Dominic's Resume - Actors Theatre of Louisville

Dominic Finocchiaro 415.846.4955
dominic.m.fino@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Reed College (Portland, OR) BA, Literature/Theatre Spring 2011
Undergraduate Thesis: “‘Shooting History in the Neck’: Fact and Fiction in the Modern American
Theatrical Avant-Garde”
The Playwrights Foundation (San Francisco, CA) Summer 2010
Graduate level workshops with: Lee Blessing, Marcus Gardley
British American Drama Academy (London, UK) Fall 2009
The Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive (Washington, DC) Summer 2008
Graduate level workshops with: Gary Garrison, Cark Hancock Rux, Heather McDonald, Carlos Murillo,
Marsha Norman, Michael Weller
American Conservatory Theatre Summer Training Congress (San Francisco, CA) Summer 2007
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dramaturgy/Literary Management Intern, Actors Theatre of Louisville Aug. 2011-May 2012
Assistant dramaturg on three Humana Festival productions and four Mainstage productions;
dramaturg on three ten-minute plays and ten short solo performances; wrote for and edited audience
enrichment publications and educational study guides; maintained new play database; provided
administrative support; reader for the National Ten-Minute Play Contest and the New Voices Ten-
Minute Play Contest; led post-show talkbacks
SELECTED DRAMATURGY (* CONNOTES WORLD PREMIERE)
Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice/Intern Company, Louisville, KY
Dramaturg, Opal* by Lloyd Suh (dir. Caitlin O’Connell)—January 2012
Dramaturg, The Dungeons and the Dragons* by Kyle John Schmidt (dir. Lillian Meredith)—
January 2012
Dramaturg, The Ballad of 423 and 424* by Nicholas C. Pappas (dir. Lillian Meredith)—January 2012
Dramaturg, Solo Mios (10 short solo pieces)* by members of the Actors Theatre of Louisville 2011/12
Apprentice Company (dir. various)—October-December 2011
Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays, Louisville, KY
Assistant Dramaturg, Death Tax* by Lucas Hnath (dir. Ken Rus Schmoll)—Spring 2012
Assistant Dramaturg, Eat Your Heart Out* by Courtney Baron (dir. Adam Greenfield)—Spring 2012
Assistant Dramaturg, Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards* by Greg Kotis (dir. Kip
Fagan)—Spring 2012
Assistant Dramaturg, Oh, Gastronomy!* by Michael Golamco, Carson Kreitzer, Steve Moulds, Tanya
Saracho, and Matt Schatz (dir. Amy Attaway)—Spring 2012
Actors Theatre of Louisville Mainstage, Louisville, KY
Assistant Dramaturg, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz (dir. KJ Sanchez)—
January 2012
Assistant Dramaturg, ReEntry by Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez (dir. KJ Sanchez)—Winter 2011
Assistant Dramaturg, A Christmas Story adapted by Philip Grecian (dir. Drew Fracher)—Winter 2011
Assistant Dramaturg, Dracula adapted by William McNulty (dir. William McNulty)—Fall 2011
Reed College, Portland, OR
Assistant Dramaturg, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (dir. Kate Bredeson)—April 2011

Hand2Mouth Theatre, Portland, OR
Assistant Dramaturg, Uncanny Valley (dir. Jonathan Walters)—May 2010—May 2011
SELECTED PRODUCTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
That Noise
Production, The Tens, Actors Theatre of Louisville, January 2012
dir. Caitlin O’Connell
iPorn, or what you crave
Workshop production, Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice/Intern Company,
October 2011
dir. Lillian Meredith
Proustonomy
College production, Reed College, December 2010
Like Trying to Count All the Drops of the Falling Rain
Production, White Box Theatre Festival, NYC, Summer 2009
dir. Kyle Haggerty
Published in The Ampersand Review, Fall 2009
Freeze/In Bed
College production, Reed College, March 2009
dir. Mic Parker
Official Selection, Last Frontier Theatre Conference Play Lab, Valdez, AK, Summer 2009
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Staged reading, PSU/Portland Theatre Works, May 2008
dir. Karin Magaldi
Winner, 2 nd Annual PSU/Portland Theatre Works Playwriting Contest, May 2008
AWARDS
Vaughn McBride Scholarship Actors Theatre of Louisville 2012
Scholarship awarded to dramaturg, literary manager, or literary intern
A.V. Davis Initiative Grant Reed College 2012
Grant awarded to pursue academic research
Commendation for Academic Excellence Reed College 2008, 2010
Awards given to acknowledge academic accomplishment
Adler Fund Grant Reed College 2008
Grant awarded to pursue theatrical research
OTHER SKILLS
Experience with Microsoft Office applications, Vectorworks, and Adobe InDesign; Proficient in both MAC and
PC; Comprehensive Electric and Carpentry skills (4 years)—Genie certified; Light and Sound Board
Operation; Light and Sound Design; Stage Combat; Voice (4 years).
REFERENCES
Kate Bredeson, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Reed College. (503) 459-4639. KBredeso@reed.edu.
Sarah Lunnie, Literary Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville. (502) 584-1265 ex. 3033. SLunnie@actorstheatre.org.
Jonathan Walters, Artistic Director, Hand2Mouth Theatre. (503) 235-5284. Jonathan@Hand2MouthTheatre.org.
Amy Wegener, Literary Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville. (502) 584-1265 ex. 3031. AWegener@actorstheatre.org.
Kathleen Worley, Professor of Theatre, Reed College. (503) 777-7356. WorleyK@reed.edu.