David Diamond
Autumn Quarter 2005
David Diamond is a theatre consultant and career coach for theatre artists. As a career coach, David works with individual theatre artists assisting them in goal setting, strategizing and actively pursuing their chosen career. Clients include directors, actors, designers, playwrights and producers.
Current projects include organizing and coordinating (along with Ellen Stewart) the LaMaMa International Symposium for Directors, now entering its fourth year. The Symposium brings directors from around the world together to exchange ideas and interact creatively through workshops, rehearsals and performances. The Symposium takes place at LaMaMa Umbria in Spoleto, Italy in July.
David presents the workshop, Directing Your Directing Career to university students around the country. The workshop provides countless resources and advice for navigating a career in the professional theatre. It has been presented at Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon and Fordham University, among others.
Previously David served as Executive Director of Stage Directors and Choreographers for close to a decade. In that capacity he initiated and expanded programs for directors and choreographers around the country while increasing the resources of the Foundation. He published The JOURNAL for Stage Directors and Choreographers and co-edited the Stage Directors’ Handbook. He produced the annual “Mr. Abbott” Awards, which honors lifetime achievement of a director or choreographer.
Previous positions include General Manager of United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Managing Director of The Barrow Group Theatre Company and Management Services Assistant at Theatre Communications Group. He edited ArtSEARCH and has written articles for American Theater, The Drama Review and The JOURNAL.
David serves as 2nd Vice Chair of Community Board Five in Manhattan and chairs the Arts, Culture & Tourism Committee. He is President of the Board of Trustees of The Barrow Group, the Drama Desk Award Winning Off-Broadway theatre company.
He received his B.A. in Psychology with a theatre minor from University of Illinois and an M.A. in Performance Studies from New York University. He completed with distinction the Arts Leadership Institute at the Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
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