Andrea Southwick AEA • SAG • AFTRA Curriculum Vitae

11 Half Moon Hill, Acton, MA 01720 508-517-7771(cell) southwick@newview.org southwickstudio.com

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EDUCATION

Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre, Boston, MA

Masters in Fine Arts in Theatre Arts: Acting, Directing, and Theatre Ed, 2010

Thesis: “Impulse, Authenticity & Empowerment: The Synthesis of Specific Techniques of Acting,
Directing, Voice, Movement and Expression, and their Application to the Direction of and Acting in a
Created Production.”

Thesis Production: Down Will Come Baby was a production woven from original and published
material in a personal exploration of the taboos and the dark side of motherhood, parenthood and
womanhood. Created, directed and performed by Andrea Southwick, BU students & professional
colleagues.

Courses of Study (partial list): Graduate Theatre Education Colloquium, Graduate Directing
Colloquium & Scene Workshop, Methods of Directing, Viewpoints, Dramatic Criticism, Dramatic
Literature, Contemporary Theatre Practices, Acting, Physical Acting, Playmaking & Lipsky Dream-
work, Voice & Speech--Linklater Progression, Voice & Speech—IPA & Dialects, Movement, Elements
of Light & Choreography, Principals of Choreography, Alexander Technique.

Faculty Mentors: Jim Petosa—Director of School of Theatre, Judy Braha—Chair of Graduate

Directing Program, Judith Chaffee, Paula Langton, Elaine Vaan Hogue, Jon Lipsky, Michael Kaye,
Christine Hamel, Lydia Diamond, Sidney Friedman, Betsy Polatin.

Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Expressive Therapies, 1997

Liberal arts program with a focus on the therapeutic use of the arts. Includes courses in Psychology,
Movement Therapy, Voice Therapy, and Psychodrama.

Thesis: The Healing Arts in Actor Training and Acting Technique

American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York City

Associate of Arts in Performance Studies, 1984

2-year intensive conservatory training in acting, movement, voice, speech, dialects, theatre history,
theatre styles including Shakespeare, Restoration Comedy, Moliere, Commedia Del Arte, and the
Greeks.

Certificate of Advanced Studies in post-conservatory Actor Training, 1985

Selected among top AADA grads for 20-member, 1-year post-graduate Repertory Company,
performing in 4 productions.
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2012- Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA Associate Professor, Theater Division

Present
MFA 2nd Year Graduate Acting
• Acting in Modern Drama: Understanding Modern Drama in context, employing Stanislavskian
techniques developed in response to Modern Drama, along with physical acting approaches of
Grotowski and Bogart to scenes from Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, and Shaw.
• Audition Technique, Pedagogy & Performance: Development of audition technique, material,
and business skills; the art and practice of teaching acting; and the application and integration
of the prior 4 semesters’ training to rehearsal and performance.
• Mentor for Grad Students: Mentoring them to teach Acting for Non-Majors Courses.

Sophomore Conservatory Acting

• 2nd year Conservatory Acting Core: Intensive training in acting technique integrating influences
of Stanislavski, Meisner, Hagen, Viewpoints and Grotowski

2010- Northeastern University, Boston MA Adjunct Professor, Theater Department

2014
Acting 2 for Theatre Majors
Through intensive experiential study of Stanislavski-based techniques including Meisner and
Hagen, as well as physical techniques such as Viewpoints, the acting major develops a deep sense
of truth, emotional freedom, and is challenged to risk and to fully commit to choices.

Acting 3 for Theatre Majors

Building on Acting 1 & 2, the psychophysical work is deepened while delving into physical acting
techniques of Grotowksi & Viewpoints. All is applied to a spectrum of theatrical genres.

Actors & Acting for Theatre Minors & Non-Majors

Through techniques of Meisner, Hagen, Grotowski, Linklater, Bogart and many others, students
learn fundamental elements of acting, creative expression and collaboration in the theatre,
culminating in the application of various methods to scene and character study.

Intermediate Acting for Theatre Minors

Building on Actors & Acting, students delve more deeply into various acting techniques for truth
and authenticity, and emotional and creative freedom. All is applied to assorted theatrical material.

