​Alan L. Bounville

Objective

Use my skills as a theatre artist, educator, and progressive-movement organizer to advance social and legislative change.

Experience

See below for Performance Resume

IN OUR WORDS, 2011-Present, USA. Founder/Interviewer/Transcriber/Playwright of interview-based theatre company. From ongoing interviews, stories are uploaded to the project website. The stories are then threaded together into full-length plays and performed in a variety of professional and community-based venues. Also use first-person accounts as source material for other play projects. Current projects include:

Can We Come to the Table? - Stories About Gender Identity, Gender Expression, & Sexual Orientation. Past Performances: Florence, SC: Francis Marion University; NYC: Judson Memorial Church, Bureau of General Services Queer Division, The Center for Arts Education in Manhattan.

Adonis. NYC: Sold-out first reading - February 2015. Second reading was - December 2015. April 2016 workshop was at Davenport Theatre (Space Grant Recipient)

Crisis. Play about the student loan crisis. Stage: pre-production. First reading scheduled for spring 2016.

Past Productions:

When People Lead

Chained to Freedom

IOWP is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization.

Theatre Teaching Artist

Teaching Artist, 2015-Present, New York Theatre Workshop, New York, NY. Facilitating pre/post show workshops and intergenerational MIND THE GAP playwrighting residency.

Teaching Artist, 2014-Present, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY.

         2015-Present-Producing Partner Residency with Repertory Company High School that culminated in an interview-theatre production about        

         immigration in the USA. Read about play HERE

         2015-Producing Partner Residency with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School that culminated in the

         production of a devised piece of theatre based on the incarceration system in the USA.

Teaching Artist, 2014-Present, Community Word Project, New York, NY. Current residency: Theatre and poetry residency in 2nd and 3rd grade classroom.

Urban Farmer, 2014-Present, Hen House Sangha, Brooklyn, NY. Co-manage a year round cooperative urban farm that grows a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs and also houses egg laying hens and an organic composting system.

Teaching Artist, The Center for Arts Education, New York, NY.

2013-Present. Developed and implementing an intergenerational theatre residency for the Parents As Arts Partners program. The unit includes students who attend a Manhattan public school and their parents. The focus of the residency is on interview-based theatre, where students and their parents will interview each other on a subject of importance to the whole group and then perform for each other the stories extracted through the interviewing process. Several interactive and reflective group and individual activities will provide participants with multiple access points to this genre of theatre.

2014-Developing and implementing an in-school middle school theatre residency that is for the Arts Engage Initiative, a three-year arts plus arts integration research project funded by the United States Department of Education.

2013-Present, Developed and implementing a Theatre Business Residency with students in a public middle school in Brooklyn to fulfill a federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant. The residency culminates with a public performance, replete with the myriad facets that make theatre viable as a business, including accounting - budgeting income and expenses, marketing/advertising/public relations, technical theatre, ticket and merchandise sales, and ultimately a quality theatrical production that brings about positive social change within the community served through the grant.

2013. Facilitated a two-hour theatre workshop for students whose parents were attending the Queens United Federation of Teachers Conference.

2014. Summer Intensive - Developed and implemented 5-session unit using theatre to teach English to 3-5 grade ESOL students. Residency culminated in a sharing of group-devised scenes.

Teaching Artist, 2013-Present, YMCA, New York, NY. Create and facilitate theatre workshops for participants ages 5-12. Workshop lesson plan titles include: Interview Theatre, Spoken Word Poetry, Soundscapes, Physical Theatre, Storytelling, Mask Making, and Character.

Teaching Artist, 2013, SCO Family of Services, New York, NY. 8-week residency in theatre with K-5th grade students from PS 5 in Brooklyn. Participants devised material based on their lived experience blended with fictional inputs. Residencies culminated in a combined fully staged public performance.

