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Jonathan Cole

Professor of Theatre: Directing and Theatre History
Specialty: Theatre History, Directing, Acting, Stage Combat

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Contact Information

Salem Campus

Address
Pelton 203
900 State Street
Salem  Oregon  97301
U.S.A.
Phone
503-375-5305

Biography

Jonathan is a director and fight director. He is a Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) Fight Director and Certified Teacher, and serves as one of three members of the SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety Committee. 

He holds a black belt in Danzan Ryu Jujitsu from the Salem Budokai under Bob Parksion and Al Elfstrom, and also holds rank in Aikido and Judo.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Theatre Arts, emphasis in directing pedagogy, University of Oregon
  • M.S. in Theatre Arts, emphasis in acting pedagogy, University of Oregon
  • B.A. in Theatre, B.A. in Music, Dickinson State University

Productions & Performances

Willamette University Theatre

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes), by Greg Allen. 2004. Director.
The Secretaries, by The Five Lesbian Brothers. 2023. Fight Choreographer
The Liar, by David Ives. 2022. Director, Fight Director.
Twelfth Night
, by William Shakespeare. 2022. Fight Director.
The Amateurs, by Jordan Harrison. 2021. Director.
A Bright New Boise, by Samuel D. Hunter. 2021. Director.
Dead City, by Sheila Callaghan. 2018. Director.
Burn This, by Lanford Wilson. 2018. Director.
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. 2017. Director and Fight Choreographer.
bobrauschenbergamerica, by Charles Mee. 2015. Director.

Regional & Local productions
Gloriadirected by Josh Hecht. Profile Theatre, Portland, OR, 2022. Fight Director.
Indecentdirected by Josh Hecht. Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR, 2020. Fight Director.
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, directed by Luan Schooler and Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre, 2019. Fight Director, Movement Consultant.

 More production credits

La Ruta
, directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre, 2019. Fight Director, Special Effects.
1984, directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre, 2019. Fight Director, Special Effects.
The Revolutionists, directed by Lava Alapai Artists. Repertory Theatre 2019. Movement Director.
Wolf Play, directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre, 2019. Fight Director.
Robin Hood, directed by David Smith-English. Clackamas Repertory Theatre, 2019. Fight Director.
Teenage Dickdirected by Josh Hecht. Artists Repertory Theatre, 2019. Fight Director, Special Effects.
Skeleton Crew, directed by Bill Earl Ray. Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR. 2018. Fight Choreographer.
The Thanksgiving Play (world premiere), directed by Luan Schooler. Artists Repertory Theatre. 2018. Fight Choreographer.
Magellanica (world premiere), directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre. 2018. Fight Choreographer and Movement Direction.
Uncle Vanya, directed by Cristi Miles. Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble. 2018.
The Happiest Song Plays Last, directed by J. Hecht. Profile Theatre, Portland, OR. 2017. Firearms Consultant.
An Octoroon, directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre. 2017. Fight Choreographer.
The Talented Ones (world premiere), directed by Jane Unger. Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR, 2017. Fight Choreographer.
Feathers and Teeth (Northwest premiere), directed by Dámaso Rodríguez. Artists Repertory Theatre, 2017. Fight Choreographer.

 

Conference Presentations
  • “Staging Intimacy, the Chicago Theatre Standards, University Policy, and You.” Association for Theatre in Higher Education, 2019.
  • “On The Presentation of the Real in Stage Violence.” Association for Theatre in Higher Education, 2017.
  • “Racial Violence and Actor Safety: Conventional Approaches to the Tropes of Violence in Drury’s We Are Proud to Present...” Association for Theatre in Higher Education, 2016.
Willamette University

Theatre

Address
M. Lee Pelton Theatre
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem Oregon 97301 U.S.A.
Phone
503-370-6222