David Zarko, director

One of the most difficult scripts I've ever directed, this cast succeeded with it beyond my wildest dreams.

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Directing		Stage Directors & Choreographers Society
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Selected Credits: New York & International		Two-Page Directing Resume PDF
Selected Credits: Regional		Curriculum Vitae PDF
Acting		email David
Playwrighting


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Full Production Credits: Training Programs
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Measure for Measure	William Shakespeare	Marywood University, 2015
Crimes of the Heart	Beth Henley	Marywood University, 2013
Hay Fever	Noel Coward	Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Buddy Truffle (premiere)	David Zarko, Tartuffe as a screwball comedy	Marywood University, 2011
I due notai fedeli (devised)	from I Gelosi, developed in rehearsal	In Bocca al Lupo, Orvieto & Acquapendente, 2009
La postina (devised)	from I Gelosi, developed in rehearsal	In Bocca al Lupo, Orvieto, Italy, 2006
Our Town	Thornton Wilder	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 2002
Joking Apart	Alan Ayckbourn	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 2001
The Wayside Motor Inn	A. R. Gurney	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 2000
The Gut Girls	Sarah Daniels	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 2000
subUrbia	Eric Bogosian	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1999
The Heidi Chronicles	Wendy Wasserstein	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1999
L'uomo date per morto	from I Gelosi, developed in rehearsal	In Bocca al Lupo, Roccalvecce, Italy, 1998
Waiting for the Parade	John Murrell	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1998
The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1998
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean...	Ed Graczyk	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1997
Triumph of Love	Marivaux	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1997
A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden	Meade Roberts	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1997
Female Transport	Steve Gooch	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1997
Hotel Universe	Philip Barry	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1996
The Dentist (deivsed)	from I Gelosi, developed in rehearsal	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1996
Every Year at Carnival	(forgot, can't find)	The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1996
Hell Road Earth (premiere)	Georg Kaiser, translated by Joe Dubenas	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1996
Into the Woods	Stephen Sondheim	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1994
The Husband (partly devised musical)	David Zarko, Michael Paris, and the Cast	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1993
Uncommon Women and Others	Wendy Wasserstein	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1992
The House of Blue Leaves	John Guare	Post Theater Company, Long Island University 1991
The Pregnant Pause	George Feydeau	Gately/Poole Conservatory, 1991
Laundry and Bourbon	James MacLure	Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Acting, 1987
The Other Son	Luigi Pirandello	Drama Studio, London, at Berkeley, 1980



		For the past several years, the academic year at Marywood University has begun with a week-long workshop in commedia dell'arte taught by Zuppa del Giorno. In 2011, I was asked to direct the Fall show -- and to choose it -- but had only about a week to come up with a title. I'd been working on Buddy Truffle all summer and as it had a stylistic link to commedia, I suggested it and it was approved. The cast was terrific; absorbing and inspiring changes to the script in rehearsal. I've since undertaken extensive rewrites. Check the "Playwrighting" section for a sample.