Artistic Resume
Elisa Grace Diehl (Artistic Résumé)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Age Range: 18-50 (flexible) Height: 5′ 9” Weight: 145 Eyes: gray-green Hair: blond
DIRECTING, PRODUCING, DESIGN & TECHNICAL:
| The Hairy Ape
Dance Nation | Director, Set/Projections/Costume Designer
Costume Designer, Technical Coordinator | Spring Branch Black Box
HCC Central Theatre One | ||||
| Gi60 2022 | Co-Director | HCC Stafford Black Box | ||||
| The Spoilers | Director | HCC Stafford Black Box | ||||
| Anon(ymous) | Costume Designer, Technical Coordinator | HCC Central Theatre One | ||||
| Gi60 Houston 2021 | Co-Director | HCC Stafford Black Box | ||||
| Love in 2020 | Co-Director/Facilitator | HCC Online | ||||
| All Lee College PAC Productions 2019-2020 | Technical Director and Shop Foreman | Lee College PAC | ||||
| Shrek the Musical | Music Director | Slocomb Auditorium | ||||
| Coffee House | Lighting Designer | Lee College Black Box | ||||
| ABBA Revisited | Lighting Designer | Lee College PAC | ||||
| TNT TexFest 2019 | Lead Technician/Facility Manager | Lee College PAC | ||||
| The Nutcracker Ballet | Light Board Operator | Lee College PAC | ||||
| Mary Poppins | Music Director | Slocomb Auditorium | ||||
| Santa’s Christmas Magic (2014-19) | Music Director (6 times) | Powell Arena Theatre | ||||
| Rashomon | Choreographer/Dramaturg/Cultural Movement Director | Powell Arena Theatre | ||||
| Spamalot | Music Director | Slocomb Auditorium | ||||
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Music Director/Sound Engineer | Slocomb Auditorium | ||||
| Little Shop of Horrors | Assistant Director/Music Director | Slocomb Auditorium | ||||
| Young Frankenstein the Musical | Music Director | Slocomb Auditorium | ||||
| Bullets for Broadway | Makeup Design (Mimi Sheraton) | Eklektix Theatre Company | ||||
| Black Box Black Blocks 2011 | Producer/Artistic Director | Earle Ernst Lab | ||||
| The Vengeful Sword | Chirashi Design/Percussion Ensemble | Kennedy Theatre | ||||
| Hamlet | Underscore Composer/Violinist | Kennedy Theatre | ||||
| Kathakali Performance: Ravana
Robyn Archer & Michael Morley: German Cabaret Songs | Sound Board Operator
House Manager | Earle Ernst Lab
Orvis Auditorium | ||||
| The Story of a Fly | Director | Earle Ernst Lab “Black Box” | ||||
| Black Box Black Blocks 2010 | Producer/Artistic Director/Stage Manager | Earle Ernst Lab | ||||
| I Have Space Issues | Wig Design and Construction | Earle Ernst Lab “Late Night” | ||||
| Three Tall Women (Act II) | Director | Earle Ernst Lab “680 One Acts” | ||||
| 2010 680 One Acts | Lighting Designer/Board Operator | Earle Ernst Lab | ||||
| The White Snake | Makeup Crew | Kennedy Theatre | ||||
| Chaotic Therapy | Director | Earle Ernst Lab “Black Box” | ||||
| Black Box Black Blocks 2009 | Producer/Artistic Director | Earle Ernst Lab | ||||
| Sumida River | Curtain Koken | Kennedy Theatre | ||||
| Akazukin-chan the Musical | Director | OES Japan | ||||
| Kiss Me Kate | Set Construction/ Prop Construction/Costume Runner | Chapman Theatre | ||||
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Costume Crew/ Makeup Crew | Chapman Theatre | ||||
| The Fantasticks | Prop Assembly/ Deck Crew | Chapman Theatre | ||||
| Honk | Spotlight Operator | Chapman Theatre | ||||
| Creative Development | Director/Set Designer/ Sound Board Operator | Theatre II | ||||
| World Apocalypse | Director/Stage Manager | Theatre II | ||||
| Crimes of the Heart | Running Crew | Chapman Theatre | ||||
| Bigger isn’t Better Revue | Spotlight Operator | Chapman Theatre | ||||
| In the Night | Running Crew | Theatre II | ||||
