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FACULTY RESUMES

Dr. Douglas W. Larche
University of Wisconsin - Marinette
750 West Bay Shore Street Marinette, WI 54143
Marinette, Wisconsin 54143
(715) 735-4314
(715) 735-4307 (fax)


EDUCATION

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• 2000 Named Founding Father of Iowa High School Speech (/Theatre) Association All-State Festival (25th Anniversary)
• 1999 Awarded the only signature pen for gubernatorial signing of law establishing the inaugural Iow Poet Laureate
• 1998 Winner, Iowa Scriptwiters' Alliance Gold Medal: Getting Pissed, A Trans-Atlantic Romantic Comedy
• 1998 Father Gander Nursery Rhymes named one of "Forty Best Books for Girls in America"
• 1998 Winner, Prairie Playwright Festival of Original Drama Gold Medal: Preacher Rose
• 1996 Winner, 21st Century Playwrights Festival, National Competition New York City: Truth on Trial
• 1995-1996 Norman Felton Playwrighting Fellow, University of Iowa, for four consecutive semesters
• 1995 Prairie Playwright Festival of Original Drama Gold Medal: Truth on Trial: the Ballad of Sojourner Truth
• 1994-1992 Four nominations, Iowa Film Awards: Best Public Service Film; Direction of Best Actor, Actress
• Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women's Educational Equity: Los Angeles Unified School District
• Award for Outstanding Contributions to Energy Conservation Education: Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
• Iowa Energy Educator of the Year; Founding Member of Energy Educators of Iowa; Ontario; New Brunswick
• First President, International Society of Energy Educators; Canadian Bicentennial Award for Energy Education
• Recipient of The Governor's Very Special Service Award; Special Olympics Service Award
• Service Awards from Lions, Kiwanis, Optimists, Rotary, may schools, fraternities, communities & clubs
• Founding Board of Directors, Iowa Motion Picture Ass'n, Iowa Film Awards, IA Fine Arts Commission, Carousel Theatre
• Member of Five National Academic Honorary Societies and Fraternities in Theatre, Forensics, Education
• Grants Received from (Abbreviated List): United States Department of Health/Centers for Disease Control, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Humanities Board, Iowa Arts Council, Energy and Man's Environment, Energy Policy Council, Very Special Arts, Norwest, Allied, Pepsi, McDonalds, UMC, ELCA, Etc.
  

PLAYS/FILMS/VIDEOS

• TRUTH ON TRIAL: THE BALLAD OF SOJOURNER TRUTH. Dramatic Publishing company. Woodstock, London, Melbourne. 1996. Winner, 21st Century Playwrights Festival, New York City, 1996. Winner, Open Division, Prairie Playwright Festival of Original Drama, 1995. Yale University public reading; Unviersity of Iowa Playwrights Festival, 1995.
• NUMBER THE STARS . Dramatic Publishing Company. woodstock, London, Melbourne, 1996. Over 61 nationwide productions, including Minneapolis, Memphis, Springfield, Cleveland, etc.
• ANGELS IN THE SNOW. Equity House, 1998. International Theatre Festival, San Antonio, Iowa Public Theatre, 1999; Carousel Theatre, 1998. U of I Playwrights Workshop, 1996. United Nations, New York. 1991.
• GETTING PISSED: A PLAY ON WORDS. Equity House, 1998. Oxford Unviersity public reading, United Kingdom; University of Iowa Gallery Series. 1995. 1998 Iowa Scriptwriters Alliance Gold Medal.
• PREACHER ROSE. Equity House, 1998. Gold Medal of the Prairie Playwright Festival.
• AN APPLE FOR THE TEACHER. Equity House, 1998. Grand View College theatre, Iowa, 998.
• O CHRISTMAS THREE! Dramatic Publishing Company. Woodstock, London, Melbourne. 1995. Eight productions nationwide (Including the following three plays:)
• THE LAST STRAW. Publishing Company. Woodstock, London, Melbourne. 1995.
• PEAS ON EARTH. Publishing Company. Woodstock, London, Melbourne. 1995.
• DORCAS THE CHRISTMAS DUCK.Publishing Company. Woodstock, London, Melbourne. 1995.
• GREAT DANES! Grand View College Centennial Season, Des Moines, Iowa. 1996.
• THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. Grand View college Centennial Season, Des Moines. 1996.
• THE TREASURE. Grand View Collge Centennial Season, Des Moines, Iowa. 1996.
• THEODORE HARTZ. No shame Theatre, Iowa City, Iowa. 1995.
• FOR WHITE MEN ONLY. Theatre B, Iowa city and Univ. of Iowa Playwrights Workshop. 1995.
• LAST SUPPER. (Screenplay). Filmed in University of Iowa Film Workshop. 1996.
• AMANDA BLUE. (Screenplay). Filmed in University of Iowa Film Workshop. 1996.
• FOREIGN MATTER. (Screenplay). Filmed in University of Iowa Film Workshop. 1996.
• 318. (Screenplay). Filmed in University of Iowa Film Workshop. 1996.
• NUMBER THE STARS. (Screenplay). University of Iowa Screenwriters Study. 1995.
• ORIGAMI DOVE. (Screenplay). University of Iowa Screenwriters Study. 1995.

BOOKS

• From the Heartland: an Ethos-Centered Experiential Hybrid Introduction to Speech Communication (2nd Edition). Burgess International. Minneapolis. 1995.
• Father Gander Nursery Rhymes: The Equal Rhymes Amendment. (10th Printing). Advocacy Press. Santa Barbara. 1995. Listed in Great Books for Girls. 1998.
  

ARTICLES/POETRY/TAPES

• "Treasurechests of Me," "The Very Special Arts," and "Tomorrow's child of Joy." Excellence in Public Speaking. Harcourt Brace. 1998.
• "Reach Out and Touch Someone (Editor's Title). Stage Directions. 1996.
• "A Long Walk to School." Careers and the DisAbled. 1995.
• "Parity." Tucumcari Literary Journal. 1995
• "Free." San Fernando Poetry Journal and Psychopoetica (United Kingdom). 1995.
• "Sir Thomas Saint Thomas." Journal of the C.S. Lewis Society and Tucumcari Literary Journal. 1995.
• "The Truth." Rant and San Fernando Poetry Journal. 1995.
• "The Schizophrenia Collection." Psychopoetica (United Kingdom). 1995.
• "Between Dreams and Dawn." Lilliput Journal. 1995.
• "O Writers of Sweet Poetry." Tucumcari Literary Journal. 1995.
• "Courage" and "Soon You Will Fly" performed in Northern Lights. Des Moines. 1996.
• Four Poems in Restoration Magazine, 1995-96.
• Father Gander and the Family Geese. Equity House (48-song audio tape). 1995.
• Angles in the Snow! Equity House (39 band Instrumental and Vocal CD) 1998.

DIRECTING RESUME

Sample of World Premieres/Original Scripts Written and Directed

Sample of Musicals, Dramas, Comedies, Children's Theatre; Films, Television Commercials & Multi-Media directed: