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Lee Kopp

Lee Kopp

Special Events Director

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Communications Director Arts Management

  • Education

    • San Jose State University

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      Theater Arts; Music

      Activities and Societies: Storytellers, Marching Band, ROTC, Drum & Bugle Corps, set up lights/sound for Student Union. . Guest instructor at SJSU for Master's Classes, "The Voice Academy" Continuing Education and workshops. · AFTRA Conservatory, San Francisco. Studied advanced performance skills.

  • Experience

    • Santa Clara County Fair Association

      Jan 1967 - Jan 1970
      Special Events Director

      Created Special Events Department and Media Relations. Produced hundreds of contests, beauty pageants, battle of bands, press meetings, and entertainment packages.

    • Phantasy Company

      Jan 1969 - Jan 1982
      Producer

      Children's tour theater company. Managed entire operation including hire/fire, contracts, booking, payroll, insurance and marketing. Sold tour operation in 1982.

    • California Actors Theater (Union stage house)

      Jan 1974 - Jan 1979
      Publicist / Producer

      Joined the staff during start-up phase. Took over PR department during manager's illness. Became Producer of unionized start-up children's theater in 1976. With $1,000 seed money sold 1,200 subscriptions in first year. Profits subsidized main stage. Managed front-of-house.

    • Actors Phantasy Company

      Jan 1981 - Jan 1986
      Talent Agent

      Created and managed talent agency specializing in corporate communications and events. Sold agency in 1986.

    • Jim Stevens and Friends

      Jan 1983 - now
      Musician

      Harmonica and VocalsSongwriter: member of BMI

    • Actors Annex

      Jan 1985 - now
      Owner

      Messaging for Arts Organizations. Publicity and Marketing Services. Current clients: Symphony Silicon Valley, Steinway Society, Anne & Mark's Art Party, ShakesBEERience San Jose. Rocky Horror Show. sjDANCEco.Entertainment Services: scripting, producing and performing in corporate film and video, trade shows, and various theatrical enterprises.Wrote, produced and directed High Tech Trade Shows.TRADE SHOW EXPERIENCE:Over 100 trade shows throughout the United States and abroad including NETWORLD+INTEROP, COMDEX, NAB, SEYBOLD, NCTA, MACWORLD, FOSE, UNIFORUM, NETWORKS UK, DB EXPO, E-MAIL WORLD, CALL CENTERS, COMPUTER TELEPHONY, DAC, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS and others. Spokesman, role-play, game show host. Ear Prompter expert.See a sample comedy video written and directed for Tensilica on YouTube: "One Photon Torpedo Can Ruin Your Whole Day"https://youtu.be/n9lbk4o5gdE Show less

    • San Jose Stage Company

      Jan 1989 - Jan 2008

      Worked as an actor in numerous theatrical productions including a nearly four year run of "Angry Housewives" which broke records for the longest-running musical in South Bay history. Also spent 10 years helping with promotions and marketing. Press point-of-contact for all productions, photo editing, and telemarketing. Produced radio & TV Public Service Announcements. Increased subscriber base 600% in 1 year. Coordinated promotional efforts of 17 multi-cultural arts groups for start-up of new arts festival. Oversaw publicity, photos, ads, brochures and direct mail for 4 festivals over 2 years.

      • Professional Actor

        Jan 1972 - Jan 2008

      • Publicity

        Jan 1988 - Jan 1998

      • Publicist

        Jan 1989 - Jan 1991

    • Stars, The Agency

      Jan 1990 - Jan 2017
      Free-Lance Actor

      ActorFILM RECOIL . ..Immigrant Films . .Milton Pinehurst . Jarek Kupsc, Director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7pwxDB_Gz0COPYCAT . . Warner Bros. . .Haircut (Frank) . Jon Amiel, Dir.STRAWBERRY ROAD . . Tokyo Hoei . . .Featured. Koreyoshi Kurahara, Dir. BLOOD RED . . Nelson Entertainment . . . Featured. Peter Masterson, Dir.THE SENSIBLE THING . .PBS . . . Mr. Cary. Elise Robertson, Dir.POLITICALLY CORRECT . .Independent Short . . Co-Star. Francesca Prada, Dir.TELEVISION NASH BRIDGES . . ."Gimme Shelter"​ . . . Garrison Stone. CBS Pat Duffy, Dir. TRAVELIN'​ ON . . ."The Panoramic West"​ . . . Co-Host. Freewheelin FilmsWOLF . . . "Two Men and a Baby"​ . . .Featured. CBS/Bill Corcoran, Dir.KANGA RODDY . . ."Sibling Rivalry"​ . . Featured. PBS/Doug Freeman KANGA RODDY . . ."Big Boys Don't Cry"​ . . .Featured. PBS/Elise Robertson STAGE ROMEO & JULIET , Lord Capulet . . . Theatre on San Pedro Square, Directed by Gary DeMattei CHAPS! , Clive Cooper . . . San Jose Stage Company, Rick Singleton, Director SONG OF SINGAPORE, Hans van der Last . . Cabaret Theatre of San Francisco, Tony Tanner 1940's RADIO HOUR , U/S (four lead roles) . . San Jose Repertory Theatre, Timothy Near ANGRY HOUSEWIVES (Four years) Wally . . . San Jose Stage Company, Rick Singleton THE DOWNSIDE, Jeffrey Blaine . . SJ Stage Company, Ray Garrette RINGERS. Carl Griffin . . .SJ Stage Company, Ken Kelleher GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, Dave Moss . . .San Jose Stage Company, Tom Oleniacz IN AND OUT OF LOVE...AGAIN!, Leading Man . . San Jose Repertory Theatre, Richard DubinShakesBEERience...Buck Hill Productions: Romeo & Juliet (Lord Montague), Richard III (Lord Hastings), Macbeth (King Duncan), Much Ado (Antonio), Taming of the Shrew (Hortensio), As You Like It (Duke Frederick), Tempest (Boatswain), Comedy of Errors (Aegeon), Hamlet (Osric), Winter's Tale (Antigonus), Measure For Measure (Provost), Midsummer Night's Dream (Snout/Wall), Merry Wives of Windsor (Shallow) Show less

