EDUCATION:
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at AUSTIN, Department of Theatre & Dance
• Master of Fine Arts in Directing, 2010
BROOKLYN COLLEGE, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, 1998
• Magna Cum Laude
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, Huntsville, TX
• Theatre Arts Major, 1993-1995
EXPERIENCE:
DIRECTING
The University of Texas at Austin
2010 THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD, The B. Iden Payne Theatre
• Opera by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang and Obie Award-winning playwright Mac Wellman
Nominated for eight 2010 Austin Critics' Table Awards including "Best Opera"
2008 I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY SOMETHING ELSE, FOR REAL, The Blanton Museum of Art
• Museum-theater piece for Austin Museum Day
2008 OUR LADY OF 121st STREET By Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Lab Theatre
• In addition - Scene Designer
2008 WHY KOREANS DON’T HUG (new play) By Soo-Jin Lee, The Lab Theatre
• In addition - Scene Designer
2008 BEAT VOICES (museum-theater), Harry Ransom Center
• In conjunction with the exhibition ON THE ROAD WITH THE BEATS
2008 BAD PENNY by Mac Wellman, The Blanton Museum of Art
International
2009 L'INDIANO VUOLE IL BRONX By Israel Horovitz, Teatrino delle Sei, Spoleto, Italy
New York, NY
2006 PITCHED, Actors’ Playhouse
• 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival
• In addition - Scene Designer
2004 HEADLINE, BRIC Studio
• Performance and video conceived by
Luke Leonard, Words by Susan Dunlap
2003 THE CRAZY PLAYS, BRIC Studio
• Revised script for BRIC by Jeffrey M. Jones
2003 NEW WORK by Luke Leonard, BRIC Studio
• PERFORMANCE RECORD #1
Also produced at Makor, 2007
• EVIL-IN-PROGRESS
Also produced at Little Theatre, 2003
• WONDER/PLAY (music-theatre)
2002 MISTER ORIGINAL BUGG, BRIC Studio & Little Theatre
• World Premiere Short Play By Mac Wellman
2002 THE WAR IN HEAVE, BRIC Studio
2001 DISPOSABLE PLAYS (one-acts), DUMBO Theater eXchange
2000 BONY AND POOT, DUMBO Theater eXchange
• In addition - Scene Designer
2000 UNTITLED, 1985, DUMBO Theater eXchange
• The Fourth annual d.u.m.b.o. art under the bridge Festival
1998 NIL TO NIGH, d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac)
• Collaboration with Yukihiro Nishiyama
1997 INSIDE THE STATE HOSPITAL, Theater for the New City
• Premiered in an evening called “Hours of Danger”
ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR
2009 SHAKESPEARE'S SONETTE, Berliner Ensemble (Berlin)
• Directed and Designed by Robert Wilson
2007 ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD, Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (Austin)
• Directed by Laura Kepley
1998 WHITE NIGHTS, La Mama, E.T.C. (New York)
• Directed and Adapted by Andrea Paciotto
ACTING *available upon request
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
FILM/VIDEO (screenings are in italics)
• ANTIQUATED PLAY (2007)
Writer, Director, Editor, Performer, Producer
2007 NYC Premiere, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
• URCHIN (released by Vanguard Cinema 2007)
A feature film by John Harlacher, produced by 2 Cities Productions
Director of Photography
2007 Rapture Cafe, New York, NY
2007 NYC Premiere, Red Room Theatre, New York, NY
• THINGS THAT AREN’T EVEN THERE (2004)
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Music video for Pale Blue Dot
• TO HAVE THE SUNSHINE (2004)
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Music video for Justin Collins
• NO ACCOUNT FILM (1999)
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
2004 Flicker Festival, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
2000 DUMBO Theater eXchange, Brooklyn, NY
• UNEMPLOYED IN NYC: PORTRAITS FOR YUKIHIRO NISHIYAMA (1998)
2002 BRIC Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2000 DUMBO Theater eXchange, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2009 "The Time It Takes." Installation. Part of the Downtown Austin Alliance “Holiday Stroll." Congress Ave., Austin, TX
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2010 THE ART OF DEPICTING NATURE AS IT IS SEEN BY TOADS, The Lab Theatre
SELECTED GROUP PERFORMANCES
2008 "Big Time," Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
ADMINISTRATIVE
2009-2010 Season Selection Committee, The University of Texas at Austin
• Committee Member, Graduate Student Body Representative
Monk Parrots, Inc., New York, NY, 2007 – Present
• Founder/Member
DTX (a/k/a DUMBO Theater eXchange, Inc.,) Brooklyn, NY, April 2000-2007
• Founder/Artistic Director
BRIC Studio, Brooklyn Information & Culture, Brooklyn, NY, 2002-2004
• Creator and Curator of Theater Nexus (a monthly theater series)
d.u.m.b.o. arts center (DAC), Brooklyn, NY, October, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Theater Coordinator, The d.u.m.b.o. art under the bridge Festival
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
ACTING
• Viewpoints, The SITI Company, New Dance Group, New York, NY
Instructors: Akiko Aizawa, J. Ed Araiza, Ellen Lauren, Tom Nelis, Barney O’Hanlon
• Joseph Chaikin Master Class, La MaMa La Galleria, New York, NY
DIRECTING
• Master Class in Composition with Anne Bogart, New York, NY
• Joseph Chaikin Master Class, Westbeth Theatre Center, NY
PERFORMANCE ART
• Advanced Performance Art, Professor Michael Smith, Univ. of TX at Austin
INSTALLATION/SCULPTURE
• Installation/Sculpture, Professor Margo Sawyer, Univ. of TX at Austin
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
The University of Texas at Austin
Assistant Instructor. Spring 2009; Fall 2009
Department of Theatre & Dance: Undergraduate Course
• TD 303 – Fundamentals of Acting. Developing a respect for acting, skills for script analysis, playing an action, and an awareness of time and space through the use of exercises derived from Meisner and Viewpoints techniques.
