Betsy R. Marks Delaney
P.O. Box 1393
Greenbelt, MD 20768-1393
301-922-1865 (voice/text) • 413.751.7320 (fax) • email Betsy

Theatrical Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Production):

Producer, Front of House Manager

The Christmas Revels:
French Canadian (2008), Elizabethan (2007)

Community Initiative Projects: Bridges of Song, Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde, Festival Day

 Washington Revels Greg Lewis, Executive Director
Director, Designer The Devil's Christmas Carol (A World Premiere Musical) OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (for the 4th Capital Fringe Fest) Betsy Marks Delaney, Director; Penny Martin, Music Director
Producer/Publicity Contact/Lighting Designer/Board Op Ben Jonson's Volpone OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (for the 2nd Annual Capital Fringe Fest) Bill Jones, Director
Co-Director/Producer 365 Days/365 Plays OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (for the 365 Days/365 Plays Cycle, DC) Betsy R. Delaney & Penny Martin, Co-Directors
Scenic Designer, Publications, Publicity Catch-22 OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company Bill Jones, Director
Producer/Box Office Manager/Scenic Designer Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead " " Rionn Kelly, Director
Producer/Sound Designer Murder Takes the Stage " " Jo Rake, Director
Scene Painter/Carpenter/Props A Company of Wayward Saints " " Betsy R. Delaney, Director
Scenic Designer/Editor/Sound Designer Six Characters in Search of an Author " " Betsy R. Delaney, Director
Scenic Designer To Kill a Mockingbird Tantallon Community Players Lauren Bloom, Director
Scenic Designer Comedy of Errors The Rude Mechanicals Sean Eustis, Director
Design Consultant Twelfth Night " " Kevin Hollenbeck, Director
Stage Manager Extremities Conundrum Players Midge Marshall, Director
Scenic Designer Warren " " Keith Hershberger, Director
Seamstress Annie Ulster Performing Arts Center Aletta Vett, Costumer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Administrative):

2004 - Date: Artistic Director, OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company; Bowie, MD

2007-2009: Community Initative Director, Washington Revels, Washington, DC

1991 - 1993: Information Systems Assistant, Arena Stage; Washington, DC

1990 - 1991: Ticket Operations Assistant, Arena Stage; Washington, DC

1990 - 1991: Box Office Assistant, Harlequin Dinner Theatre; Rockville, MD

COLLEGE EXPERIENCE:
  • Graduate Thesis Project; University of Maryland, College Park
    • Costume Designer, Blood Relations

  • University Theatre
    • Asst. Costume Designer, As Is
    • Wardrobe/Properties, Power: A Vaudeville
    • Seamstress, A Chorus Line

  • McKenna Productions
    • Scenic Designer, Fefu and Her Friends
    • Carpenter/Scenic Painter, She Stoops to Conquer
    • Properties Mistress, L'il Abner
    • Properties, Cabaret

  • New Paltz Summer Repertory*
    • Stage Manager, A Thousand Clowns*
    • Carpenter/Electrician, The Philanthropist*

  • New Paltz Dance Association
    • Asst. Stage Manager, Student Dance Concert

  • Contemporary Truffles Productions
    • Asst. Stage Manager, Do What You Will

  • National Shakespeare Company**
    • Carpenter's Assistant, MacBeth

* in Rotating Repertory
** at McKenna Stage

EDUCATION:
University of Maryland; College Park, MD
Graduate Coursework, Costume Design 		9/1987 - 12/1987
SUNY College at New Paltz; New Paltz, NY
B.A. Degree, Technical Theatre, Design Track 		5/1985


OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Sales Assistant
Minnesota Fabrics, Kensington, MD 		8/1990 - 12/1990
Sales Assistant
G-Street Fabrics, Rockville, MD 		9/1986 - 5/1987
Second Assistant Manager
So-Fro Fabrics, Rochester, NY 		4/1986 - 8/1986


HONORS & ASSISTANTSHIPS:

Chair, Costume-Con Fifteen (sponsored by
the Internationals Costumers' Guild, Inc. 		2/1993 - 5/1997
Graduate Assistantship
University Theatre Costume Shop
University of Maryland, College Park 		9/1987 - 12/1987
Member: Alpha Psi Omega
National Theatre Honors Fraternity 		Inducted: 1984
Corresponding Secretary
New Paltz Players, Student Organization 		1984 - 1985

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