Current Employment

Asst. to the AD/Intern Coordinator, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, 09-present

Producing Artistic Director, Red Egg Theater, 08-present

 

Directing/ Dance

I DREAM OF CHANG AND ENG; Philip Gotanda, UCSC Mainstage (Upcoming)

BOOK OF TINK; Erik Ehn, Red Egg Theater @ Broadway Playhouse, S 11

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIG GAY DANCE PARTY; Aaron Loeb, City Lights, W 11

WHAT HAPPENED IN HAMELIN; Gina Hayes, Red Egg @ SC Actor's Theater, S 10

(puppet)CAMELOT; by Lerner and Lowe, Red Egg @ SC Actor's Theater, W 10

GOLDFISH IN ALASKA; adpt. Gina Hayes, Red Egg @ SC Actor’s Theater, W 09

THREE PLAYS IN MOONLIGHT; Gina Hayes, Red Egg @ SC Actor’s Theater, F 08

ADAM AND THE NEW MADONNA (Dance), Open Studios, UCSC, Spring 07

PROMETHEUS (Dance), Random With a Purpose, 2nd Stage, UCSC, W 07

PROMETHEUS (Dance); b. Prometheus Bound, 2nd Stage, UC Santa Cruz; F06

THE LONELY ORCHARD; Nick Herbert, The Barn Theater, Fall 06

THE CASANOVA PROJECT (Reading); Gina Hayes, CS Gallery, Spring 06

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Plays directed at the Old Little Theater while serving as Artistic Director of Shrunken Head Productions:

INTO THE WOODS, by Steven Sondheim and James Lapine (S 06); A MUSICAL REVUE, (W 06); THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, by Marc Blitzstein (F 05); JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (S 05); CABARET, by Joe Masteroff and Jay Preston Allen (W 05)

Assistant Directing / Stage Management

SM, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD; dir. Art Manke, Shakespeare Santa Cruz W 11

AD, THE DRESSER; Ronald Harwood, dir. Rick Lombardo, San Jose Rep, W11

AD, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; dir. Jonathan Moscone, Cal Shakes, M 10

AD, LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST; dir. Scott Wentworth, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, M 10

AD, THE WEIR; by Conor McPherson, dir. Rick Lombardo, San Jose Rep, W 10

SM, FOREIGN BODIES; dir. Sommer Ulrickson, UCSC Mainstage, S 08

AD, THIRD; by Wendy Wasserstein◦, TheaterWorks, Winter 08

AD/Prod. Manager, DELIZIE; Mark Franko, Music Works† Haver Hall, S 07

Asst. to Dir, THE TEMPEST◦.  Staged IV.I. Shakespeare Santa Cruz, M 07

Asst. 700+ person events feat. Salman Rushdie, Tom Brokaw, etc. Capitola Book Café, F06-now

◦dir Kirsten Brandt.        † Also perfomed at eXSpace, UC Santa Cruz; S07

 Plays/Adaptation

THE CASANOVA PROJECT, b. Casanova in Bolzano, CS Gallery, S 06

GOLDFISH IN ALASKA, b. Richard Brautigan, UCSC New Plays Workshop, W 07

THREE PLAYS IN MOONLIGHT, b. English fairy tales, SC Actor’s Theater, W 08

GOLDFISH IN ALASKA, b. Richard Brautigan, Red Egg Theater, W 09

  WHAT HAPPENED IN HAMELIN, b. German Legend, Red Egg Theater, S 10

In Progress: PINOCCHIO, based on the novel by Carlo Collodi ;  BELOW, inspired by the Orpheus Myth; CHARLIE, based on a short story by Cj Hayes.

 

Education/Training

Graduate Certificate/ Teaching Assistant, Theater Arts, UC Santa Cruz (06-07)

Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Creative Studies (Lit), UC Santa Barbara (02-06)

Director’s Lab West – designated Text: “The Bacchae,” Spring 09

Artistic Directing Intern, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Summer 09

Literary Intern/Observership, San Jose Repertory Theater, Fall 07

Founded Shrunken Head Productions (05-07), Red Egg Theatre (08-present)

 

contact gina (dot) marie (dot) hayes (at) gmail.com