WES DRUMMOND

DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER 

 

wesley.drummond@gmail.com   

 

 

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP                  

• McLeod Summer Playhouse Associate/Resident Artistic Director 2013-2018

• Timber Lake Playhouse Assistant to the Artistic Director 2010

• Chicago Shakespeare Theatre CPS Shakespeare Ensemble Coordinator 2011-2012

• Timber Lake Playhouse Artistic Director of Teen Musical Theatre Camp 2010-2011

• Capitol Arts Alliance Education Director 2009

 

BROADWAY                    

• Observer/Directing Intern; A CHRISTMAS CAROL; Lyceum Theatre, Matthew Warchus 

 

NEW YORK       

• Assistant to the Director; MAKE BELIEVE; Second Stage Theater, Michael Greif

• Assistant to the Director; OLIVER!; Paper Mill Playhouse, Mark Hoebee

• Assistant Director; LES MISERABLES;  White Plains Performing Arts Center

• Director; CHOICES: A NEW ROCK MUSICAL;  West Village Musical Theatre Festival

• Director; CASH, COMFORT, SEX;  Manhattan Repertory Theatre

 

REGIONAL      

• Director/Choreographer; ANNIE;  The Little Theatre on The Square 

• Director/Choreographer; OKLAHOMA!; McLeod Summer Playhouse

• Director/Choreographer; INTO THE WOODS;  McLeod Summer Playhouse

• Director/Choreographer; HAIRSPRAY; McLeod Summer Playhouse

• Director/Choreographer; ROCK OF AGES; McLeod Summer Playhouse 

• Assistant Director; HAIR; McLeod Summer Playhouse, Tom Kidd

• AD/Assistant Choreographer; CURTAINS; Timber Lake Playhouse, Jess McLeod, James Beaudry 

• Choreographer; MAKE ME LOVE YOU; New Rock Theatre

 

EDUCATIONAL  

• Director/Choreographer; PETER AND THE STARCATCHER; Penn State University

• Director/Choreographer; MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT; Penn State University 

• Director/Choreographer; VIOLET; Penn State University 

• Director /Choreographer; THE LAST FIVE YEARS; Penn State University

• Director/Choreographer; CHILDREN OF EDEN; Southern Illinois University

• Director/Choreographer; ONCE ON THIS ISLAND; Western Kentucky University

• Director/Choreographer; SIDE SHOW; Western Kentucky University 

• AD/Choreographer; PUTTING IT TOGETHER; Western Kentucky University 

• AD/Choreographer; GREENBRIER GHOST;  Western Kentucky University 

• AD/Choreographer; LIKE YOU LIKE IT; Western Kentucky University 

• Choreographer; REALLY (Original Film); DePaul University

 

YOUTH/TYA    

• Director/Choreographer; ANYTHING GOES; McLeod Summer Playhouse/CCA

• Director/Choreographer; BRING IT ON! THE MUSICAL;  McLeod Summer Playhouse/CCA

• Director/Choreographer; SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN;  McLeod Summer Playhouse/CCA

• Director/Choreographer; JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH;  McLeod Summer Playhouse

• Director/Choreographer; PINOCCHIO;  McLeod Summer Playhouse

• Director/Choreographer; PINKALICIOUS; McLeod Summer Playhouse

• Director; CHARLOTTE’S WEB; Timber Lake Playhouse 

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TRAINING                                                                                                                            

• THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; MFA, Directing, Musical Theatre; Susan H. Schulman

• WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY;  BFA, Musical Theatre Performance; Tracey Moore

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REFERENCES

• Susan H. Schulman, Head, MFA Directing; The Pennsylvania State University (shs13@psu.edu)

• Tom Kidd, Chair of Theater Dept., Southern Illinois University (tkidd@siu.edu) 

• Tracey Moore, Professor of Theatre, The Hartt School (trmoore@hartford.edu