The University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Assistant. Fall 2008
Department of Theatre & Dance: Undergraduate Courses Assisted
• TD 351T – Acting for the Camera. Developing the actor’s sense of awareness to his/her “actor type,” fostering a deeply personal acting style for the camera, and learning about the actor-director relationship by collaborating with film students in the creation of dogma-style films.
• TD 313E – Acting III. Based on Sanford Meisner’s premise that, “Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances,” students are introduced to the Meisner technique to help them personalize their association with text, circumstances, and action.
PUBLICATIONS:
Leonard, Luke. “On With The Mission (DTX).” Producing Your Own Showcase. By Paul Harris. Ed. Nicole Potter. New York: Allworth Press, 2001.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
“Al Teatrino delle Sei in Scena ‘Trilogia Horovitz’, Ovvero La Genesi Della Violenza.” Rev. of L’Indiano Vuole Il Bronx, dir. Luke Leonard. Teatrino delle Sei. Tuttoggi.info 15 Sept. 2009. 10 Nov. 2009 http://www.tuttoggi.info/articolo-17603.php
Capitta, Gianfranco. “Horovitz, Trilogia delle solitudine.” Il Manifesto 27 Sept. 2009. 10 Nov. 2009 http://rete-eco.it/it/approfondimenti/europa-usa-etc/9060-horovitz-trilogia-della-solitudine.html
Distefano, Giuseppe. “Storie di pregiudizi razziali nella ‘Trilogia’ di Israel Horovitz.” ilsole24ore.com 17 Sept. 2009. 10 Nov. 2009 http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tempo%20libero%20e%20Cultura/2009/09/trilogia-istrael.shtml?uuid=b42e7c4a-a3aa-11de-9cb7-ea7a81dfc3bd&DocRulesView=Libero
Fioretti, Anna Lia Sabelli. “Guerra, odio pregiudizi nella trilogia di Horovitz.” Corriere dell’Umbria 8 Sept. 2009. 10 Nov. 2009 http://www.offucina.com/OFFUCINA_ITA/corriere_umbria_09_-_horovitz.html
Hinojosa, Richard. “Pitched.” Rev. of Pitched, dir. Luke Leonard. Actors’ Playhouse. NYTheatre.com 11 Aug. 2006. 29 Nov. 2008 http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/archshow.php?key=777.
Jacobs, Leonard. “DUMBO Stages Flying Under Manhattan Bridge.” Backstage 25-31 January 2002: 3.
Manni, Antonella. “Trilogia Horovitz Conquista Il Pubblico.” Spoleto City 7 Sept. 2009. 10 Nov. 2009 http://www.spoletocity.com/index.php/societa/spettacolo/2565-qtrilogia-horovitzq-conquista-il-pubblico
Ryzin, Jeanne Claire van. “Review: ‘The Difficulty of Crossing a Field.’” Austin360 25 April 2010 http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2010/04/25/review_the_difficulty_of_cross.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_arts_seeing_things.
Shaw, Helen. “Best of the Fringe 2003.” Rev. of Birdland, perf. Luke Leonard. The Linhart Theatre. The New York Sun 15 Aug. 2003, Arts & Letters sec.: 12.
Simmons, Paulanne. “New Ideas.” The Brooklyn Papers/GO Brooklyn 24 Mar. 2003, Vol. 26, No. 12 ed.: 5.
Simmons, Paulanne. “Odd Couple: DUMBO Theater Showcases new talent in Bony and Poot.” The Brooklyn Papers/GO Brooklyn 20 Nov. 2000, Vol. 23, No. 46.
Winter, Gary. “Experimental Theater Grows in Brooklyn.” The Brooklyn Rail Winter 2003: 52.
AWARDS:
The University of Texas at Austin
2009-10 Jack G. Taylor Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Fine Arts
2009 ZT Scott Travel Grant
2008 Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professorship Travel Grant
2008-09 Jack G. Taylor Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Fine Arts
2008-09 Morton Brown, Nellie Lea Brown, and Minelma Brown Lockwood Scholarship Fund in Drama
2008 The University Co-Op Cohen New Works Research and Development Grant
2007-08 Francis Hodge Endowed Award
2007-08 Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Joseph Davidson Scholarship
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
1995 Mel Silverman Scholarship
1993 Mel Silverman Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
Dramatists Guild Associate Member
Monk Parrots, Inc.
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)