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  ellen.m.mueller@gmail.com    
       
  Directing      
       
   o The Poetry of Pizza
 
  Assistant to John Miller-Stephany

  Mixed Blood Theatre   Jan - Feb 2008
   o PEN
 
  Intern to Rob Melrose

  Guthrie Theater   Oct - Nov 2007
   o Streaming Twin Cities
      UNCENSORED, or I'm an Artist ...
      What's Your Excuse?
 
  Director

  MN Fringe Festival   Aug 2007
   o 365 Plays/365 Days (3 of them)   Director

  Emigrant Theater   Feb 2007
   o Limb   Director

  Theatre Limina: Summer Shorts Festival   Jun 2006
   o Farm Boys   Intern to John Miller-Stephany

  History Theatre   Apr 2006
   o Christmas of Swing   Observer of Ron Peluso

  History Theatre   Nov 2005
   o Pinocchio   Asst. Director to John-David Keller

  South Coast Repertory   May 2005
   o The Lesson    Director   Bemidji State University,
Black Box
  Apr 2005
   o How I Learned to Drive   Director

  BSU Black Box   Feb 2005
   o The Undergrads   Co-Director

  BSU Campus TV   Feb 2004
   o BASH: Gaggle of Saints   Director

  BSU Recital Hall   Jan 2004
   o Such Nonsense!   Director/Writer

  BSU Black Box   Feb 2003
   o Medea (adapted by Durang)   Director

  BSU Black Box   Nov 2002
             
             
  Special Training      
       
   o Yoga Instructor, certified through YogaFit   Various Locations   2002-present
             
   o 9 Choreographers / 9 Lighting Designers, Movement & Light Workshop
      Six days with Dana Reitz & Jennifer Tipton
  Marshall Performing Arts Center,
Duluth MN
  May 2008
             
   o Inside Out There: The TEAM, exploring strategies, techniques, and
      tools for devising dramatic material within a democracy
  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN   Jan 2008
             
   o Mick Napier Improvisation Workshop   Twin Cities Improv Festival
Minneapolis MN
  Jun 2007
             
   o Basic Ballet Technique   St Paul City Ballet, St Paul MN   Mar 2007
             
   o Performance Track Improvisation classes 1-4   Brave New Institute, Minneapolis MN
  2005-2006
             
   o Bouffon Clown Workshop with Jon Ferguson   The Southern Theater   Nov 2006
             
   o Living Theatre of New York City, Not In My Name
      three-day theatre of protest workshop
  Bemidji State University   Feb 2004
             
   o Movement & Improvisation classes with Guthrie Theatre’s Touring Co.   Bemidji State University   Mar 2003
             
             
  Awards/Honors      
       
   o Visual Fringe Artist   Through the Minnesota Fringe Festival   Aug 2006
             
   o Dalzotto Scholarship   Through the BSU Art Department for Senior Exhibit excellence   Mar 2005
             
   o Malmquist Scholarship   Through the BSU Art Department for overall excellence   Mar 2005
             
   o MG McTavish Scholarship   For travel abroad in Malaysia and Thailand   Jan 2004
             
   o Theatre Department Scholarship   For accomplishments within the department at BSU   May 2003
             
   o  A "Through the Lens" Director   Selected by Lakeland Public TV to produce a documentary   May 2003
             
             
  Education      
       
   University of South Florida, Tampa, FL        
   Pursuing MFA in Studio Art; expected graduation: May 2011        
             
   Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN        
   Graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors, May 2005:        
             
     o BA Theatre & Visual Art            
             
     o BS Design Technology, Emphasis: Model Design        
             
   Study Abroad:            
             
     o Malaysia and Thailand:   Asian Theatre History and Art History     Jan 2005
             
     o Hertfordshire, England:   Model Design       Jan-May 2002
             
             
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