Resume
Director. Playwright. Artistic Producer. Citizen Artist.
Affiliation
Affiliation
Associate Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Member, Dramatists Guild
Education
Education
B.A. Theatre Performance, Directing, and Stage Management; Musical Theatre Performance
University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Cum Laude
Director
Director
Menil and Her Heart** | by Isabella Madrigal | Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program | 2020 |
Queen Cleopatre and Princess Pocahontas** | by Rhiana Yazzie | Safe Harbors Indigenous Collective (NYC) | 2020 |
Don Juan | by Tara Moses | telatúlsa | 2019 |
Three Sisters** | by Carolyn Dunn | Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company | 2019 |
The True Story of Pocahontas | By Kara Morrison | Serenbe Playhouse | 2019 |
Bound | by Tara Moses | AMERINDA, Inc (NYC) | 2019 |
Hamlet: El Príncipe de Denmark | Adaptation by Tara Moses | telatúlsa | 2018 |
Oklahoma Value | by Tara Moses | #BingeTheatreCompany | 2018 |
Oklahoma Bombing | by Lucy Wang | #BingeTheatreCompany | 2018 |
The Moon is My Neighbor | by Shadia Dahal | Heller Theatre Company | 2018 |
He'eo'e** | by Tara Moses | #BingeTheatreCompany | 2018 |
Us/Them | by Machele Miller Dill | Echo Theatre Company | 2017 |
The Prisoner** | by Seamus Lucason | Echo Theatre Company | 2017 |
Colored Water** | by Cynthia Veal Holm | Echo Theatre Company | 2017 |
Events in Row K** | by Kelley Friedberg | Echo Theatre Company | 2017 |
Shelter* | by Lauren Jane Redmond | Arena Stage | 2016 |
Our Orlando* | By Freddy Mancilla | Arena Stage | 2016 |
Broadway Through the Ages | devised | Imagination Stage | 2016 |
Greek Tragedies | devised | Imagination Stage | 2016 |
Medusa's Tale | by Carol Lashoff | University of Tulsa | 2015 |
Commedia Rapunzel | by Lane Riosley | San Miguel Middle School | 2015 |
Midsummer Night's Dream | by William Shakespeare | Brooker T. Washington High School | 2014 |
Othello | by William Shakespeare | Brooker T. Washington High School | 2014 |
Stories of Our Land | various | Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma | 2013 |
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Moby Dick | dir. David Catlin | Arena Stage | 2016 |
Snow Child** | dir. Molly Smith | Arena Stage | 2016 |
The Pirates of Penzance Jr. | dir. Machele Miller Dill | Carver Middle School | 2014 |
Digital Theatre
Digital Theatre
Indians and Other Friends by Rhiana Yazzi | Director | New Native Theatre | upcoming |
The Longhouse Pageant by Ty Defoe Bingo Hall by Dillon Christopher Chitto | Director Director | American Indian Community House American Indian Community House | 2020 2020 |
On the Wings of a Mariposa by Alvaro Saar Rios | Director | telatúlsa | 2020 |
Never Be Afraid by Jaisey Bates | Director | Say Their Names Honor Roll | 2020 |
Post-Pre-Continued Contemporary Colonial Germocide by Mary Kathryn Nagle | Director | Arena Stage | 2020 |
Choreomania! Music and Lyrics by Josh Kight Book by Annette Storckman | Director | Self-Produced | 2020 |
Short Plays on Colonization by Annalisa Dias | Director and Sound Mixer | Groundwater Arts | 2020 |
Site Specific Dramaturgy by Tara Moses & Freddy Mancilla | Director | #BingeTheatreCompany | 2018 |
Playwright
Playwright
Sections | Residency Fringe Production dir. Zack Rice Reading dir. Rebecca Ungerman | #BingeTheatreCompany Furnace Fringe Festival Echo Theatre Company | 2017 - 2018 2017 2017 |
He'eo'e | Residency Workshop dir. Jocelyn Clarke | #BingeTheatreCompany Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program | 2017 - 2018 2019 |