PERFORMANCE:
| Be Tobacco Free | Seismic Sue | Mad Science of Houston |
| Heroes of Science | Seismic Sue | Mad Science of Houston |
| Fire and Ice | Seismic Sue | Mad Science of Houston |
| Animals. Science. Who Knew? | Seismic Susanna | CHOMP! Space Center Houston |
| Spin, Pop, Boom! | Seismic Sue | Mad Science of Houston |
| Summer “Mad Science Lesson” | Seismic Susanna | Great Day Houston (TV: 6/12/13) |
| Bullets for Broadway | Mimi Sheraton | Eklektix Theatre Company at the Hobby Center Artista Restaurant |
| Up, Up and Away | Seismic Sue | Mad Science of Houston |
| Recital Navideño (Flamenco) | Adult Ensemble | UNM Rodey Theatre |
| Little Red Riding Hood | Wolf | Earle Ernst Lab |
| The Vengeful Sword | Takao/Jirosuke | Kennedy Theatre |
| “Night of Asian Theatre” | Head Hawker(Kabuki) | AAP Conference 2011 |
| Hamlet | Osric/Gentleman/ Silhouette Violinist | Kennedy Theatre |
| JARP | Actor | Earle Ernst Lab “Black Box” |
| Where Humanity Lies | Student 2 | Earle Ernst Lab |
| I Have Space Issues, So Back Off My Starship (a New Musical) | AIMI | Earle Ernst Lab “Late Night” |
| The White Snake | White Snake/ Divine Warrior | Kennedy Theatre |
| Statuesque | Tourist | Earle Ernst Lab “Black Box” |
| Wiley and the Hairy Man | Chorus IV/Violinist | Earle Ernst Lab “Late Night” |
| Sumida River | Ji/Koken | Kennedy Theatre |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Miss Adams | Albuquerque Little Theatre |
| Akuzukin-Chan the Musical | Storyteller/Red Riding Hood | OES Japan |
| Kiss Me Kate | Ralph | Chapman Theatre |
| The Girl Who Was Plugged In (Weird Romance) | P. Burke | Theatre II |
| Songs for a New World | Company | Theatre II |
| Lives of the Great Waitresses | Tammy Sue | Theatre II |
| The Vagina Monologues (x2) | Company | Chapman Theatre |
| Thumbelina | Widow Toad | Spotlight Theatre |
| A Richard Rogers Revue | Company | Theatre II |
| 100 Years of Broadway in 35 Min. | Fanny Pearl | Theatre II |
| A Tender Offer | Lisa | Chapman Theatre |
| Eat Your Heart Out | Doris/Company | The Strolling Players |
| Menace at the Mine | Alice | The Engine House Theater |
| The Interview | The Politician | UNM Theatre-X |
| The Lucky Lady | Fanny Fleur | The Engine House Theater |
| Kitty Hawk | Lovie Knight | The Engine House Theater |
| Cinderella: Everybody Needs a Fairy Godmother | Fairy | The KiMo Theatre |
RADIO:
FM Taro (Gunma, Japan) OES monthly audio commercials from October 2007 – May 2008
PUPPET MANIPULATION:
| Wayang Kulit Scene | Petruk/Gareng | Kennedy Theatre Substage (MD) |
| Deus Ex Machina (Wayang Golek) | Dionysis’ Arms | Earle Ernst Lab |
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Fluent Japanese, Basic German, Tae-Kwon-Do (Black Belt), Violin, Cello, Ryuteki/Komabue (Japanese Flutes), Epee/Foil Fencing
PLAYWRIGHT CREDITS:
Akazukin-Chan the Musical (December 2007, produced by OES Japan)
The Bare Truth (July 2009, directed by Jenn Thomas as part of the Black Box Black Blocks festival)
Wonka Concoctions (October 2018 for a Mad Science of Houston Custom Theatrical Event)
OTHER RELEVANT TRAINING:
–Gagaku (Ryuteki and Komabue Flutes and Bugaku Dance)- Hawaii Gagaku Society (2009-2011)
-Intensive Kabuki training with Onoe Kikunobu (movement) and Kashiwa Senjiro (music) (2010-2011)
-Intensive Jingju training with Dr. Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak and masters Lu Genzhang and Zhang Ling (2009-2010)
-Intensive Noh (Kita School) training with Richard Emmeret and Akira Matsui (2009)
–Kyōgen Demonstration Workshop in Tatebayashi Bunka-Kaikan (2007)
-Advanced Shakespeare Workshop with Tim Blake Nelson (2005)
Worlds of Words 
