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Ken Roht

Producer/Director

  • Winter '06 PAGEANT OF THE SEASONS, (also wrote, choreographed and co-composed), A 99¢ Only Holiday Spectacle, Bootleg Theater (former Evidence Room,) Los Angeles
  • Winter '05 ORANGE STAR DINNER SHOW (also wrote/choreographed) Holiday Extravaganza,
    Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Winter '05 JONI MITCHELL'S "SONG TO A SEAGULL" Tribute Concert / Fundraiser, Evidence Room, Los Angeles and Renaissance Arts Academy, Eagle Rock
  • Spring ’05 JINAKE, BOBBY'S SAGA (co-wrote) short film w/ youth outreach
    Heart Project, Los Angeles
  • Winter ’04 PEACE SQUAD GOES 99 (also wrote/choreographed), Holiday Extravaganza, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Summer ’04 LAST RESORT (also wrote/choreographed), Staged Opera Workshop, REDCAT and Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Spring ’04 GROWING WITH GHOSTS (also wrote/choreographed), Site-specific Theatrical Installation, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
  • Summer ’03 TRIBE (also wrote/choreographed) Theater for Young Audiences, L.A. Future Projects - Edgefest, 24th Street Theater, Los Angeles
  • Winter ’03 SPLENDOR, 99 CENT ONLY WONDERAMA (also wrote/choreographed), Holiday Extravaganza, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Spring ‘03 HE POUNCES (also wrote/choreographed), Progressive Music Theater
    Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Winter ’03 ROBERTA FLACK’S “KILLING ME SOFTLY,” Tribute Concert, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Winter ’02 99¢ ONLY STORES WORLD OF BARGAIN ENTERTAINMENT (also wrote/choreographed) Dance Extravaganza, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Fall ’00 MANKILLER (also wrote/choreographed), Workshop of a Musical Commisioned by Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theater Projects, Actors Gang, Los Angeles
  • Fall ’98 KNIGHT OF THE DARK World Premiere Concert of a Modern Opera (Based on the Knights Templer), Long Beach First Congregational Church
  • Fall ’97, ’95 ORPHEAN CIRCUS (also wrote/choreographed), Rock Theater, Buena Park Civic Theater, Various Los Angeles locations
  • Winter’97,’96 BIG, BIG CHRISTMAS WINNERS! (also conceived/choreographed), Site Specific Musical, Commissioned by Sears, Fedco and JC Penney for the Buena Park Mall / Theater of NOTE, LA
  • Summer ’96 SPRINGING THE MANTRAP (Produced only), World Premiere Play Playwrights Arena, Los Angeles
  • Summer ’94 KEN AND THE MERRY KENDALLS (also wrote/choreographed), Rock Theater, Whirligig Music Festival, Los Angeles
  • Spring ’93 LARRY SWELL’S BIG BANG (also wrote/choreographed), Progressive Music Theater, Los Angeles Theater Center

Director/Choreographer

  • Spring '07 BARK! THE MUSICAL A musical theater revue, Theatre Memphis, Tennessee
  • Winter '07 OOPS I DID BUFFALO BILL, a music video for Rob Kendt Brooklyn, NY
  • Summer '06 OFFENBACH!!! An Evening of Offenbach Operettas, Summerscape, Bard Music Festival, New York
  • Spring ’05 ECHO'S HAMMER** (also wrote/choreographed), Progressive Music Theater, Boston Court Theater, Pasadena
  • Fall ’04 ORPHEAN CIRCUS RETROSPECTIVE PAH-TAY (also wrote), a Theatrical Concert, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Fall ’04 BAD BAND AND THE FAIRY PEOPLE (also co-wrote), Student-Generated Play, L.A. Leadership Academy, Los Angeles
  • Spring ’04 ROYAL PAIN (also co-wrote), Student-Generated Play, L.A. Leadership Academy, Los Angeles
  • Summer ’03 TEMPLE OF RA, Snake Dance Extravaganza, Sowden House (F.L. Wright Jr. landmark), Los Angeles
  • Fall ’01 IMPERIALIST AT THE CLUB CAVE CANUM* (also co-wrote, w/Chuck Mee), Progressive Music Theater – Evidence Room, Los Angeles
  • Spring ’01 First Annual QUEEN OF SILVERLAKE PAGEANT, “Beauty Pageant,” Sponsored by the Silverlake Chamber of Commerce
  • Winter ’99 ANGEL’S LADIES (co-director), Video/Film Documentary about a Nevada brothel, Film Kitchen Productions, Los Angeles
  • Fall ’97 THE BIRDS (also conceived), Musical Adaptation of the Aristaphones’ comedy, Theater of NOTE, Los Angeles
  • Summer ’97 GUYS AND DOLLS (directed only), Musical Theater, Buena Park Civic Theater
  • Spring ’97 ROUGHHOUSE SMASHAROO, Cabaret, Betty Hutton Revue, Rose’s Turn, New York City
  • Summer ’96 ECHO’S HAMMER (also wrote), Workshop, Progressive Music Theater, Commissioned by ASK Common Ground Festival, UCLA
  • Spring ’96 YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, Progressive Adaptation, Wilson High School, Long Beach
  • Spring ’95 7 SEALS AND A RIDING MONKEY* (also wrote), Progressive Music Theater, Commissioned by Playwrights Arena, Los Angeles
  • Fall ’94 LARRY SWELL’S SCHOOL OF DANCE (also wrote), Two Video episodes, TSG Productions/Century Cable, Los Angeles