Quantum | Selections, Indigenous dir. Amanda Levie Playwright's Retreat & Reading dir. Elizabeth Frances Reading dir. Everett Ray George Reading dir. Julie Beckman Reading dir. Ed Bourgeois Reading dir. Jake Hart Selections, Indigenous dir. Amanda Levie | No Peeking Theatre
Native Voices at the Autry
Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company
Sound Theatre Company
Safe Harbors Indigenous Collective (NYC) American Indian Community House (NYC) No Peeking Theatre | 2018
2019
2019
2020
2020 2020 2020 |
Bound | Residency Equity Showcase dir. Tara Moses Reading dir. Sarah d'Angelo | #BingeTheatreCompany AMERINDA, Inc (NYC) Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company | 2018 2019 2019
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Hamlet: El Príncipe de Denmark adaptation | dir. Tara Moses | telatúlsa | 2018 |
Don Juan | dir. Tara Moses | telatúlsa | 2019 |
Arbeka | Reading dir. Jacob Patterson Workshop dir. Madeline Sayet Selections, Indigenous dir. Amanda Levie | telatúlsa Support by First Peoples Fund No Peeking Theatre | 2020 2020 2020 |
Patchwork | Reading dir. Jen Olivares | Native Voices at the Autry | 2020 |
Artistic Leadership & Producer
Artistic Leadership & Producer
Founding Member | 10 Names of Note | International | 2019 - present |
Producing Artistic Director | telatúlsa | Tulsa, OK | 2019 - present |
Co-Founder | Groundwater Arts | Washington, D.C.; New York; Oklahoma | 2018 - present |
Co-Producing Artistic Director | #BingeTheatreCompany | Washington, D.C. | 2016 - present |
Producer of New Play Series* | Arena Stage | Washington, D.C. | 2016 |
Producer of 25th Anniversary of the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship | Arena Stage | Washington, D.C. | 2015 - 2016 |
Producer of Native American Heritage Month Festivities and Pow-Wow | Cherokee Nation and the University of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | 2013 - 2015 |
Classes, Talks, & Panel Discussions
Classes, Talks, & Panel Discussions
"Decolonize This: A Conference on Decolonizing Educational Spaces" | Keynote Speaker + Annalisa Dias | Broadway for Racial Justice | upcoming |
"Just and Thriving Governance: From the Roots" | Fall Forum Opening Plenary Session Panelist | TCG | 2020 |
"Undoing Settler Colonialism" | Workshop Presenter | AATE Leaders of Color Institute | 2020 |
"Correspondence Cocktail Hour" | Panelist | HERE Arts Center | 2020 |
"EDI Symposium: Centering Indigeneity in the American Theatre" | Panelist | Yale School of Drama + Yale Repertory Theatre | 2020 |
"Mobilizing Sovereign Movements: Native Treaties, Artistic Interventions, and Electoral Power" | Panelist | Tulsa Artist Fellowship + American Indian Community House | 2020 |
"Nothing Stays the Same" : Indigenous Perspectives on Arts and Sustainability | Panelist | Arts Midwest + Western Arts Alliance Conference | 2020 |
"Playwrights and Directors Discuss Virtual Theatre" | Panelist | Momentum Stage | 2020 |
Playwriting Class | Teaching Artist | Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program | 2020 |
"Decolonizing New Play Development" | Panelist | Bay Area Playwrights Festival | 2020 |
"Towards Climate Justice: An introduction to Green New Theatre" | Featured Speaker with Groundwater Arts | Pigfoot Theatre (UK) | 2020 |
"Creating Change" | Panelist | Momentum Stage | 2020 |
“Stories, Sovereignty, and Imagining Forward” | Panelist | Arts Council Greater New Haven | 2020 |
"MLK and Climate Justice: A Path Forward" | Keynote Speaker + Groundwater Arts | Bard College | 2020 |
Playwriting Discussion | Featured Panelist | Oklahoma Central University | 2019 |
Intercultural Theatre Alliance Directing Class | Lead Teaching Artist | telatúlsa | 2019 - 2020 |
