Bio
Acting credits (selected) - OFF BROADWAY: Intimate Letters (with the Prazak Quartet of Prague, Czech Republic); INTERNATIONAL: A Life In The Theatre (Teatro Canovas, Malaga, Spain); REGIONAL: Arena Stage, Washington, DC; The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Cincinnati Playhouse; Hartford Stage, CT; Asolo Repertory Theatre, FL; San Jose Repertory Theatre, CA; Gloucester Stage Company, MA; Arizona Theatre Company; Invisible Theatre, Tucson; Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, AZ; Actors Theatre of Phoenix, AZ (AriZoni Award nomination, Best Supporting Actor); Shakespeare Sedona, AZ; Actors Repertory Theatre of Sedona, AZ; Arizona Repertory Theatre at the School of Theatre Arts, University of Arizona; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis; Chamber Music Plus Southwest; A Christmas Carol (as Scrooge, with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra); and narrator for projects with the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, The Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and the Arizona Symphony Orchestra; FILM: Half Laughing (indie short), The Back Of Beyond (narrator); TELEVISION: Rescue 911, The Highwayman, Enola Gay, The Assumption; CD: Ravel’s Gaspard De La Nuit (narrator & translator); plus numerous industrial films and commercials.
Directing credits (selected) – OFF BROADWAY: Intimate Letters; NATIONAL TOUR: The Kreutzer Sonata, Intimate Letters; REGIONAL: Irene Ryan Evening of Scenes (Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.); Gloucester Stage Company, MA; Phoenix Theatre (AriZoni award nominations, Best Director, Best Production); ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE: Candide, Tartuffe (also translated), Henry IV, part 2, Carousel, Metamorphoses, The Cider House Rules (AZ Star MAC awards, Best Director, Best Production), The Kentucky Cycle, Measure for Measure, Kiss Me Kate, Comedy of Errors, & many others.
Education: Ph.D, M.A., University of Minnesota; B.A., Magna Cum Laude in Drama, University of Redlands, CA; Certificat d'Etudes Francaises, Institut de Touraine, France. Honors: University Distinguished Professor (U/A), James Anthony Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching (U/A), Kennedy Center Medallion of Excellence for work with the American College Theatre Festival, and the Arizona Service Award, presented by Actors Equity Association for lifetime achievement. Member: Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Harold and his actress wife Maedell Dixon have two children.
