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Derek Martin

Derek
Martin
Chair, Creative Arts
Phone: 
(916) 577-8033
Email: 
dmartin@jessup.edu
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Expertise: 

Christian Aesthetics; Acting Theory; Directing for the Stage; Musical Theatre; Tap Dance; Musical Theatre Dance Styles; Choreography; Stage Movement and Characterization; Theatrical  Analysis and Criticism 

Education: 

MFA Acting with a concentration in Directing; Regent University (2009)

BFA Musical Theatre; The Hartt School, The University of Hartford (2001)

Courses Taught: 

The Creative Christian
Acting I – Fundamentals
Acting II – Realism
Acting III – Period and Style
Theatre History I
Theatre History II
Text Analysis
Directing for the Stage
Musical Theatre Dance
Musical Theatre Performance

Publications: 

“The Gift of Art and the Gift of Tongues” (Crosswalk.org, September 2012)

Artistic Director of The Americana Theatre Company, Plymouth, MA (www.americanatheatrecompany.org)

Creative Works:

Selected Stage Performances:

  • Officer in the world premiere of The Battleship Potemkin;The York Theatre Company
  • Jeff white in Lady, Be Good; Connecticut Repertory Theatre
  • Understudied Jason Bateman of Arrested Development fame in the part of Didier Larue in In One Bed and Out the Other; Hampton Playhouse 
  • Elyot Chase in Private Lives, Clown 2 in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps; Americana Theatre Company
  • Himself in Holiday Melody; Virginia Musical Theatre
  • Little Boy Blue in  Babes in Toyland; Musical Theatre of Connecticut
  • Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street; The Palace Theatre, Manchester, NH
  • Ambrose Kemper in Hello Dolly; Broward Stage Door Theatre
  • Harold Hill in The Music Man, Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain, Dickon in The Secret Garden; The Round Barn Theater
  • John Smith in Run for Your Wife, Jimmy Ray Hatfield in He Keeps me Singing; Top Hat Productions

Film/Voice Over:

  • Will in The Noble Lie; Video Short
  • Chris in the table read cast of the Christian Broadcasting Company’s Superbook; Animated series

Selected Directing/Choreography:

  • Choreographed And Sarah Laughed; International tour starring Broadway’s Carol Jaudes
  • Choreographed the Tap Solo for Holiday Melody; Virginia Musical Theatre
  • Choreographed the Tap Solo for Babes in Toyland; Musical Theatre of Connecticut
  • Directed Fame: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Guys and Dolls; The Round Barn Theatre
  • Choreographed Singin' in the Rain; Top Hat Productions
  • Choreographed Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Dames at Sea, Bye, Bye, Birdie, The Music Man; The Round Barn Theater
Awards and Honors: 

Veer Magazine, Best of 2009 for Choreography in RegentUniversity’s production of The Boys Next Door
Lead role in the multi-award winning short film, The Noble Lie
Regent University Outstanding MFA Acting Award
Gann/Harvey award for Excellence in Acting

Associations, Board & Committees: 

Board of Directors – The Americana Theatre Company
Faculty Chair, Academic Department – William Jessup University
Member/Friend - Society of American Fight Directors
Associate Member - Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
Equity Membership Candidate – Actors Equity Association
Member – Christians in Theatre Arts