Creative Drama: Star Wars (12 weeks) | Teaching Artist | Imagination Stage | 2016 - 2017 |
Legends of the Greeks (6 weeks) | Teaching Artist | Imagination Stage | 2016 |
After School Theatre Program | Coordinator and Teaching Artist | San Miguel School of Tulsa | 2014 - 2015 |
Musical Theatre: Auditions | Assistant Teaching Artist | Owasso High School | 2015 |
Shakespeare First Folio | Assistant Teaching Artist | Union High School | 2013 |
Theatre
Theatre
Dramaturg | Molly | Penobscot Theatre Company | 2020 |
Dramaturg | Molly | Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program | 2020 |
Dramaturg | Carousel | Arena Stage | 2016 |
Dramaturg | Three Laws of Physics* | Arena Stage | 2016 |
Make-Up Artist | Manifesto on the Ledge | Rhymes with Opera of NYC | 2015 |
Production Manager | Manifesto on the Ledge | Rhymes with Opera of NYC | 2015 |
Lighting Designer | The Color Purple in concert | Spinning Plates Productions | 2015 |
Stage Manager | The Pirates of Penzance | Ohio Light Opera | 2014 |
Asst. Stage Manager | 36th Festival Season | Ohio Light Opera | 2014 |
Deviser and Performer | Fuck Polite | The New Theatre of Dublin | 2014 |
Stage Manager | Altar Boyz | University of Tulsa | 2014 |
Sound Designer | 34 Charing Cross Road | Spinning Plates Productions | 2013 |
Stage-Production Manager | Narrow View? Try a Broadway! | Spinning Plates Productions | 2013 |
Asst. Stage Manager | Much Ado About Nothing | Shakespeare in the Park | 2013 |
Related Experience
Related Experience
Committee Member | Dia de Los Muertos Celebration | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 2018 - 2020 |
Committee Member | Theatre for Youth | Southeastern Theatre Conference | 2015 - 2019 |
Distinctions & Awards
Distinctions & Awards
Finalist (Quantum) National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Center (2020)
Cultural Capital Fellow, First Peoples Fund (2020)
Invited Playwright, HBMG Foundation’s National Winter Playwrights Retreat (2020)
Affiliated Artist, Unsettling Dramaturgy: Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (2018 - present)
TCG Committee on Climate Member (2019)
SPACE at Ryder Farm Residency, Groundwater Arts (2019)
Winner of the Young Storytellers Contest: Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (2019)
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observership Class (2018/19)
Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow (2018/19)
DirectorsLabChicago (2018)
Directors Lab: Lincoln Center (2017)
Berkshire Leadership Summit Attendee (2017)
Allen Lee Hughes Senior Artistic Director Fellow: Arena Stage (2016/17)
Allen Lee Hughes Management Fellow: Arena Stage (2015/16)
Thomas C. Fichandler Award: Arena Stage (2016)
Chair's Award for Excellence over an Undergraduate Career
Excellence Award in Stage Management
Excellence Award in Theatre
Special Skills
Special Skills
First Folio; Theatre for Youth; Microsoft Office Suite; Programming: Magic Q/EOS, iMovie; Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Google Analytics; Stage Makeup; Beamwright; Hang and Focus; Scenic Painting; Fabric Dyeing; Training and Experience in Performance, Musical Theatre Performance, Dance, Design, Stage Management; Can Read Music; Valid OK Driver's License; Passport; Peoples First Language; Conversational Spanish (14 years of formal instruction); Citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Mvskoke; Celebrity Impressions
For reference information or to request a PDF copy of Tara's resume, please visit the contact page.
For reference information or to request a PDF copy of Tara's resume, please visit the contact page.
**Workshop and/or Reading