIKE IT (2013) directed by Mike Donahue- Fight Director

@ the Abe Burrows Theatre -

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (2014) directed by Tea Alagic - Fight Director

PACE UNIVERSITY (Manhattan Campus)

MACBETH (2008) directed by Joanne Zipay - Fight Director

SUNY - NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE (3)

STAGE STRUCK (2009) by Simon Gray

WAIT UNTIL DARK (2008) by Frederick Knott, directed by Bob Einenkel

THE PASSION OF DRACULA (2007) by Bob Hall and David Richmond

- Fight Director

SUNY - NEW PALTZ (3)

BLOOD WEDDING (2009) directed by Anita Gonzalez

COMPANY (2008) directed by Frank Trezza

KING LEAR (2007) directed by Frank Trezza

- Fight Director

FILM (2):

VIVID VERSE PRODUCTIONS (SAG/AFTRA New Media Agreement) (2)

TAMBURLAINE (2016) - Remainder of Episode 1 for web series, Director/Cinematographer: Dominick Sivilli. Venue location: Redding, CT.- Fight Director

TAMBURLAINE (2015) - Trailer/Episode 1 for web series. Director/Cinematographer: Dominick Sivilli. Venue location: Fort Totten, Bayside, NY. - Fight Director