Bethany McHugh
Theatre Director Theatremaker Performer Writer FacilitatorBethany (she/her) works as a freelance theatre performer, director, collaborative maker, teaching artist, and facilitator. She was born in New Jersey, spent ten years in Minnesota, and now calls London home. She moved to London to pursue a Masters degree in Collaborative Theatremaking, which she completed in 2022. She is drawn to new work and adaptations that center female stories, aiming to make art that inspires meaningful dialogue around important issues and underrepresented narratives. She works with artists of all disciplines, fusing her love of music, storytelling, movement, and language to create emotionally resonant stories.
Credits
Director, Home Sweet Hell, Camden People's Theatre, 1 week, 2023.Director, Tangerines, King's Head Theatre, 1 week, 2023. (upcoming: July 2023 run at Newcastle Fringe Festival)
Performer/Writer/Maker, Don't Use It Against Me, Rose Bruford College, 1 week, 2022.
Assistant Director/Music Director, Into the Sea We Go, Ugly Duck, 1 week, 2021.
Director, If It Was a Party Why Was There So Much Blood?, Rose Bruford College, 1 week, 2021.
Training
MFA: Collaborative Theatremaking, Rose Bruford College, London. 2022.BA Double Major with Distinction: English and Theatre Arts, Carleton College, Minnesota. 2015.
The Actors Workout (scene study class), The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis. (ongoing, 5 years)
National Theatre Institute, The O’Neill Center, Connecticut. (6 months)
Long-form improvisation, HUGE Improv Theatre, Minneapolis. (3 years)
Neutral Mask/Lecoq, Complicité Workshop, RADA, London. (2 weeks)
Location
LondonExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Comedy
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Music
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Facilitating
- Music - Can Read
- Music - Singing
- Performing
- Theatre making
- Workshopping & Development
- Writing
