Megan Burns
(864)506-5374
Hair: brown/curly
[email protected]
Eyes: blue/green
Range: soprano
Height: 5’8”
Theater
The Winter’s Tale
Perdita
Globe Theater Education
Bill Buckhurst
Blue Stockings
Carolyn
Guthrie Dowling Studio
Joel Sass
Summer People
Kaleria
UMN Guthrie
John Miller-Stephany
World Without End
Lilith
UMN Guthrie
Joseph Stodola
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Puck
UMN Guthrie
Steve Cardamone
Don Juan
Charlotte
UMN Guthrie
Richard Rand
Welcome to Thebes
Ismene
UMN Guthrie
D’Arcy Smith
A Behanding in Spokane
Marilyn
UMN Guthrie
Student Led
The Fox
Nellie
UMN Guthrie
Jennie Ward
Rock Bottom
Kelly
Underdog Theater Collective
Kory Pullam
The Tucking of My Shrew
Piper
Homohotdish
Chase Burns
Othello
Desdemona
SCGSAH
Dan Day
Film
Dragonfly
Nurse Jennifer
Hello Sunshine Films
Cara Greene
Readings
She a Gem (Playlabs 2014)
Diamond
Playwright’s Center
Josh Wilder
There Are Other Worlds
Stage Directions
Playwright’s Center
Junauda Petrus
Hazard
Dottie
UMN Guthrie
Megan Burns
Winners
Stage Directions
Mixed Blood
Maggie Bowfill
Puppetry
Big Bugs Puppet Show
Entomologist/Bee
Puppets n’ People
Seth Eberle
Scene Work
Widower’s Houses
Blanche
UMN Guthrie
Steve Cardamone
Other Desert Cities
Brooke
UMN Guthrie
Bruce Roach
Cymbeline
Imogen
UMN Guthrie
Steve Cardamone
Training
University of Minnesota BFA Guthrie Actor
Globe Theater Education (Fall 2013)
Training Program (UMN Guthrie)2011- 2015
Acting/Michael Chekov
Bill Buckhurst
Acting
Bruce Roach
Singing
Joe Atkins
Play Analysis
Steve Cardamone
Voice
Alex Bingley
Voice & Speech
Lucinda Holshue D’Arcy Smith
Movement
Ita O’Brien
Shakespeare
Steve Cardamone
Theatricality
Michael Punter
Lorca Movement
Marcela Lorca
Period Movement
Huw Prall
African Dance
Morris Johnson
McPhail Music School
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and
Singing
Andrea Leap
Humanities (SCGSAH) 2009-2011
London International School for Performing Arts
Acting and Movement
Daniel Murray
(2 week workshop) 2013
Acting
Dan Day
Debra Stych
Movement
Voice/Speech, Shakespeare
Jayce Tromsness
Heriberto Montalban
Movement
Singing
Candace Dickinson
Michael Brown
Neutral Mask
Movement/Dance
Rhonda Murray
Thomas Prattki
Neutral Mask
Master Classes/Guest Artists
Globe Education, London
Barbara Houseman (Voice/Text), John Barton (Shakespeare), Patrick Tucker (Shakespeare), Nicola Hunt (Restoration Comedy), Mary
Howland (Dialects), Yvonne Morley (Character Voice), Giles Block (Text)
University of Minnesota BFA Guthrie Actor Training Program
JD Steele (Singing), Randy Reyes (Viewpoints), Jon Ferguson (Clown/Movement), Margie Weaver (Yoga), Dario Tangelson (Mask),
Leslie Reidel (Shakespeare), Richard Rand (Character/Mask), Lucinda Holshue (Roy Hart), Marcela Lorca (Period Movement), Morris
Johnson (African dance), Tina Wallum (Ballet), Brian Sostek (Partner Dance), Andrew Cooke (Singing), Barbara “Babs” Shelton (On
Camera), Brett Rickaby (On Camera)
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
John Patrick Shanley (Playwriting),Bob Francesconi(Mask), Greg Walter(Singing), Jeffrey Sweet (Playwriting), Jeffrey Hatcher
(Playwriting), Nicole Beharie(Acting), Cecil O’Neil (Acting), Kelly Van Leeuwen (Yoga/Thai Massage), George Gantt (Thai Chi)
Special Skills
Singing, Southern Accent, Yoga, Traditional English Archery, Good Standard British English, Juggling, Partner Dance, Playwriting,
Directing, Proficient in The International Phonetic Alphabet, Puppetry (Rod/Hand/Shadow), Basic Trapeze & Spanish Web, Rapier,
Basic Ballet, Segway Riding