Hope Alexander (Willis)

Experience

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  San Francisco Actor's Workshop

  Jan 1962 - Jan 1965

  Actor/Intern
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  ArtWorld in General

  Jan 1963 - now

  Director/Actor/Teacher
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  South Coast Repertory

  May 1965 - Jul 2001

  Director/Actor

  I have worked at SCR on and off for the the past 40+ years. Directed: PLAY STRINDBERG, TRUE WEST. Acted in: IDEAL HUSBAND, THREE VIEWINGS, A DELICATE BALANCE, amongst others.

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  The A.C.T. Conservatory

  Aug 1974 - Jun 1976

  Actor-Teacher

  Core Company Member. Representative Roles: DOROTHY MOORE (Jumpers), LADY ANNE (Richard III), MISS ALICE (Tiny Alice), MME. ARKADINA (The Seagull).

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  Theatre

  Jan 1980 - now

  Director
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  Berkeley Repertory Theatre

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1985

  Actor

  Core Company Member. Representative Roles: ROSALIND (As You Like It), MEDEA (Kabuki Medea), HESIONE (Heartbreak House), MAXINE (Night of The Iguana), KLEOPATRA (Diary of A Scoundrel).

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  The New WKRP in CINCINATTI

  Jul 1990 - Jul 1991

  SERIES STAR

  Played CLAIRE HARTLINE - 22 Episodes

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  COACH HOPE

  Jan 2000 - now

  Professional Life Coach

  Certified Life Coach working one-on-one with people wanting to effect change in their lives.

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  The Company Rep

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Artistic Director

  Produced 22 shows in 3 1/2 years, formed and maintained fund raising Board of Directors, Costume designer 19 shows, directed: Camino Real, Comedy of Errors, Play Stindberg, The Fantasticks, Criminal Minds, Picasso at The Lapin Agile, Rosenstrasse, The Nina Variations, Christmas Carol amongst others.

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  Mystery Of Blackrose Castle (TV Series)

  Apr 2000 - Aug 2000

  Series Star

  Star of International TV Series directed by Cannes Festival Winner, Barna Kabay. Written by Venice FIlm Festival WInner, Katalin Petényi. 13 Episodes.

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  The American Academy of Dramatic Arts

  Jan 2006 - Feb 2008

  Guest Director/Acting Teacher

  Teaching: Scene Study, Styles and Acting Shakespeare.DIrecting: First and Second Year Exam Plays, Final Grad Plays

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  The Colony Theatre Company

  Apr 2008 - May 2008

  Theatre Director - THE IMMIGRANT

  DIrected the West Coast Premiere of the musical version of THE IMMIGRANT. THE IMMIGRANT was written by Mark Harelik from his play with Music by Steven M. Alper and Lyrics by Sarah Knapp. The Musical DIrector was the amazing Dean Mora. THE IMMIGRANT starred; Joe J. Garcia, Christopher Guilmet, Monica Louwerens and Cynthia Marty.

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  University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2014

  PATP Project Director

  Directed Steven Dietz's THE NINA VARIATIONS with MFA Acting students

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  Kenan Theatre Company

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Director of AS YOU LIKE IT

  http://drama.unc.edu/2014-2015-season/

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  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Jan 2015 - now

  Acting Shakespeare

  • Co-Teacher - Advanced Acting for Majors - Shakespeare

    Jan 2016 - now

  • Guest Teacher

    Jan 2015 - now
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  The ArtsCenter /Carrboro

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Director- Oh, What A Lovely War

  Joan Littlewood and company members in The Theatre Workshop created Oh, What a Lovely War! as a satire on World War I and, by extension, against war in general. Adapted from Charles Chilton’s original radio play, The Long, Long Trail, the musical premiered at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1963 and opened on Broadway in 1964. The company developed the production using improvisations and popular songs sung by soldiers during the war. The actors assemble as a pierrot troupe to play many parts – soldiers, generals, suffragettes, politicians, profiteers and spies, parading before the audience in a series of quick-fire scenes. Called one of the “seminal events of modern British theatre” Oh What a Lovely War! juxtaposes vaudevillian routines with stark projections of life in the war, in a thought-provoking multimedia theatrical event. Show less

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  10x10 In The Triangle

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

  Director - L. Robert Westeen's AS WE KNEW IT
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  The ArtsCenter

  Jun 2016 - now

  Director of GRACE - 10x10 Festival
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  City Ballet Raleigh

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2020

  Drama Teacher

  Week long workshop teaching the physicality of storytelling using popular songs. Working with young dancers to help them learn the power of storytelling through the use of emotional body memory and the art of psychological gesture.

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  Theatre In The Park

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  Director

  Stage Director of the world premiere of Adrienne Earle Pender's 'N'. Eugene O'Neill's groundbreaking 1921 play, The Emperor Jones, was the first American play that featured an African-American actor in the lead role on Broadway. Charles S. Gilpin's portrayal of Emperor Brutus Jones was hailed as "revelatory," and he was named the finest actor of the age. The opening of The Emperor Jones made stars of both men; it was O'Neill's first commercial success, and Charles Gilpin became the toast of the theater world. But by 1926, O'Neill was a legend and Gilpin was lost to history. N explores the challenging relationship between Gilpin and O'Neill and how it ultimately hinged on one word; a word that lifted one of them to the heights of American theater, and a word that destroyed the other. Show less

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  Murder On The Orient Express - Playmakers Repertory Company

  Feb 2024 - now

  Professional Actor

  Playing Princess Dragomiroff in Ken Ludwig's Murder On THe Orient Express. Directed by Tracy Bearsley. 2/6-3/24 2024