Nan Weber
Performer, Videographer,
Documenter
As an actress I am represented by Craze Agency.
A student film I was in:
Two Old Guys
Trailer for an upcoming film by Paul and Patrick Gibbs:
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Women's History Interpretation
I am passionate about Women's history!
When I was an undergraduate in the Theatre Department at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. I wanted to perform women's first person roles. I started searching for material written by, or specifically for, women that would lend itself to theatrical production.
In my search I found, at that time, little that had been published. I began to acquire, for myself, bits and pieces from all sorts of unpublished writings, diaries, journals and oral histories. I was elated! I had discovered some great resources of women's fantastic writing. To me these women's themes—family, the work ethic, home as a springboard of life—needed to be expressed.
That's why I love to show women who are not represented in contemporary theatre—women who are true adventurers. All I need to do is find their own words and then make the real history into a theatrical performance.
It's extremely gratifying to help a woman tell
her own story—to use her own words and mold them into a production that
encompasses women's real life!
Education:
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee BFA Fine Arts–Theatre–1976
Institute for Professional Actor Training Minneapolis MN–1977
Salt Lake Community College AS Interpreter Training Program–1997
Theatrical Work:
Understudy—Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Circle of the Witch Feminist Theatre—Collective Member , Minneapolis, Minnesota
No-Name Players—Artistic Director, Producer, Actor:
1982 Murray Schisgal’s Luv—Director and Producer
1982 James Prideaux’s Lemonade—Actor and Producer
Nan Weber as Edith Northrup in Lemonade by James Prideaux
Cathy Van Dyke as Mabel Lamston and Nan Weber as Edith Northurp
1982 Robert Anderson’s I Never Sang for My Father—Director and Producer
1983 Wendy Wasserstein’s Uncommon Women and Others—Director and Producer
1984 Arthur Miller’s The Crucible—Director and Producer
1984 August Strindberg’s The Stronger—Director and Producer
1984 James McLure’s Lone Star—Producer
1984 Don Robertson’s Amazing Grace—Producer
1984 James L Rosenberg’s The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch—Director and Producer
1985 Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children—Actor and Producer
1985 Thomas Babe’s Salt Lake City Skyline—Director and Producer
1985 Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind—Producer
1986 Ted Hughes’ Crow—Producer
1986 Robert Patrick’s One Person and The Haunted Host—Producer
1986 William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker—Director and Producer, Interpreted in ASL
1986 to the present:
Paul Zindle’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on The-Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds—Director and Producer
Ugo Betti’s Crime on Goat Island—Actor, Director and Producer
Long Road, Free Wind by Nan Weber and Donna Todd—Actor and Producer
Sung and Unsung Women of the West by Nan Weber—Actor and Producer, Shadow Interpreted in ASL
Mattie Culver, A Woman’s Journey by Nan Weber; video as a set element—Actor
and Producer
Lively Times with Elinore by Nan Weber; video as a set element—Actor and
Producer
Magdalena, A Kilborne Road Belle by Nan Weber; video as a set element—Actor
and Producer
Where Were You?—Babcock Reader's Theatre, Salt Lake City—Actor
Mélange—Rebeca Dawn's Experience the Trees—Salty Cricket Collective, Salt Lake City—Actor
Cherie Bennett's Searching for David's Heart—Shalom Theatre of Salt Lake City—Actor
Alice Childress' Wedding Band People’s Productions—Actor
Susan Sandler's Crossing Delancey—Covey Center for the Arts, Provo, Utah—Actor
Video Work—Artistic and Documentary:
1988 Hot Winds of August—Osprey Productions
1989 Wonderland’s Lament—Osprey Producation, Honorable Mention in the New
York International Film and Video Festival,
1990 Barrie Stavis’ The Man Who Never Died—Nan Weber Production
1990 Joe Hill’s Candlelight Vigil—Osprey Productions
1991 Steam Train—Osprey Productions
1991 Trails West—Osprey Productions
1992 Big Sky Interviews—Nan Weber Production
1993 Jump Rope—Osprey Productions, Honorable Mention in the Utah Short Film
and Video Festival
1994 Scottish Festival—Nan Weber Production
1995 OTO Dude Ranch—Nan Weber Production
1996 Caryl Churchhill’s Vinegar Tom—University of Utah/Richard Scharine
1998 Jeff Hengesbaugh’s Dress and Equipage of the Mountain Men
1999 Trappers—Paul Boruff Music Video Osprey Productions
2000 Full Circle—A Celebration of the Turn of the Century, Osprey Productions
2001 Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth—People Productions
2001 Lonne Elder III's Ceremonies in Dark Old Men—People Productions
2002 Feeling Free—Paul Boruff Music Video Osprey Productions
2003 Samm-Art Williams' Home—People Productions
2004 August Wilson's Jitney—People Productions
2005 All the Pretty Little Horses—Paul Boruff Music Video Osprey Productions,
2006 Richard Wesley's The Mighty Gents—People Productions
2005 A Banda using the recording of A Banda by Astrud Gilberto—Nan Weber Production
2007 Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel—People Productions
2008 Pieces of Life based on the poem Housing Shortage by Naomi Replansky—Nan
Weber Production
2008 Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/ Underdog—People Productions
2008 Pearl Cleage's Flyin' West—People Productions
2009 Paul Boruff's concert An Evening of Eclectic Music—Nan
Weber Production
2011 Book Trailer for Mattie, A Woman's Journey West—Nan Weber Production
2012 Book Trailer for Singing in the Saddle, The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip —Nan Weber Production
Production Role Producers and Directors
Aquabats Super Show
City Person Hub TV/Christian Jacobs
Point B Della Whitney Conor Long
Mundane Margery Margery Conor Long
The Book Club Karen Paul and Patrick Gibbs
For Robbing the Dead Friend of Mrs. Carpenter Firstlight Independent/Thomas Russell
A Short Film About Kissing Ma Jeremy Ungar
Osso Buco Scripts Mindy Sundance Directors Lab/Jonathan Wysocki
Inspector 42 Seamstress 36 Lyvia A. Martinez/Nathan Daniel Lee
Shockheaded Peter Janet Sundance Directors Lab/Frank Budgen
Diantha’s Crossing Friend of Diantha's Aunt Thomas Russell
Snowglobe Judith Tanner Leif Parson
Gravity Matters Joan Willa Bundy
Special Interest:
From 1992 until 2006 I taught various Elderhostel classes. Historical in nature, I
combined performance, video and travel to teach the material. This included women’s
history, Montana history and the Lewis and Clark journals.
In addition to my scripts I have two published books—Mattie, A Woman’s Journey West and Singing in the Saddle: The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip
Current Work:
Hossack Rodeo Family, A Remembrance of Growing up Cowboy—This is a
documentary of a family using interviews, film footage, photos and video to document a
family whose lives are steeped in rodeo tradition.
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