2007- Boston University, College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Adjunct Professor, School of Theater/Opera
2012
Acting for Singers
The teaching of effective and practical acting techniques for conservatory trained opera singers,
incorporating psychological and physical acting approaches.

Acting in Performance
Through techniques of Meisner, Hagen, Grotowski, Linklater, Bogart and others students learn
essential elements of acting, creative expression and collaboration in the theatre, culminating in the
application of various methods to scene and character study.

Voice & Speech for the Actor & Public Speaker

Speech and vocal techniques for public presentation: relaxation, releasing the natural voice,
breath work, resonance, range, articulation, projection. The connection of the voice & body to the
expression of ideas and emotion in dramatic and personal material for public presentation.
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2011- University of Massachusetts, Lowell Adjunct Professor, Theater Program

2012
Voice & Movement
Vocal techniques such as Linklater & Roy Hart, and movement/physical acting techniques such
as Grotowski and Bogart’s Viewpoints are used to release tension, confront habitual blocks, and
develop ease in vocal production, articulation, and creative movement.

Acting 1
Through a variety of acting techniques, students learn fundamental elements of acting, creative
expression and collaboration in the theatre, culminating in the application of various methods to
scene and character study.

Acting 2
Building on Acting 1, students delve more deeply into various acting techniques for a sense of truth
and authenticity, and emotional and creative freedom. All is applied to assorted theatrical material.

1995- Southwick Studio for Theatre Arts & Expression, Watertown & Acton, MA
2007 Owner, Director, Producer & Chief Instructor
For 12 years, Southwick Studio offered a comprehensive program of theatre arts classes and workshops to
adult actors from novice to professional. Our faculty of theatre professionals taught an array of courses and
workshops for the fall, winter, spring and summer sessions. Each summer we mounted a full-scale
production with students and faculty.

Administrative Duties: Designed curriculum and courses, taught classes, produced and directed 7
annual productions, hired and oversaw faculty, administered program, coordinated marketing,
registration/sales.

Classes Taught: Directing; Acting Technique (all levels); Scene Study (all levels); The Business of
Acting; Monologue and Audition Preparation; Styles: Shakespeare, Restoration Comedy, The
Greeks; Speech, Vocal Production & Dialects; Movement for Actors; Public Speaking.

1996 Emerson College, Boston, MA

Adjunct Professor of Sophomore Acting, Performing Arts Department

1993-95 New Repertory Theatre Studio, Newton Highlands, MA

Director of Education, Chief Instructor, Director
Administrative Duties: Designed curriculum and courses; hired and oversaw faculty; coordinated
registration and sales, and directed and produced 3 annual productions

Classes Taught: Acting Technique, Scene Study, Monologue and Audition Preparation,
The Business of Acting, Speech & Vocal Production

1992-94 The Actors Workshop, Boston, MA

Instructor, Director
Classes Taught: Voice & Speech, On-Camera Acting Tech, The Business of Acting
Production Directed: The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
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Southwick, pg 4
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA
2018 A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro
2015 Alice in War by Steven Bogart
2013 Vieux Carré by Tennessee Williams
2012 Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

2014 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

2011 Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
2010 Suburbia by Eric Bogosian

Clark University, Visual & Performing Arts Dept., Worcester, MA

2011 Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
2006 Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
2005 Fool for Love by Sam Shepard

Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre, Boston, MA

2009 Down Will Come Baby woven material by Andrea Southwick, Emily Dickinson, Joyce Carol Oates,
Euripides, Arthur Kopit, Charlotte Keatley, Horton Foote, Amy Bloom, David Lindsay-Abaire
2009 The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, Translated by Curt Columbus
2008 Veronika Decides to Die by Lauren Cavicchioli, adapted from the book by Paolo Coelho

Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, MA: Staged readings of new works

2010 Grand Romantic Gesture by Christopher Reginald Martin (staged reading)
2009 The Back Room by K. Alexa Mavromatis (staged reading)