    • "South Bay Bytes" for Theatre Bay Area Magazine

      Jan 1992 - Jan 2013
      Columnist

      Wrote monthly column and contributed feature articles about Bay Area theater scene.

    • Ballet San Jose

      Sept 1999 - Jul 2013

      Press point-of-contact and spokesperson for ballet and ballet school, outreach programs, and special events. Negotiate all marketing vendor contracts. Design display ads, direct mail pieces, posters, banners, etc. Write all press releases including society materials for auxiliary (Ballet Council). Supply materials for Company web site and help design online marketing campaigns at Mercury News, Artsopolis and various other sites. Produced PBS special "Silicon Ballet" posted for view on our website. Regularly produce TV PSAs for non-profit school; write and direct TV and radio commercials. Created first electronic (e-mail) press databases. Help maintain ticketing database. Moved company toward electronic distribution of photos and press releases. Increased distribution/reduced budget. Developed volunteer resources. Manage company's telemarketing campaigns. Created crises marketing campaign for the 2002-03 season that met goal despite a 50% reduction in budget from previous year. Successfully guided company's national media through crisis mode following our Cleveland partner's bankruptcy in 2000. Also assisted in Symphony Silicon Valley restructuring in 2002. Have re-branded name of our ballet company three times in eight years. Show less Press point-of-contact for ballet and symphony productions, school, outreach programs, and special events. Helped successfully guide company's national media through crisis mode (Cleveland bankruptcy in 2000. Assisted with press in creation of Symphony Silicon Valley in 2002.) Produced TV PSAs for non-profit school, wrote and directed TV commercials, created first electronic (e-mail) press databases. Moved company toward electronic distribution of photos and press releases. Increased distribution/reduced budget. Show less

      • Marketing Director

        Jan 2004 - Jul 2013

      • Publicist

        Sept 1999 - Jul 2013

    • Arts Council Silicon Valley

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
      Grants panelist

      Served with Arts Council Silicon Valley reviewing and recommending grants for small to mid-size arts organizations. Volunteer position.

    • Symphony Silicon Valley

      Aug 2013 - now
      Director of ArtSPARK outreach program

      Director of an outreach program to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade school children in Santa Clara Country that brings kids to events in local arts venues including Symphony Silicon Valley.

    • Library Acts of Culture for Knight Foundation

      Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
      Producer / Director

      Produced 23 short "flash" type arts events in public libraries throughout Santa Clara County as part of Knight Foundation's Random Acts of Culture initiative. Programs included 'The Flick Knife Song' from Threepenny Opera with San Jose Stage Company, a string quartet from Symphony Silicon Valley, a musical trio from Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra, and a landscape painting by artist Joe Rodriguez. Videos were shot of the performances which included interviews with some of the library patrons. All four pieces are on the Knight Foundation's website. View a sample here: http://vimeo.com/92542715 Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Lee Kopp
      2016 Hospitality Achievement Award Silicon Valley Concierge Association Apr 2016 Presented in appreciation for commitment to excellence by providing exceptional hospitality service.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • First Responder

      Issued by Community Emergency Response Team on Feb 2015
      Community Emergency Response TeamAssociated with Lee Kopp

    • Member of Steering Committee for ArtSpiration

      Issued by Santa Clara County Office of Education on Mar 2014
      Santa Clara County Office of EducationAssociated with Lee Kopp

    • Co-chair of the Arts & Dining Committee

      Issued by San Jose Downtown Association on Feb 2008
      San Jose Downtown AssociationAssociated with Lee Kopp

    • Board of Directors

      Issued by Friends of Heritage Theatre on Dec 2016
      Friends of Heritage TheatreAssociated with Lee Kopp