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- Director of Theatre, Professor of Theatre,
Minnesota State University Moorhead, 1999-present
- Director of Theatre, Assoc. Professor of Theatre, Minnesota State University
Moorhead, 1994-98
- Associate Director of Theatre, Minnesota State University
Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, 1990-1993
- Director, Montana Repertory Theatre, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT, 1988-1990
- Director, Carroll College Theatre Department , Carroll
College, Helena, MT , 1978-1988
- ASM/Resident Technician, Tiffany's Attic, Dinner
Playhouse Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1978
- M.F.A., University of Montana, Directing, 1987
- M.S., University of Oregon, Theatre Management, 1977
- B.A., University of Nebraska Kearney, Speech and Theatre
(English minor), 1974
AFFILIATIONS
- Actor's Equity Association
- ATHE
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival
- Minnesota Community Theatre Association
- Montana State Theatre Association
- Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Honorary
PERSONAL
- Born 11 August 1952 in McCook, NE
- Married to Lindy Burkhardt on 14 August 1982
- Hobbies: Baseball,
Travel, Film and Sports memorabilia
- Presenter, "Nickel and Dimed" Moorhead Adult Education/FM Communiversity,
February 2004
- Adjudicator. MACT State Festival. Crookston, MN. April 2003
- MSUM Dean's
Lecture Series--American History and Musical Theatre. Fall
2002.
- "Hamlet at the Movies" A course for
Fargo-Moorhead Communiveristy, 2002.
- 2001 Minnesota State Professor of the Year (CASE/Carnegie
Foundation)
- Artistic director, MSUM Straw Hat Players, 1994-present..
- Director, Eurospring, International Studies Program,
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, 2000.
- "God and the Movies" A course for
Fargo-Moorhead Communiveristy, 2000, 2001.
- "Religion in Popular Culture" A course for
Fargo-Moorhead Communiveristy, 1998.
- "The Mythology of Baseball" A course for
Fargo-Moorhead Communiversity, 1996.
- Peer panelist, Artists in Education Program, Minnesota
State Arts Board, 1994.
- Guest Director, Wyoming Summer Theatre, University of
Wyoming, 1994.
- Planning committee member, F/M Communiversity,
1993-present.
- "What is an Educated Person?" A course for
Fargo-Moorhead Communiversity, 1993.
- Director, MSUM Theme Year-"What is an educated
person?" 1992-3.
- Guest Director, MSUM Summer Theatre, 1991-93.
- Judge for high school one-act contests in Minnesota and
North Dakota, 1990-present.
- Panelist, The Gathering at Bigfork. A conference on the
development of new scripts, 1990.
- Planner, joint conference of MSTA/Montana Performing Arts
Consortium, 1990.
- Guest Director, Idaho Repertory Theatre, 1988, 1991,
1993.
- President, Montana State Theatre Association, 1986-1990.
- Project director, UM symposium on apartheid. "This
Burning and Bleeding Land." 1987.
- Instructor, Carroll College gifted student program,1985.
- Panelist, Symposium on Shakespeare's TEMPEST, 1985.
- Montana Representative, Rocky Mountain Theatre
Association, 1984-87.
- Co-editor, Montana Theatre Connection, 1984-86.
- Co-chair, Martin Luther Symposium, celebrating his 400th
birthday, 1983.
- Adjudicator, Montana Thespian Conference, 1983, 1988.
- Respondent/Adjudicator for American College Theatre
Festival, 1987-present.
- Leader, London Theatre Tour, 1985. 1987, 1990.
- Publicity Director, Grandstreet Theatre, Helena, Montana,
1983-85.
- Panel member, Montana Arts Council, 1981-85, 1987.
- Leader, Helena Acting Group, an actor's studio,
1980-1982.
- Leader, annual theatre tour to New York City,
1979-present.
- Founder and co-producer, Ternion Productions,
Professional dinner theatre, 1979-81.
- Theatre renovation, Theatre for Young America, Overland
Park, KS, 1977.
COURSES TAUGHT (A partial listing) During 20+ years of university
teaching, I have taught courses in performance, lit/crit,
history, tech and playwriting at both the undergraduate and
graduate level.