The Underground Railway Theatre, Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA

in collaboration with Boston University College of Fine Arts
2008 The Wild Place adapted by Jon Lipsky and Susan Thompson, co-directed with Jon Lipsky

2004 Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theatre, Somerville, MA and other venues
A Parenting Story written and performed by comedian, Bill Campbell

2003 The Charlestown Working Theatre, Charlestown, MA

Greetings From Planet Girl, written and performed by Cyndi Freeman, Dorothy Dwyer, Margaret
Ann Brady, Lucy Holstedt, Julie Perkins, and Jan Davidson

Southwick Studio productions performed @ The Vokes Theatre, Wayland, MA

2002 All’s Fair in Love, a play woven from scenes by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Moliere, Rostand & Wilde
2001 The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
2000 The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
1999 A Concert of Short Plays: Something Unspoken and Auto-Da-Fê by Tennessee Williams
1996 The Rimers of Eldrich by Landford Wilson

New Repertory Theatre Studio, Newton Highlands, MA

1995 The Midnight Caller, Death of the Old Man, and The Dancers by Horton Foote
1994 Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh
1993 The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney, Jr.

1991 Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, MA

The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones
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ANDREA SOUTHWICK ACTOR (AEA-AFTRA-SAG)

EYES: Dark Green HAIR: Dark Reddish Brown HEIGHT: 5'5" WEIGHT: 125
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ACTING (partial listing)

Stage
Down Will Come Baby Copeland Studio, Boston University (thesis) Various roles
The Devil’s Teacup Boston Playwright’s Theatre Miss Lisa
The Misanthrope (Neil Bartlett adapt) New Repertory Theatre Eliante
And a Nightingale Sang New Repertory Theatre Helen
Private Lives New Repertory Theatre Sybil
The Hostage Gloucester Stage Company Teresa
Present Laughter Lyric Stage Daphne
What The Butler Saw Lyric Stage Geraldine
A Christmas Carol Nickerson Theatre Annabelle and others
Brighton Beach Memoirs Nickerson Theatre Nora
Spring Dance Southwick Studio Annie Gayle Long
Murder at Rutherford House Manhattan Rep Company Camille
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove Triangle Theatre Company Eva
The Other Boston Tea Party - Tour Theatre in Process Sally Foster
Passion Vermont Repertory Theatre Kate
The Fantasticks Worcester State Theatre Company Louisa
I Beg to Differ, T.V. or Not T.V Take 5 Touring Children’s Theatre Company Member
Equus Concord Players Jill
Ladyhouse Blues Vokes Players Dot

Television/Industrial Films/Radio
Unsolved Mysteries NBC Cosgrove/Meurer Productions Ellen Fried
No Star Shines Sharper NPR Public Media Foundation Virgin Mary
The Other Boston Tea Party Drama Greg Harney Productions (WGBH) Sally Foster
World of Difference PSA Channel 5 (WCVB T.V.) Principal
Friendly Ice Cream National PSA Aud/Vid Productions Spokesperson
WBZ-TV Blind Date Promo WBZ-TV Principal
Motorola Museum Interactive Video Exhibit Chedd-Angier Spokesperson
Two Way Street Documentary Tiger Heart Productions (NYC) Principal
Take 5 Children's Series Teleprompter Cable Television Principal
Key Bank Commercial Communication & Design Principal
Washington Trust Commercial Gilmore Productions Spokesperson
Nissan of Marlboro Commercial Cable Advertising Principal
Continental Cablevision Commercial Cable Advertising Principal
Marshalls Industrial Quantic Communications Spokesperson
Bose Industrial Wave, Inc. Spokesperson
Sheraton Hotel Industrial Multivision Principal
Baybank Industrial Aud/Vid Productions Principal
Peat, Marwick, Main Industrial Aud/Vid Productions Principal
Friendly Ice Cream Industrial Series Friendly Ice Cream Principal

Other Skills ___________________________________________________________________________

Singer (Soprano,) Director, Associate Professor of Theater, Print Model, Mother, Licensed Driver (Standard
& Automatic,) Milking a Cow