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Richard Jackson
President
Artistic Director
Founding Member
Financial Counselor for University of Minnesota Physicians |
The "old man" among Starting Gate's founders has been acting since 1970, directing since 1975, and came to the Twin Cities in 1994. Since then he has acted for Theatre in the Round, Park Square, Fifty Foot Penguin, Gremlin, and the Times Theatre to name a few. Richard has also directed for Pargeter Players, Eden Prairie Community Theatre, Bloomington Civic Theatre, Lakeshore Players, and Irelene Theatre. As an Administrator, he spent 2 years as Chairman of the Baltimore Playwright's Festival and served on the boards of several community theatre's in Baltimore as well. Happy to be on the ground floor of a promising new company, he looks forward to the many challenges to be met, with some trepidation, much hope and supreme confidence in his co-founders.
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David Coral
Secretary
Board Member
Legal Assistant, University of Minnesota General Counsel's Office |
David Coral earned his Bachelor of Science degree in theatre arts (acting/directing) at Northwestern University in 1985. Since graduating, he has been a professional stage and film actor and stage director in Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In addition to his artistic credits, David has served his artistic and residential communities in various ways since the mid 1980s. He founded Associates to Restore the Temple Theatre (ARTT) in 1993, marking the beginning of the restoration of the theatre in Viroqua, WI, in 1993. The $1.5 million project realized its completion as the fully restored theatre re-opened in July 2001. David was an actor, voice instructor and director with CTM Productions in Madison, WI (1994-1996). Here he taught acting and voice to middle and high school students and co-directed productions for CTM’s summer theatre program, including “A Tale of Two Cities,” “Jane Eyre,” and “Much Ado About Nothing.” David arrived in the Twin Cities in 1996, following a national tour with Chamber Theatre of Boston. During his tenure here, David has been seen regularly on various stages, including Pillsbury House Theatre (Mitch, “A Streetcar Named Desire”); Park Square Theatre (Dr. Chumley, “Harvey”; Mr. Van Daan, “The Diary of Anne Frank”); 50-Foot Penguin Theatre (Tom, “Escape from Happiness”; Juror 10, “12 Angry Men”); Starting Gate Productions (Baylor, “A Lie of the Mind”); Theatre L’Homme Dieu (Harry Brock, “Born Yesterday”); Theatre in the Round; Minnesota Jewish Theatre; MN Shakespeare Project and Outward Spiral. You can also catch David in television commercials (Best Buy Christmas, “Get the door!”; Sussel Homes; St. Croix Casino (Poker, “Go Fish”; among others), industrial films and in print.
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