Into the Light Walk, 2011-2013, USA. Walked 6,000 miles from the Pacific Northwest to Washington, DC for gender and sexual orientation equality. While walking I performed When People Lead, a one-act interview theatre play (see artistic resume). I also facilitated Theatre of the Oppressed and social movement workshops, spoke with groups and individuals, and held vigils remembering people who have been murdered or who have taken their own life due to hate based on their perceived or actual gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. Into the Light Walk was a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization.

Workshop Facilitator, 2009-Present, USA. Facilitate a variety of workshops ranging in topics from interview-theatre, social change, civil disobedience, and Theatre of the Oppressed. Each workshop presents the content through theatre-infused activities and uses the theory of multiple intelligences to offer myriad ways for participants to access the workshop content. The workshops are often customized for individual group needs. Many workshops serve as organizing meetings that birth social movement action directly leading towards political and social wins for workshop participants and their causes. Workshops have been facilitated for:

The Theater Offensive - Boston, MA; Francis Marion University - Florence, SC; New York University Educational Theatre Students - New York, NY; Rollins College Theatre Students - Winter Park, FL; Virginia Commonwealth University Clay Class - Richmond, VA; LGBTQ Youth Summit - Ogden UT; A Brave New Day - Jackson MS; MS Rainbow Alliance - Gulfport MS; University of Wyoming Gay-Straight Alliance - Laramie WY; Q Center - Austin TX; Trinity University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Straight Alliance - San Antonio TX; City of Hope - Salt Lake City UT; Hands Off St. Vincent’s - New York NY; GetEQUAL Ohio - Columbus OH; Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton - Princeton NJ; Join the Impact Massachusetts - Boston MA; Justice League ACTIVATE! - State College PA; Come OUT Orlando - Orlando FL; Youth Equality Expansion Program - Weston FL; NY Albany Queer Rising - Albany NY; GetEQUAL DC - Washington DC; Queer Rising NYC - New York NY.

Public Speaker, 2008-Present, USA. Talk with groups about my work as an organizer, discuss social movement theory and practice, and act as a motivational speaker encouraging people to walk into their own light and true potential. Groups spoken with include:

University of California-Santa Barbara LGBT Studies Class - Santa Barbara, CA; University of Maryland-Baltimore - Baltimore, MD; Rollins College - Winter Park, FL; Emerson College Theatre of the Oppressed Class - Boston, MA; University of the South Gay Straight Alliance - Sewanee TN; University of Alabama at Birmingham Gay/Straight Student  Alliance - Birmingham AL; Metropolitan Community Church - Mobile AL; Metropolitan Community Church - Baton Rouge LA; Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays - Austin TX; Allies Week Candlelight Vigil - Laramie WY; City of Hope - Salt Lake City UT; Join the Impact Candlelight Vigil and Rally - Winter Park FL.

Organizer, 2008-Present, USA. Plan and implement campaigns and actions designed to create movement towards social and legislative change. Some campaigns/actions in which I’ve served as a lead organizer include:

Campaigns

New York State Marriage Equality - Queer Rising, New York, NY. Series of direct actions that played integral role in the New York State legislature granting same-sex couples the right to marry in the state.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal - Queer Rising/GetEQUAL, USA. Series of direct actions that played integral role in the federal repeal of the law known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Queer SOS/Civil Rights Fast - New York, NY. 47 days of sustained activism pressuring United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to file a bill known as The American Equality Bill that adds “sexual orientation and gender identity” to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Campaign advanced the conversation about full civil rights.

Hands Off St. Vincent’s - New York, NY. Trained newly formed direct action group and participated in actions as group was getting established. The group’s goal is to bring back a full service hospital to the West Village community in Manhattan, NY.

Connecting Rainbows: Civil Rights Walks for America, USA. Created social network for those active in the LGBTQ full civil rights movement to share with and learn from each other. Network consisted of over 350 members and was effectively used for several direct actions.