Acting
One
Advanced Acting: Characterization
Directing for the Stage I
Directing for the Stage II
Scene Study
Acting Styles
Intro to Theatre
Dramatic Literature
Dramatic Theory
Playwriting
Voice for the Stage
Speech Communication
Oral Interpretation of Literature
Playwriting
Intro to Technical Theatre
Stage Lighting
How to Audition
African American Theatre
Musical Theatre History
First Year Experience
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Margaret
Edson's WIT
MSUM
Theatre, February 2001
Directed by Jim Bartruff.
Photo by Darel
Paulson.
- STRAW HAT FOLLIES: A SALUTE TO AMERICA, Musical revue,
2002.
- I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY, A play with hymns, 1999
- TWO FROGS (Formerly TELLING TALES) MSUM Children's
Theatre, 1996
- WINNIE-THE-POOH MSUM Children's Theatre, 1992
- CHARLOTTE'S WEB MSUM Children's Theatre, 1991
- CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY MSUM Children's
Theatre, 1990
- OUT WEST: STORIES FROM THE BIG SKY Montana Repertory
Theatre, 1989-90
- AHHH...SPRING! Carroll College Little Theatre, 1988
- DICK, JANE, SALLY AND MOM Montana Theatre Association,
1986
- NEW GRANDSTREET FOLLIES Grandstreet Theatre, 1983-1985
- THE CIRCLE GAME Kearney State College, 1974
DIRECTING CREDITS (A partial listing) I started directing plays as an
undergraduate theatre major and have directed numerous scenes,
workshops and full-length works in all styles. Click here to see pictures from
recent productions. Since 1978, I have
directed over 75 productions including:
All
My Sons
A Funny Thing
Happened on the way to the Forum
The Dinner Party
1776
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (twice)
Straw Hat Follies: A
Salute to America
Fuddy Meers
The Laramie Project
The Compleat Wks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)
I Love to Tell The Story (original)
W;t
Hello, Dolly!
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
All in the Timing
Three by Durang
The House of Blue Leaves
Sylvia
Company
Telling Tales (original)
Jake's Women
Beau Jest
Assassins
As You Like It
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The Mousetrap
Godspell (twice)
Picnic
Working (twice)
Galileo (Brecht/Laughton)
The Voice of the Prairie (twice)
Bedroom Farce
Heartbreak House
Guys and Dolls
The Dining Room
You Can't Take it With You
Twelfth Night
Fiddler on the Roof (twice)
Out West (original)
The Rainmaker
The Cherry Orchard
The Real Inspector Hound
MASTER HAROLD and the boys
Hedda Gabler
The Threepenny Opera
Romeo and Juliet
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THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO by Alfred Uhry
MSUM Straw Hat Players, Summer 2000
Directed by Jim Bartruff
Photo by Darel Paulson
- Harold Hill, THE MUSIC MAN
- Lucius, CALIGULA
- Pap Finn, BIG RIVER
- Dudley, THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
- Franz Joseph II, AMADEUS
- Jonathan, THE CONTRAST
- Robert, COMPANY
- Butler, TINY ALICE
- Vernon , THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG
- Jud Fry, OKLAHOMA
- Jim, NEW GRANDSTREET FOLLIES
- Tandy, STEAMBATH
- Charles, PIPPIN
- Duke, MAN OF LA MANCHA
- George Schneider, CHAPTER TWO
- Ben Franklin, 1776
- Michael, THE FOURPOSTER
- Larry, COMPANY
- Cass Henderson, ANY WEDNESDAY
- Wigmaker, RASHOMON
- Don Gresham, THE MOON IS BLUE
- Various roles, STORY THEATRE
- George, SAME TIME NEXT YEAR
- Claudius, THE NAKED HAMLET
- Harry the Horse, GUYS AND DOLLS
- Sergeant, MOTHER COURAGE
- King Arthur, CAMELOT
- Rich, CELEBRATION
- Max Detweiler, THE SOUND OF MUSIC
- Axel, DON'T DRINK THE WATER
- Fred/Marley, A CHRISTMAS CAROL
- Happy, DEATH OF A SALESMAN
- Sir, THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT...
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
- How to Audition
- Characterization through Given Circumstances
- Creative Dramatics in the Classroom
- Acting Shakespeare
- Directing the High School Play
- Improvisation as a Rehearsal Technique
- Religion's Role in the Development of the Theatre
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