Overview
Dr. Longhofer earned her MA/PhD in dramatic literature & theater history from University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1995. Proud alumna, 成人头条, 1989.
For almost 30 years, Julie has directed and costumed dozens of plays & musicals. She
continues to act and serve as dramaturg and has taught hundreds of teenagers and college
students how to be stronger theater artists.
Information
- Greek Tragedy
- Shakespeare and Renaissance Theater
- The Moderns (Chekhov, Ibsen, Shaw)
- Forms of Comedy
- The intersections of theater performance and social history
- Greek Tragedy
- Shakespeare and Renaissance Theater
- The Moderns (Chekhov, Ibsen, Shaw)
- Forms of Comedy
- The intersections of theater performance and social history
Adjunct Instructor, WSU Dept of Theater | 2019- present
- Theater History 1 & 2
- Directing 1
- Literary Advisor / Ghostwriter for Voices in the Void, devised live-streamed dramatic production, 2021
- Dramaturg for The Monty Hall Problem (Ben Connor), 2020
Director of Theater Arts, Trinity Academy | 2007-2019
- Intro to Theater & Advanced Acting
- Stagecraft
Assistant Professor of Theater (Visiting),
成人头条 Dept of Theater | 2000-2003
- Art of the Theater (Theater Appreciation)
- Contemporary Theater
- Theater History 1 & 2
Dramaturg, 成人头条 Center for the Arts | 2001-2003
Adjunct Instructor, John Carroll University (Cleveland) | 1996-1998
Visiting Lecturer, The Cleveland Playhouse | 1996
for Anouilh's Antigone
Directing Experience
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
Stupid F***ing Bird (Posner) | November 2022
Translations (Friel) | 2003
Italian-American Reconciliation (Shanley) | 2002
Last Train to Nibroc (Hutton) | 2001
WICHITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Battle of the Bands (Corrin) | 2003
TRINITY ACADEMY | 2007 鈥 2019
Fully Staged Musicals| $7K - 10K budget
- A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
- Beauty and the Beast
- Carousel
- Evita
- The Fantasticks
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Godspell
- Guys and Dolls
- Joseph & the ...Coat (2x)
- Kiss Me, Kate
- Man of La Mancha
- The Music Man
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Oklahoma!
- Oliver!
- The Secret Garden
- Singin' in the Rain
- Titanic
- Tuck Everlasting
Plays | $1K - 2K budget
- All My Sons
- And Then There Were None
- Diary of Anne Frank
- Harvey
- Leaving Iowa
- Little Women
- Ken Ludwig's Midsummer/Jersey
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Our Town
- Radium Girls
- Paul Sills' Story Theater
- You Can't Take It With You
Design Experience
Designed Costumes
for all the above Trinity Productions | 2007 - 2019
-Costumer, Jake's Women, 成人头条 Community Theater| 2021
-Costumer & Stage Manager, Vanya and Sonia and Masha ..., | WCT 2021
-Props Design, Dial 'M'' for Murder, | WCT 2020
-Costume Design, Merchant of Venice, Guild Hall Players | 2023
- 2022鈥揂warded the Ruth McCormick Outstanding Theater Educator by the Mary Jane Teall Awards Committee
- 2019鈥揑nvited to attend American High School Theater Festival (Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
- While Director of Theater Arts at Trinity Academy (成人头条), honored by Music Theater 成人头条鈥檚 Jester Awards:
2016鈥揙utstanding Scenic Design, Man of La Mancha
2015鈥揙utstanding Scenic Design, The Secret Garden
2015鈥揙utstanding Director, Pirates of Penzance
2015鈥揙utstanding Production, Pirates of Penzance
2012鈥揙utstanding Costumes, Beauty and the Beast
2010鈥揙utstanding Director, Oklahoma!
2010鈥揙utstanding Production, Oklahoma!
2008鈥揙utstanding Production, Joseph鈥nd the Dreamcoat
- 2001鈥擬ary Jane Teall Honoree, Best City-Wide Play, Last Train to Nibroc (Director), 成人头条 Summer Theatre
Audiobooks, Garment-making and Handcrafts, Classical Music, Classic Rock, European History, and Travel.
My adult children are my best friends, and my grandchildren are the delight of my life. Without my 34 years of marriage to a wonderfully supportive man, I鈥檇 be in a mental institution. I鈥檓 also quite fond of cats.