Doug Scholz-Carlson

Intimacy Director (Live Performance)

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Contact: scholzcarlson@gmail.com

Doug Scholz-Carlson draws on his career as a director of opera and theater, artistic director, fight director and actor to inform his work as an intimacy director. He believes in collaborating to realize the director’s vision through clear story-telling and by creating a rehearsal environment that frees performers to express themselves.

As an intimacy director, Doug has choreographed multiple productions for Minnesota Opera and Park Square Theater, taught workshops for companies including the Metropolitan Opera, and done presentations for Opera America. He teaches intimacy direction at the University of Minnesota and is available for workshops for opera performers and young artist programs, students in both high school and college and professional theater artists.

Doug is the Artistic Director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival where he directs and has played more than 20 roles. Directing credits include Pittsburgh Opera, Minnesota Opera, Madison Opera, Park Square Theatre, Austin Opera, and Portland Opera. Doug’s fight choreography has appeared in productions at theaters including New York City Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Utah Opera, The Guthrie Theater, The Children’s Theater Company, Opera Montreal, Michigan Opera Theater, Park Square Theatre, Minnesota Opera and the Seattle Police Department, and was featured in the world premiers of the operas The Grapes of Wrath and Silent Night which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013. As an actor, Doug has performed at theaters including The Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theater Company, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Jungle Theater, Chanhassen Theaters and the Seattle Repertory Theater. Doug is a graduate of St. Olaf College and holds an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington.

For more, visit dougscholzcarlson.com