Actions

Vigils for people who have been murdered or who have taken their own lives due to discrimination based on their perceived or actual gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. Vigils have received national and international media attention educating people about the horrible reality queer and perceived queer folks live with in America and around the world. Vigils organized in:

Washington DC, Richmond, Charlotte, Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta, Cocoa Beach, Auburndale, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Pocatello, Salt Lake City, Laramie, Portland, Tacoma, Tokeland, Seattle, New York, Winter Park.

Easter Parade Protest - Connecting Rainbows/Queer Rising, New York, NY. Two groups held a joint march and protest outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday protesting the bishop’s anti-LGBT views. Protest was covered in the New York Times, in daily papers across the nation, and in several online news outlets. The action took place just a few months before New York State voted in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples. The media mostly angled the story towards marriage equality, though the focus of the action was a demand for full equality.

Grand Central Station Homo/Transphobia Kills Die-In, New York, NY. Raised awareness about the increased suicide rate among queer people compared to non-queers. Also highlighted murders based on victim’s perceived or actual gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. Hundreds of people took part and media throughout the world covered the event.

Target Bigot Special - Madison, WI. Disruption in a Target store pressuring the retailer to stop funding anti-LGBT politicians and groups. YouTube video garnered over 238,000 views. Story of the action along with Target’s funding choices was picked up by major online news outlets. Due to this and other independent actions, Target stopped funding anti-LGBT groups and committed to fund pro-LGBT groups moving forward.

Times Square Love-In - Queer Rising, New York, NY. Building on the momentum of a recent media push documenting the higher suicide rate among queer youth compared to non-queer youth, gathered hundreds of supporters to spread the message that being queer is not shameful.

Homophobia Kills Die-In - Washington, DC. Brought together dozens of pro-LGBT equality activists from across the nation to confront the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-LGBT hate group, at the finale of their national anti-LGBT equality summer bus tour.

Script Reader, 2011, Public Theater, New York, NY. Contract position. Read and evaluated scripts and materials submitted by applicants to the Emerging Writers Group.

Professorial Assistant, 2009-2010, New York University, New York, NY. Assisted Professor Kent Gash, Director of NYU Tisch School of the Arts New Studio on Broadway: Music Theatre and Acting. Helped manage Mr. Gash’s calendar and researched potential teaching candidates for New Studio program.

Production Assistant, 2009, Sweet Storm, Labyrinth Theater Company, New York, NY. Contract position. Off-Broadway - Set props pre show, ran props during show, and cleaned up stage and backstage area following show.

Foundation Events Manager, 2006-2009, Orlando Health Foundation, Orlando, FL. Planned and managed major events. Duties included event logistics, management of interns and volunteers, budget management, forecasting, fundraising, and executive committee management. Exceeded fundraising goals.

Director of Special Events, 2004-2006, The American Lung Association of Florida - Central Area, Orlando, FL. Planned and managed major events and launched a Membership and Major Gifts Campaign. Duties included event logistics, management of interns and volunteers, budget management, forecasting, fundraising, and executive committee management. Exceeded fundraising goals.

Operations Team Member, 2004, National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Contract position. Managed educational and recreation events for 400 pre-collegiate students with medical interest.

Public Relations Assistant, 2004, Orlando Opera, Orlando, FL Contract position. Researched and wrote national, regional, local, and industry press releases. Interviewed key internal and external sources. Cataloged images for archives. Wrote, proofed, and edited website copy. Assembled and distributed press kits for 2004-2005 season.

Assistant Stage Manager, 2003-2005, Mark Baker Presents, Orlando, FL. Contract position. Led team during set up of staging, lighting, sound, and décor for large themed events for 6,000 guests. Called performer cues. Worked directly with venue management and staff.

Production Assistant, 2004, American Idol Productions, Orlando, FL. Contract Position. Checked-in those who auditioned, assisted judge during cattle call audition, and assisted crew during crowd scene.

Associate Producer, 2003-2004, The Catalyst Studio, Orlando, FL. Managed all client projects from concept to completion. Studio departments included marketing strategy, branding, graphics, virtual media, sound, live production, photography, and video production. Wrote for several internal and client projects. Reached revenue projections.

Senior Account Representative, 2002-2003, Mobile Mini, Inc., Orlando, FL. Rented mobile offices and off-site storage units to corporations and individuals. Billed over $150,000 in first year. Worked with city and county permitting departments on client's behalf.

Administrative Assistant, 2001-2002, Watermark Media, Inc., Orlando, FL. Managed classified advertising section of regional LGBTQ newspaper. Increased revenue of classified section by offering new features. Led team to create a real estate page generating new income for the publication. Managed daily operations of the office.

Theatrical Director/Theatre Manager, 2000-2001, Bishop Moore High School, Orlando, FL. Directed theatrical productions for high school. Plays were performed on campus and at the Orlando International Fringe Festival. Taught theatre classes to elementary school students.

Theatre Manager, 2000-2001, Orlando Youth Theatre, Orlando, FL. Managed office and productions for regional theatre. Stage managed and directed productions. Managed two performance troupes. Developed and maintained database. Managed account receivables, vendor contracting, business development, and creation of organizational effectiveness policies. Drafted rehearsal and show scheduling for all performances.

Behavior Training Assistant, 1999-2000, Threshold, Inc., Orlando, FL Engaged developmentally disabled child and adult clients in behavioral programming.

Youth Counselor, 1998-1999, Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Silver Springs, FL. Lived with clients ranging in age from 11-17 engaging them in an intensive choice theory-based wilderness program.

Education

Master of Arts in Educational Theatre for Colleges and Communities - New York University, 2011, New York, NY. Thesis research focused on the intersections between activism and theatre, the power of autoethnographic and interview theatre-based performance, and the application of theatre in non-traditional settings.

Principles and Techniques of Fundraising - The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana State University, 2007, San Francisco, CA. Weeklong course studying the foundations of philanthropic giving.

Coursework in Political Science - University of Central Florida, 2001, Orlando, FL. Studied United States Constitutional Law and Western Philosophy.

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with Honors - Florida State University, 1998, Tallahassee, FL. Areas of focus included playwrighting, directing, and acting. Honors coursework completed by writing and producing a full-length play.

Associate in Arts - Valencia Community College, 1996, Orlando, FL. Areas of focus included playwrighting, directing, and acting.

Research

IN OUR WORDS, 2012-Present. Conducting ongoing interviews with people from all walks of life. The subjects share experiences on myriad subjects. The stories are then transcribed and curated into collections on certain themes and then turned into fully staged theatrical productions. Production in the works is titled, Can We Come to the Table - Stories about Gender Identity, Gender Expression & Sexual Orientation. Fully staged production of this play is scheduled for 2014.

When People Lead, 2011-Present. Interviewed seven subjects and extracted from interviews to create script for solo one-act play. Performances include: Cross City, Gulfport, Baton Rouge, Denton, San Antonio, Austin, Pueblo, Pocatello, Boise, Seattle.

Chained to Freedom, 2010. Autoethnographic solo one-act play that shares how I became an activist. Play premiered at the Orlando International Fringe Festival. Other performances include: Columbus, Madison, Princeton, Boston, State College, Weston, Orlando.

Conference Presentations

LGBTQ Youth Summit, 2012. OUTReach Resource Center at Weber State University, UT Presented workshop titled Arts & Activism for TBLGQ Youth. Two-hour workshop explored myriad ways in which the arts can be used to advance social movements.

Caught in the Act: Performance and Performativity Conference, 2010. UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA Co-presented How Many Voices?, a performance-art piece exploring the intersections between theatre and activism.

Publications

Writings on theatre and activism published in various online outlets. Publications include: Bilerico Project, OUTview Online, and personal organizing websites. Traffic to personal organizing websites exceeds tens of thousands of individual views.

