David Christopher DUVAL portrait
  • Master Teacher, Theatre, Dueling Arts International
  • Certified Fight Director, SAFD, Society of American Fight Directors, Society of American Fight Directors
  • Certified Senior Fight Director, Dueling Arts International
  • Certified Theatrical Firearms Instructor , Theatre
  • Professor, Theatre
  • Head of the Actor Training Program, Theatre
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Professional Service

  • KC-ACTF. Role: Adjudicator. Served as an adjudicator for Dead Man's Cell Phone at Idaho State University. 02/15/2022 - present
  • Dueling Arts International . Role: Adjudicator . As a Master Teacher, I adjudicated 3 skills tests from teachers across the country from January 1 2021-Dec 31, 2021. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
  • Society of American Fight Directors. Regional Representative Coordinator. 12/31/2015 - present
  • Society of American Fight Directors. Secretary to Regional Rep Committee. 01/01/2015 - present
  • Dueling Arts International. Senior Level Adjudicator of Skills Tests. 01/01/2015 - present

Internal Service

  • Appeals Committee. Member , 01/01/2021 - present. University service.
  • Associate Chair . 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021. Department service.
  • Curriculum Committee Chair . chair , 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021. Department service.
  • CFA Curriculum Committee. 08/01/2020 - 01/01/2022. College service.
  • Chair of Curriculum Committee. 08/01/2020 - 01/01/2022. Department service.
  • Associate Chair. 08/01/2020 - 01/01/2022. Department service.
  • Grants Review Committee. 03/02/2018 - present. College service.
  • Served for 2 years as Head of the ATP. Duties and accomplishments below: I served as the Head of the BFA Actor Training Program at the University of Utah, which consists of approximately 70 BFA students and 8 faculty members. The University of Utah is a Research 1 Institution and the Department of Theatre holds 250+ students, with a total of over 40 faculty members. Duties included: • Oversaw all ATP curriculum • Coordinated faculty meetings and governance of the ATP • Oversaw national and local ATP recruitment, which included faculty visits to approximately 10 audition sites nationally • Developed season planning and oversaw all casting decisions • Identified and selected guest directors nationally • Identified and selected visits of 4-6 guest artists and regional theatre casting directors annually. In my tenure as Head of the ATP, I brought the following guests: o Paul Barnes (Great River Shakespeare) o Ty Burrell (Actor on “Modern Family) o Scott Kaiser (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) o Karen Azenberg (Pioneer Theatre Company) o Mark Booher (PCPA) o Brian Vaughn (Utah Shakespeare Festival) o David Ivers (South Coast Repertory) o Christine Albright-Tufts (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville) o Tim Orr (Colorado Shakespeare Festival) o Wendy Franz (Colorado Shakespeare Festival) o Frank Honts (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre) • Mentored tenure and promotion activities of ATP faculty • Co-founded and co-coordinated - with Artistic Director Karen Azenberg – the ATP Professional Apprenticeship with Pioneer Theatre Company - LORT B. 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2020. Department service.
  • Head of the ATP. 01/01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Committee Member for the society of American Fight Directors (Regional Representative Committee). Secretary, 01/01/2015 - present. Other service.
  • College Council. 01/01/2014 - present. University service.
  • Ad Hoc Committee for the Faculty Council. 12/10/2013 - present. College service.
  • ATP Faculty Committee. 08/15/2013 - present. Department service.
  • SAC Faculty Advisor. 08/15/2013 - present. Department service.
  • Student Scholarship Coordinator. 02/01/2013 - present. Department service.

Outreach

  • Served as a stage combat consultant at Jordan High School. 02/06/2020 - 02/07/2020
  • Los Angeles Recruitment tour. 02/06/2015 - 02/07/2015
  • Master Class teaching at WoodsCross Jr. high. 01/07/2015 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Michael and Jan Finlayson Award for Excellence in Acting. Utah Shakespeare Festival, 08/15/1997

Affiliations

  • Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), Member, 08/21/2013 - 02/01/2016
  • Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME), Member, 08/21/2013 - 02/01/2016
  • Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD), Certified Teacher, 07/2010 - present
  • Actors Equity Association (AEA), Member, 01/2001 - present

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