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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Creative Research

  • Fight Director of As You Like It at Great Lakes Theatre Choreography, scheduled 03/24/2023.
  • Fight Director of As You Like It at Idaho Shakespeare Festival Choreography, scheduled 03/24/2023.
  • Equity actor in The Three Musketeers at Asolo Repertory Theatre Performance, in progress 12/22/2022.
  • Fight Director of Romeo and Juliet at Great Lakes Theatre Choreography, completed 10/24/2022.
  • Fight Director for Macbeth at SUU Choreography, completed 09/15/2022.
  • Fight Director for Romeo and Juliet at Idaho Shakespeare Festival Choreography, completed 07/30/2022.
  • Equity actor in Romeo and Juliet at Idaho Shakespeare Festival Performance, completed 07/30/2022.
  • Fight Director for Play That Goes Wrong at Syracuse Stage. I also served as the an assistant to the AD in the casting process in NYC. Choreography, completed 04/30/2022.
  • Fight Director for Noises Off at the Grand Theatre in SLC. Choreography, completed 04/12/2022.
  • Fight Director for Tosca at Utah Opera. Choreography, completed 03/17/2022.
  • Was hired and began collaborating with the director in Production Mtgs for Play That Goes Wring at Syracuse Stage. Choreography, in progress 11/11/2021.
  • Served as a director and fight consultant for productions of Midsummer Nights Dream and Cymbeline at Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, from May 16-June 23 Choreography, completed 06/23/2021.
  • Director for ROE at Salt Lake Acting Company (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID) Performance, scheduled 01/01/2021.
  • Fight Director and Director for Much Ado About Nothing at Southern Utah University Choreography, scheduled 09/14/2020.
  • Hired as a director for MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Montana Shakespeare in summer of 2020. Cancelled due to Covid. Performance, completed 08/02/2020.
  • Fight Director for Cyrano de Bergerac at Montana Shakespeare Choreography, scheduled 02/27/2020.
  • Resident Fight Director at Pioneer Theatre Company Choreography, in progress 02/06/2020.
  • Director of SHE KILLS MONSTERS at USU Performance, completed 02/06/2020.
  • Fight Director and Director for She Kills Monsters at USU Choreography, in progress 01/13/2020.
  • Fight Director for Mary Stuart, Lifespan of a Fact and Associate Director for Play That Goes Wrong at Pioneer Theatre Company. Also Co-Casting Director in New York City for Play That Goes Wrong. Choreography, completed 01/13/2020.
  • Fight Director for Silent Night at Utah Opera Performance, completed 01/13/2020.
  • Associate Director for PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Pioneer Theatre Company Performance, completed 01/01/2020.
  • Fight Director for Indecent at Denver Theatre Center Choreography, completed 10/14/2019.
  • Director and Fight Director for Romeo and Juliet, and Fight Director for Twelfth Night and As You Like It for Colorado Shakespeare Choreography, completed 07/01/2019.
  • Acted in a production at SLAC Performance, completed 10/04/2018.
  • Choreography for Utah Opera 2017 / 2018 season. Choreography, in progress 02/14/2018.
  • Choreography ofr PTC's 2017 / 2018 season Choreography, in progress 02/06/2018.
  • Choreography for OSF's 2017 / 2018 Season Choreography, completed 01/04/2017.
  • Fight Director for 2015 Sumer Season at the Tony Award winning regional theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Choreography, in progress 07/01/2015.
  • Fight Director for 2015 Sumer Season at the Tony Award winning regional theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Productions include: South Pacific Fight Director Amadeus Fight Director King Lear Fight Director Henry IV Part 2 Fight Director Taming of the Shrew Fight Director Greenshow Fight Director Choreography, in progress 06/01/2015.
  • Fight Direction for the Utah Shakespeare Festival 2014 summer season. Choreography, scheduled 07/2014.
  • Contacted through Methuen Drama Publishing to write a book on stage combat in relationship to voice and text work. Other, in progress 08/2013.
  • Fight direction for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of ROBIN HOOD. Choreography, completed 04/2013.

Presentations

  • ATHE Conference in Chicago (I was a panelist on two forums). Presentation, Presented, 08/11/2016.