Awards

Activism Award to Queer Rising, 2010, Marriage Equality New York; Steinhardt Graduate Scholarship, 2009-2011, New York University; Bess Ward Study Abroad Scholarship, 1998, Florida State University; Undergraduate Acting Scholarship, 1994-1996, Valencia Community College

Professional Memberships

Queer Rising - Founder of group, 2009-Present.

Connecting Rainbows: Civil Rights Walks for America, Founder of group, 2009-2012.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Florida, 2004-2007. My little brother and I engaged in a variety of activities that built a strong bond between us. I exposed him to the arts, education/employment opportunities, and spent time with him doing what he enjoyed. He taught me patience, acceptance, and the true value of friendship.

Computer Skills

Ability to type 50 WPM. Extensive computer knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, PageMaker, Corel Draw, QuickBooks Pro, Data Track (proprietary nonprofit database software), FileMaker Pro, Goldmine, Raiser’s Edge, Acrobat Professional, and Hot Dog Pro (HTML). Consistent use of web research tools and advanced database querying. Also fully versed in Macintosh platform and programs.

FILM/TV

Mysteries of Laura                                                           

Welcome Home                                                                               Accidental

I Want a Famous Face  
Pest
Shrek 4D Commercial
Macy’s Christmas Parade
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STAGE
MIND THE GAP

When People Lead 
Chained to Freedom
The Lion in Winter
Bergamos Restaurant

Cavalleria rusticana​

​You Can’t Take It with You

Unto These Hills
Hello, Dolly!
The Freedom to Be Project
Too Much Light Makes the
Harold Go Blind
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Health First Gala
Reflections of The VUE
Coors Light Distributor Convention
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VOICE OVER
I Need Tickets radio spot
Standguard radio spot
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MODELING
Always Rewarding
SilaGuard (national product)
Green Construction

ROLE      
​Background

Jerome (lead)

​Axey (lead)

Stage Manager

 Jerod (lead)

Principal

Balloon Handler

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Various Roles (play readings)

Various Roles (solo show)

Alan (solo show)

Geoffery

Opera Singer

Choral Member

G-Man

Dancer/Singer (two seasons)

Waiter/Ensemble

Various Roles

Various Roles & Improvisation

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Gardener John Thomas

Gardener John Thomas

Paparazzi





Employee

Crowd Member



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Dork

Mouth Model

Carpet Cleaner

COMPANY

​NBC

PlatinumHDtv

​Cold Fusion Films

MTV

M2 Productions

Universal Orlando

Universal Orlando





New York Theatre Workshop

​National Tour

National Tour

The Rep at NYU

​Bergamos Restaurant

Orlando Opera
Orlando Repertory Theatre
Cherokee Historical Assn.
FSU Mainstage
FSU Studio Theatre
Tom Ramsey Theatre



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Encore Creations
Encore Creations
Hardrive Productions

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Catalyst Studio
Catalyst Studio

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Catalyst Studio

Catalyst Studio

Catalyst Studio

​CHORAL
NYU Chorale
Orlando Chamber Singers
The Orlando Chorale (soloist)
Bach Festival Society of Winter Park
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TRAINING
ACTING/SINGING
New York University: MA Educational Theatre for Colleges and Communities
The Florida State University: BA Theatre with Honors
Private Instruction: Curtis Rayam, Anne Hering, Ginny Kopf, Victoria Shultz
Dialects: Standard British, American Southern, New England, Texan
Languages (for singing): Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish
Improvisation: SAK University
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DANCING
Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical
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SPECIAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Activism, American Red Cross Adult CPR and First Aid, Camping, Canoeing, Ice and Roller Skating, Long-Distance Walking, Musical Instruments: Baritone, Guitar and Trumpet, Origami, Rock Climbing, Running, Skiing, Sky Diving, Swimming, Weight Training, Yoga