Dane Leasure is a director and fight choreographer based in Ohio. He has extensive experience directing and choreographing fights for productions at Rubber City Theatre and Rubber City Shakespeare Company, where he is the founder and artistic director. He has also directed at regional theaters and currently holds positions at Bowling Green State University and The University of Akron.
Dane Leasure is a director and fight choreographer based in Ohio. He has extensive experience directing and choreographing fights for productions at Rubber City Theatre and Rubber City Shakespeare Company, where he is the founder and artistic director. He has also directed at regional theaters and currently holds positions at Bowling Green State University and The University of Akron.
Dane Leasure is a director and fight choreographer based in Ohio. He has extensive experience directing and choreographing fights for productions at Rubber City Theatre and Rubber City Shakespeare Company, where he is the founder and artistic director. He has also directed at regional theaters and currently holds positions at Bowling Green State University and The University of Akron.
The Revenger’s Tragedy The Musical* [reading] (2016) Ridley Creek Productions│Director SELECTED REGIONAL CREDITS Anything Goes^ (2023) Pippin (2017) Rubber City Theatre│Director Rubber City Theatre│Director Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (2022) A Christmas Carol (2016)**, (2018) Rubber City Theatre│Director Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director Sweeney Todd (2022) Women Beware Women (2016) Rubber City Theatre│Director/Fight Choreographer Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director Love in Reserve** (2021) Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (2016) Rubber City Theatre│Director Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director/Fight Heartbreakers in Hell** (2021) Choreographer Rubber City Theatre│Director/Choreographer The Twelve Dates of Christmas (2015) On The Line: In Concert** (2021) Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director Rubber City Theatre│Director/Choreographer Macbeth (2015) Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (2019) Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director/Fight Choreographer Rubber City Theatre│Director Richard III (2015) Tame** (2019) Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director/Fight Rubber City Theatre│Director Choreographer Guys and Dolls (2019) ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (2014) Rubber City Theatre│Director Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director/Fight Equivocation (2018) Choreographer Rubber City Theatre│Director/Fight Choreographer A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013) Hamlet (2017) Rubber City Shakespeare Company│Director Rubber City Theatre│Director/Fight Choreographer Edmund Ironside (Reading) (2012) American Shakespeare Center│Director
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EDUCATION AND FULL RESUME AVAILABLE BY REQUEST EDUCATION Bowling Green State University│Current Ph.D. Theatre (2nd year) Mary Baldwin University│2013/2014 The University of Akron│2011 M.Litt. & MFA in Shakespeare and Performance BA in Humanities (Drama, History, English) PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Founder/Executive Artistic Director Rubber City Theatre (Rubber City Shakespeare Company) 2013-Present Associate Lecturer/Theatre Area Coordinator The University of Akron 2020-Present