Choreographer

  • Fall '07 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Sondheim musical, South Coast Rep, Dir. Stefan Novinski
  • Spring '07 ON THE RAZZLE, a Tom Stoppard play, Oregon Shakespeare, Dir. Laird Williamson
  • Spring '06 TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA, Shakespeare Play, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Dir. Bill Rauch
  • Spring ’05 SEMELE, a Hayden Opera
    Long Beach Opera, Dir. Isabel Milenski
  • Fall ’04 HABEAS CORPUS, an English Farce by Alan Bennett, South Coast Rep, Costa Mesa CA, Dir. Bill Rauch
  • Spring ’04 STONES IN HIS POCKETS, A Play, Mark Taper Forum (mainstage), Los Angeles Dir. Neel Keller
  • Spring ’04 THE SHAGGS, PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, A Musical, Lookingglass Theater, Chicago Dir. John Langs
  • Fall ’03 THE SHAGGS, PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, A Musical, Inside the Ford, Los Angeles Dir. John Langs
  • Summer ’03 LA PERICHOLE, opera by Offenbach, Long Beach Opera, California Dir. David Schweizer
  • Winter ’03 BODY OF FAITH, Collage piece wriitten by Luis Alfaro and the LGBT Community, Cornerstone Theater Company @ The Village, Los Angeles
  • Winter ’02 A BOOK HIDES ON EARTH, Play with Music by At-Risk youth, Sponsored by rampart, Evidence Room, Los Angeles Dir. Jose Davis
  • Winter ’02 SONGS OF JOY AND DESTITUTION, Progressive Play with Music by Chuck Mee, Open Fist Theater, Los Angeles Dir. Matt Wilder
  • Fall ’01 TROJAN WOMEN (Guest Choreographer), Adaptation by Chuck Mee, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia Dir. Matt Wilder
  • Fall ’01 PINAFOR**, Modern Musical Theater Adaptation of HMS Pinafore, Celebration Theater and Ford Amphitheater, Los Angeles Dir. Mark Savage
  • Spring ’01 SO LONG AGO I CAN’T REMEMBER, Theatrical Installation, Gale Gates et al. Brooklyn, New York Dir. Michael Counts
  • Winter ’01 PETER PAN, Progressive Adaptation with the Community of Cleveland, Cornerstone @ Ohio State Theater Dir. Bill Rauch
  • Winter ’01 STEPS IN TIME, Musical Revue at the Hyperion Theater, Disney’s California Adventures Theme Park, Anaheim Dir. Damian Grey
  • Summer ’00 THE BERLIN CIRCLE**, a Play with Music by Chuck Mee, Evidence Room. Los Angeles
  • Spring ’00 LISTEN TO ME (Guest Choreographer), Experimental Theater, Adaptation of Gertrude Stein, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia Dir. Michael Counts
  • Spring ’00 ANTIGONE STORY, Progressive Music Theater, Cornerstone Theater Company, Los Angeles Dir. Shishir Kirup
  • Winter ’99 BROADWAY, Play with Music, Actors Gang, Los Angeles Dir. David Schweizer
  • Winter ’99 HARRY THAW HATES EVERYBODY, Progressive Music Theater, Indecent Exposure Theater Company @ Los Angeles Theater Center Dir. Laural Meade
  • Winter ’96 CLUB TERMINA, Progressive Music Theater, Indecent Exposure Theater Company @ Los Angeles Theater Center Dir. Laural Meade
  • Summer ’95 LEOPOLD & LOEB: A G.D. LAUGH RIOT, Progressive Music Theater, Indecent Exposure Theater Company @ Los Angeles Theater Center Dir. Laural Meade
  • Fall ‘93—’94 QUOTATIONS FROM A RUINED CITY, Experimental Theater, L.A. Festival, New York City and European Tour Dir. Reza Abdoh

    * Backstage West/Dramalogue Award
    ** LA Weekly Award

Producing Artistic Director, Orphean Circus

Seven years Choreographer/Performer – Reza Abdoh’s Dar a Luz

Member: Evidence Room Theater Company, Lincoln Center Directors Lab

Artistic Associate: 2002 Rockefeller Artist, Indecent Exposure, (former) Los Angeles Theater Center,

Recipient: C.A.D., L.A. Future Projects, Flintridge, Dance Theater Workshop and California Arts Council grants

Recipient of Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theater Project's $45, 000 TIME grant

Alumni: Young Americans

Professional Music Supervisor for video and film

Professional Actor, Singer and Dancer (resume upon request)