JULIE BECKER
JULIE BECKER
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NEW YORK THEATRE
Role
Ensemble
Judith Sears, Ensemble
Sprankles
Clown
Production
Inconceivable
Misconceptions (world premiere)
Untitled Clown (Redux)
Untitled Clown
Company
Blessed Unrest, NYC (Int'l Human Rights Arts Festival)
Blessed Unrest, NYC (dir. Jessica Burr, by Stephen Wangh)
Coney Island Ritual Cabaret, The Otherside of Comedy (solo)
PAM Residencies, Los Angeles (solo piece)
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
Self-Portrait
Studying Hamlet
Ensemble
Ensemble
First Body, Italy (Teatro Nel Bicchiere Festival)
Gdansk Shakespeare Festival, Poland (Dir. Grzegorz Bral)
BOSTON THEATRE
Singing Bones: Thig Am Bata
Singing Bones
TREE
Thresholds
Tales of the Unnameable
Lunar Labyrinth
Grandma's House
Crime Passionel
10 Days That Shook The World
UnAccountable Fog Operants
Titus Andronicus
As You Like It
Bug
La Folie Noire
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun
Bent Wit Cabaret: OBSESSION
Alice In Bed
The Long Christmas Ride Home
Chilling Tales
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Molassacre!
Performer
Director/performer
Bird/Ensemble (butoh)
Lady of the House
Protagonist
Ghost Walker (butoh)
Cat
Bird Woman/The Man
Ensemble (butoh)
Ensemble (butoh)
Martius, Publius, Goth
Audrey
Agnes
Phooka
Grandmother Iguana
Phooka
Emily Dickinson
Claire
Park Ranger
Puck
Ensemble
Distillery Gallery/Mobius, Boston (solo piece)
Fool's Journey, Boston
Lord and June/Mobius, Boston
The Nightjarmen, Boston FIGMENT Festival
Flat Earth Theatre Company, Boston
Liars and Believers/CHIMERAlab, Boston
Wax Wings Productions, Boston
Puppet Showplace Theatre, Boston (solo piece)
CHIMERAlab, Provincetown MA
CHIMERAlab, Boston
Full Contact Theatre Company, Boston
Theatre@First, Somerville MA
Flat Earth Theatre Company, Boston
Behind the Mask Studios, Somerville MA
Behind the Mask Studios, touring
Axe to Ice Productions, Boston
Do It Live! Productions, Boston
Salem Theatre Company, Salem MA
Salem Theatre Company, Salem MA
Contemporary Theatre of Boston
The Molasses Lasses, Boston
AUDIO DRAMA
Sporadic Phantoms
Robin/Director/Producer
Sporadic Phantoms
Training and Education
B.A. in Theatre, concentration in Performance, Northeastern University (Boston)
M.A. in Ensemble Theatre, University of Manchester (Rose Bruford College, London) in conjunction with Teatr Piesn Kozla
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Psychophysical Theatre: Double Edge Theatre, Teatr Zar, Teatr Piesn Kozla, Anna Zubryzycki, Rena Mirecka, Diego Borges
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Art as Vehicle: The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards (Thomas Richards, Mario Biagini), Pere Sais
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Singing: Emma Bonnici, Julianna Bloodgood, Anna Zubryzycki, Teatr Piesn Kozla, Teatr Zar
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Voice: Alison Bomber (Linklater), Antonio Ocampo-Guzman (Linklater)
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Improv Comedy: Chet Harding and Alison Royer (Improv Asylum, Boston)
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Butoh: Sara June, Jennifer Hicks, Su-En, Yukio Suzuki
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Natural Movement: Aaron Cantor, Rafe Kelley, Tom Weksler
Additional Relevant Experience
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Member of RE^ATHETA
International group focused on lifelong learning and creation through theatre, somatic, and movement
practices, hosting symposiums, workshops, research, performances and discussions
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Member of the New York Seed Group
In collaboration with the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards
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Joolie Bagoolie
Joolie Bagoolie (owner, NYC) providing professional children's entertainment including magic shows
with puppets, and interactive adventure shows incorporating storytelling, imagination and play.
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Technical Theater Production
Apollinaire Theatre Company (Special effects makeup, Chelsea, MA), Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
(Costume construction, Boston), Improv Asylum (Live video feed and editing, Boston), Northeastern University
(Costume and set construction, Boston), The Nightjarmen (Costume, set, mask, puppet, props, and lighting
design and construction, Boston), Fool's Journey (Lighting, costume, props, and set design, Boston),
Double Edge Theatre (Costume, set, and puppet construction, Ashfield, MA)
2017-2022
2017-Present
2016-Present
2007-2017
Teaching
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Workshop on Embodied Relational Practice
(Brooklyn, NY)
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RE^ATHETA
Workshop on ensemble practices, physicality and song, taught to theatre professionals (Barcelona)
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Physical Ensemble Theatre Workshop
Taught to Northeastern University undergraduate theatre students (Boston, MA)
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Guest Teacher and Assistant
For Northeastern University undergraduate movement theatre class (Boston, MA)
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Primal Practice
Weekly classes aimed at cultivating physical intelligence though a relational, inquiry-based physical practice
(Boston, MA)
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Researching Ensemble: Improvisation Via Song
Laboratory workshop series on integrating polyphony and physical improvisation (Cambridge, MA)
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The Drama-Play Connection
At a summer camp for kids K-12 on the autism spectrum, taught monologue prep and acting class for
high schoolers, private voice and movement class for elementary student (Weston, MA)
2019
2019
2017
2013, 2017
2016-2017
2016
2012
Skills
Butoh, contact improv, advanced yoga asanas (arm balances, headstand), partner acro, tap, basic Parkour, basic aerial silks, martial arts, stiltwalking/running/jumping, voice acting, singing, polyphonic singing, musical saw, balloon twisting, valid driver's license, valid passport