Tom Ansart

Resume of:    Tom Ansart

 4426 4th Ave NE #A

Seattle, WA 98105

 (206) 935- 8261

Libchase@aol.com

 

Production Management

Steeplechase Productions (March 2002 to date) - Producer, managing director.  Responsible for budget and board development, fund-raising, grant-writing, payroll, taxes and reports, publishing season schedule, administering Equity and non-equity contracts, press releases, mailing lists, advertising, special event booking.

Playing French Seattle (July 2005 – date) – Festival coordinator, fund-raiser, director.  For the past five years I have organized and produced a festival of plays in French language, co-sponsored by the University of Washington.  I created and now maintain the festival website (steeplechaseproductions.com) and e-newsletter and update member/donor/sponsor contact information.

Northwest Actors Studio (August 2006 – Dec 2006) - Management contract (4 months)  Responsible for budget and board development, space rentals, accounting, house and production management.

Magnusson Players (1989 school year) - Managing Director

Directed and managed teen theater for an alternative high school.  Produced “On a Street Where I Live,” which toured in Washington State and British Columbia high schools.

Administration

Washington State Department of Health/Health Care Policy Board (1991-97).  Lead Staff to a governor appointed commission to design a reformed health care system for Washington State (committee staffing, scheduling, travel, accommodations, public hearings.)

Kitsap County Personnel Department- Human Resources Coordinator. (1983-1991) Committee and board staffing, administration of public health and human services grants and contracts.  Labor relations.

House Management/ Running Crew

Liberty Theatre (1997-2004) – House manager, box office, concessions, volunteer coordinator, publicity, fundraising, booking special events.

Theater Simple (2005)  House Manager for theater simple’s production of “Camino Real” at the Freehold Theater.

Atlas Theatre Company (2006) – Sound board operator for Atlas’ production of “The Swan” at Northwest Actors Studio.

Akropolis Performance Lab (2006) – Box office, stage manager, lights, for “Oedipus” at Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs.

Food Service/Concessions

Concessions/FOH - (2004-2010) I have run concessions and assisted front of house staff (ticketing, ushering) at Empty Space Theatre, Open Circle Theatre and Seattle Public Theatre on a volunteer basis.

Liberty Deli (1995 to 2004) - Owner/proprietor

Purchasing, hiring and training staff, product management, licenses, taxes and reports, payroll, marketing, scheduling employees, negotiations with vendors, landlord and theater companies.

Cafe Solstice (2005 - date) - Lunch manager

I am currently working part-time at this cafe where I manage the lunch program, which includes menu development, product sourcing, training, ordering and working the line.

Apartment/Rehearsal Space Management; Alki Shores Apartments (1999-2004)

While leasing the ground floor restaurant I also managed 16 living units, including theatre rehearsal space and dressing rooms, and some temporary artist housing.

Education

The Evergreen State College (1983); MPA Public Administration

University of Washington (2006-2011); theatre history, modern and contemporary theatre, French language (75 undergraduate and graduate credits, mostly audited).

Memberships

Theatre Puget Sound

Seattle Dramatists

Playing French Seattle (UW student organization, board member)

Alliance Française de Seattle (former Executive Board member)

Northwest Film Forum

 

Shows Produced by Steeplechase Productions (2001-2011)

Tom Ansart, Producer

 

Play/Playwright                                                                                                                    Director

 

What Happened Was…(Tom Noonan)                                                                     John Lowrie

A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking (John Noonan)                                 John Lowrie

The Hothouse (Harold Pinter)                                                                                    Bill Dore

The Maids (Jean Genet)                                                                                           Isabelle Milinski

Criminal Hearts (Jane Martin)                                                                                     Karen Lane          

Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekov)                                                                                 Jason Rasmussen

I’m Getting My Act Together…(Gretchen Cryer)                                                          Sabrina Prada                     

Seascape (Edward Albee)                                                                                     Jason Rasmussen                               

When We Dead Awaken (Henrik Ibsen)                                                                        Francis Hearn

Reckless                (Craig Lucas)                                                                             Roger Tompkins 

Jack and Jill (Jane Martin)                                                                                            Ilene Fins

The Millionairess (George Bernard Shaw)                                                                   Roger Tompkins 

Art (Yasmina Reza)                                                                                                     Chris Mayse                        

The Gamblers (Fyodor Dostoevsky, adaptation by Tom Ansart)                               Dennis Kleinsmith

Huis Clos (Jean Paul Sartre, translation by Tom Ansart)                                              Chris Mayse

Vixen a Reindeer Cabaret (Billie Wildrick)                                                                    Billie Wildrick

Lettice and Loveage (Peter Shaffer)                                                                                 Mark Zufeld

Life X 3 (Yasmina Reza)                                                                                               Daniel Wilson

Les Romanesques (Edmond Rostand)                                                                           Scott Taylor

The Cicada Tree (Tom Ansart)                                                                                      Tom Ansart

L’atelier d’écriture (Cesare Orioli)                                                                              Margaretta Lantz

Nous Etions Assis sur le Rivage du Monde (José Pliya)                                               Tom Ansart

Cannibales (José Pliya)                                                                                                Tom Ansart

Les Effracteurs (José Pliya)                                                                                        David Garfinkle

Complexe de Thénardier (José Pliya)                                                                              Joseph Lavy

Balzac (Balzac)                                                                                                           Tom Ansart

Old Clown Wanted (Matei Visniec)                                                                            Roger Tompkins

Feydeau Composé (Feydeau)                                                                                  Cecile Casanover

Le Deuxieme Tilleul a Gauche (José Pliya)                                                                   Tom Ansart

Happy Days (Beckett)                                                                                              Leonid Anisimov

Conte de Deux Villes (Dickens)                                                                                     Tom Ansart

Le Médecin Malgré Lui (Molière)                                                                                Roger Tompkins

Les Révoltés de la Bounty (Jules Verne)                                                                         Tom Ansart

La Leçon                                                                                                                 Adrian Cameron
 

 

 

Professions/skills: Writer;Producer