Darya Gauthier
Associate Artistic Director, GF&CO
(917) 572-2509
darya.gauthier@gmail.com
Education:
2017-Present – M.B.A. from Post University (Concentration in Entrepreneurship)
2003-2007 – B.A. from New York University (Dramatic Literature major, French minor)
Administrative:
2015-Present -- Managing Director OTOA™ (educational extention and sister company to GF&CO)
2013-Present – Associate Artistic Director GF&CO
2012-2013 – Associate Producing Director GF&CO
2013 – Community Outreach Coordinator Working Theater
In Development:
Love in Space-Time: A Re-Memory in 12 Scenes, GF&CO Co-Director with Gia Forakis
Directing:
2013 – The Picture of Dorian Gray, UnitedSolo Theatre Festival (encore invitation)
2013 – Jackfruit and Papaya, Working Theater’s Director’s Salon
2012 – The Picture of Dorian, Gray UnitedSolo Theatre Festival
2012 – Snowy Night Variations, Theatre Group’s Avant Garde Festival
2012 – Tuesday Evening, The New School call-back 24 hour play festival
2010 – The Picture of Dorian Gray, WOW Café Theatre
2009 – The Maids, WOW Café Theatre
2008-2009 – Director with Reality Aside Theatre Company
Asst. Directing:
2014 – O.REX, GF&CO, NYC
2013 – It’s Murder! GF&CO The Black & White Murder Mystery Party, NYC (fundraiser)
2013 – La Ruta, Working Theater, NYC
Set Design:
2013 – The Picture of Dorian Gray, UnitedSolo Theatre Festival (encore invitation), NYC
2012 – The Picture of Dorian Gray, UnitedSolo Theatre Festival, NYC
2012 – Snowy Night, Variations Theatre Group’s Avant Garde Festival, NYC
2012 – Women Who Run With Wolves, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2011 – Black Girl Ugly, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2011 – Edward II, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2010 – The Picture of Dorian Gray, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2009 – Butch Mamas! Not your Butch Mama’s Comedy, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2009 – The Maids, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2009 – Happy Days, WOW Café Theatre, NYC
2008-2009 – Development of new work Citizen Hobo, Lone Wolf Tribe Theatre Company, NYC
2008 – No Man Can Serve Two Masters, Third Eye Theatre Company, NYC
2006 – Here.This.Now., Fringe Festival, NYC
2006 – They Called Me Crack Baby & Other Stories, Youth Communication’s 25th Anniversary Benefit, NYC
Asst. Design:
2005-2007 – Various shows with Grand Street Studio, NYC
2006 – The Merry Widow, Steinhardt School of Education Main Stage New York University, NYC
Educational Theatre:
2016-Present – Musical Theatre Camp at Gold Coast Arts Center (6-13 year olds), NYC
2007 – Acting and Speech workshop for young writers Youth Communication, NYC
Teaching:
2015-Present – Art Teacher, Gold Coast Arts Center (3-10 year olds), NYC
2015-Present – Art Teacher, private lessons (8-9 year olds), NYC
2007-2014 – Art Teacher, Montessori School of Manhattan (toddler/pre-k), NYC
2005-2009 – French Teacher, Montessori School of Manhattan (toddler/pre-k), NYC
2000-2003 – Art Teacher, The April ’85 Art Studio, private lessons (6 - 14 year olds), NYC
References:
Gia Forakis, OTOA Founder and Master Teacher/Artistic Director of GF&CO Gia4akis@gmail.com
Tamilla Woodard, Associate Artistic Director of WP Theater, co-founder of PopUp Theatrics tam@tamilla.com
Ellen Schiff, Director of School for the Arts at Gold Coast Arts Center ellen@goldcoastarts.org
More references and design and teaching portfolios available upon request