Julie Holston has been teaching, directing, and producing theatre in the Phoenix area for over twenty years.  In addition to academic settings, she works locally as a freelance director/dramaturg with alternative, community and professional theatres.  She has studied with Tectonic Theatre Project, SITI Company, the Centre for Playback Theatre, and Shakespeare & Company, and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts through Goddard College.  Locally, she conducts trainings in Creative Drama, Theatre for Social Change, Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, and Shakespeare’s First Folio method, and has presented numerous workshops at state, national and international theatre festivals.  Currently serving as the Theatre Instructional Council Chair for the Maricopa Community College District, she and her students maintain active involvement in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, where she serves as the Region VIII Circuit 4 Coordinator.  Several of the productions Julie has directed at South Mountain Community College and other venues have received ariZoni nominations in multiple categories, including Best Director and Best Overall Production.

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Education

• Master of Arts in Theatre, Emphasis in Directing, Roosevelt University
• Bachelor of Science in Theatre/English Education, Northern Arizona University 
• Shakespeare & Company Month-Long Intensive, Lenox, Massachusetts

Awards

• ariZoni Award recipient
• Eleven ariZoni nominations 
• Commitment to Excellence Award, Tolleson Union High School District
• Excellence in Education Award, 3 semesters

SMCC Student Organizations

• Spotlight Productions, Club Advisor
• GLBSU, Club Advisor

Professional Organizations

• Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Region 8
• Representative to KCACTF
• Arizona Theatre Alliance, Board Member
• Arizona State Thespians, Board Member
• Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
• Educational Theatre Association
• GLSEN