DAN O’DRISCOLL Stage Combat Instructor - (1992 - to the present): Certified Teacher (2004) - Society of American Fight Directors Montclair State University (NJ) – Adjunct Instructor - 2001 to the present Fall semesters only [totaling 500+ class hours]: THTR 366-01 – Stage Technique: Combat (unarmed and single rapier instruction) 1 day Theatre Day workshops for high school students in Fall and Spring semesters. New York University (Tisch School of the Arts – Undergraduate Division) – New Studio on Broadway – Musical Theatre and Acting Summer Program – 2010 Instructor – Stage Combat: Four week workshop (3 classes/week) introducing fourteen high school students (potential 2011 NYU student applicants) to basic concepts in unarmed stage combat techniques. New York University (Tisch School of the Arts – Undergraduate Division) – Teaching Assistant to SAFD Fight Master J. David Brimmer - Nov. 2000-to the present Fall semesters [totaling 2,000+ class hours]: H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique (2 sections) H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test H28.0143 - Stage Combat III - Broadsword Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test Spring semesters [totaling 2,000+ class hours]: H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test H28.0144 - Stage Combat IV - Rapier & Dagger Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test New York University (Tisch School of the Arts – Undergraduate Division) – Adjunct Instructor Fall semester - 2011 (J. David Brimmer on leave): H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique (2 sections) H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test H28.0143 - Stage Combat III - Broadsword Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test SAFD Skills Proficiency Test on December 15th, 2011 adjudicated by FM/FD Michael G. Chin. 22 NYU students tested – all 22 passed. 12 passes in Broadsword: 4 basic passes & 8 recommended passes. 10 passes in Unarmed: 5 basic passes & 5 recommended passes. Spring semester - 2006 (J. David Brimmer on leave): H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test H28.0144 - Stage Combat IV - Rapier & Dagger Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test SAFD Skills Proficiency Test on May 6th, 2006 adjudicated by FM/FD Erik Fredricksen. 20 NYU students tested – all 20 passed: 2 passes in Broadsword; 8 passes in Rapier & Dagger (3 Examiner’s award for Excellence); 12 passes in Unarmed (4 Examiner’s Award for Excellence). Marymount Manhattan College: Adjunct Instructor - 3 week Unarmed Intensive Workshop (30 class hours) leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test in Unarmed on June 22nd, 2017 adjudicated by FM/FD/CT J. David Brimmer. 4 students: 4 basic passes Adjunct Instructor - 3 week Unarmed Intensive Workshop (30 class hours) leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test in Unarmed on June 23rd, 2016 adjudicated by FM/FD/CT Michael G. Chin. 9 students: 6 basic passes and 3 recommended passes. SUNY – Nassau Community College – Adjunct Instructor - 2006-2008, 2013-2016 Spring semesters only [totaling 250+ class hours]: THTR 119 – Movement for the Stage II (unarmed and single sword instruction) SUNY – New Paltz – Adjunct Instructor – Spring 2009 THTR393-04 – Intro to Stage Combat (unarmed and single sword instruction) New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts - Adjunct Instructor - Summer 2015 4 week Summer Session 1 (2 sections / 36 students total) 4 week Summer Session 2 (3 sections / 50 students total) DAN114 - Technique Track: Stage Combat (unarmed technique for stage and film) Other Classes/Workshops: Holmdel Theater Company (NJ): Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hours) - Nov. 2015 Private Classes: Instructor - SAFD Skills Proficiency Renewal (SPR) in Smallsword and Single Sword on February 25th, 2016 (2 students - both recommended passes). Instructor - Broadsword and Shield Class leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test (SPT) on August 14th @ NYU-Tisch/Meisner Studio (all 29 students passed - 12 basic passes, 17 recommended passes) - June/July/Aug. 2014 Atlantic Theater Company / Atlantic Acting School: Fight Choreographer - Staging Success (arts education program) - April/May 2014 Staging the violence for WEST SIDE STORY - junior class project @ Brooklyn’s Park Slope Collegiate. Marymount Manhattan College: Instructor - Unarmed/Smallsword Workshop (8 class hours) - Feb. 2014 The Juilliard School - Drama Division: Assistant Instructor - Unarmed (3 class hours) - Jan./Feb. 1995  Instructor: FD/FM Michael Chin (substituting for FD/FM David Leong) New York Performance Works:  Instructor - Beginner Rapier (6 class hours). - Feb./Mar.1995 - Substituting for Michael McGuinness Judith Shakespeare Company: Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (6 class hours) - Apr./May 2000  Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hours) - June 1997  Instructor - Broadsword Class (24 class hours). - Feb./Mar. 1996   Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hours) - Mar. 1995 Kings County Shakespeare Company:  Instructor - Unarmed/Single Rapier Workshop (15 class hours) - May/June 1998 New York Renaissance Faire: Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 hours) - Aug./Sept. 2007 Instructor - Sword and Shield (30+ hours) - Aug. through Dec. 2006 leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test on Dec. 14th, 2006 @ NYU adjudicated by FM/FD J. David Brimmer. All 13 students passed / 2 Examiner’s Award for Excellence. Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (15 hours) - Aug./Sept. 2005 Instructor - Quarterstaff (15 hours) - Aug./Sept. 2004 Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2003  Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2002  Instructor - Rapier / Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2001  Instructor - Beginner Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2000 Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 1999  Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 1998  Instructor - Fight Scene Study (25 class hours) - Jan./Feb.1996  Instructor - Broadsword (20 class hours) - Jan./Feb.1996  Instructor - Unarmed (20 class hours) - Nov.1995   Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Nov.1995   Instructor - Beginner Rapier (20 class hours) - Oct.1995   Instructor - Intermediate Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug.1995 New York Fight Ensemble (now Fights4): Asst. Instructor - Unarmed (20 class hours) - Feb. 1995 - Instructor: CT Ralph Anderson  Asst. Instructor - Rapier & Dagger (20 class hours) - Jan. 1995 - Instructor: FD/FM Michael Chin  Asst. Instructor - Broadsword (20 class hours) - Mar./Apr. 1994 - Instructor: CT Ralph Anderson  Journeyman - Rapier & Dagger (20 class hours) - Sept./Oct. 1992 - Instructor: FD/FM Michael Chin New York Regional Fight Workshop: the Summer Sling (Fights4) Instructor - Basic Sword and Shield, Basic Quarterstaff, Musketeers Rapier & Dagger (2 on 1 fights), Comic Swordfights (2x), Pirate Boarding Party: cutlass and boarding axe (2x), ‘Bash & Smash 3’ (shortsword & shield vs. spear & shield), ‘Kick-Ass Sword and Shield’: Agressive Shield Attacks - Aug. 2016 @ Brooklyn College Instructor - Basic Sword and Shield (2x), ‘Bashy-Bashy Weapons’: 2-handed axe vs. Broadsword and Shield (intermediate), Advanced Rapier and Dagger, ‘Pirate Boarding Party’: Cutlass and Boarding Axe (intermediate), ‘Kick-Ass Sword and Shield’ (intermediate) - Aug. 2015 @ Pace University Instructor - Beginner Single Sword, Intermediate Unarmed, Beginner Sword and Shield, Intermediate Sword and Shield, Blood n’ Sweat Quarterstaff (intermediate) with Jenny Male, Blood ‘n Sweat Broadsword (intermediate) - Aug. 2014 @ Pace University Instructor – Basic Single Sword, Intermediate Sword and Shield, Advanced Sword and Shield – Aggressive Shield Technique, Pirate Boarding Party: Cutlass Technique – Aug. 2008 @ Atlantic Theatre Studios Instructor - Beginner Quarterstaff, Intermediate Sword and Shield – Aug. 2006 @ NYU Stage Combat Training: Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) Theatrical Firearms Safety Workshop - University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - March 2013 (including NRA Basic Pistol Course) - Completion Certificates SAFD Teacher Training Workshop - University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - July 2004 - awarded Certified Teacher status (renewed: 2007, 2010 and 2013). SAFD Recognized Advanced Actor-Combatant - 2002 SAFD Recognized Actor-Combatant - 1990 SAFD SPTs (Skill Proficiency Tests) 1990-2004 - recognized basic proficiency in all 8 weapon styles: unarmed; two-handed broadsword (longsword); rapier and dagger; quarterstaff; smallsword; sword and shield; single sword; and knife. Actors Combat Training School (NYC) - 1987-90 - J. Allen Suddeth, Rick Sordelet. Richard Raether Workshops/Classes with Ralph Anderson, B.H. Barry, David Boushey, J. David Brimmer, Brian Byrnes, Michael Chin, Charles ‘Chuck’ Conwell, Charles ‘Chuck’ Coyl, Anthony DeLongis, Dale Girard, K. Jenny Jones, Ricki Ravitts, Richard Rizk; Richard Ryan, Lewis Shaw, J. Allen Suddeth, Rick Sordelet, Joseph Travers, Robert ‘Tink’ Tuftee and David Woolley. Other Training: AMERICAN RED CROSS Certificate of Completion: Adult and Pediatric First Aid / CPR / AED training

DAN O’DRISCOLL

Stage Combat Instructor -

(1992 - to the present):

Certified Teacher (2004) -

Society of American Fight Directors

Montclair State University (NJ) –

Adjunct Instructor - 2001 to the present

Fall semesters only [totaling 500+ class hours]:

THTR 366-01 – Stage Technique: Combat (unarmed and single rapier instruction)

1 day Theatre Day workshops for high school students in Fall and Spring semesters.

New York University (Tisch School of the Arts –

Undergraduate Division) –

New Studio on Broadway – Musical Theatre and Acting Summer Program – 2010

Instructor – Stage Combat:

Four week workshop (3 classes/week) introducing fourteen high school students

(potential 2011 NYU student applicants) to basic concepts in unarmed stage combat techniques.

New York University (Tisch School of the Arts –

Undergraduate Division) –

Teaching Assistant to SAFD Fight Master J. David Brimmer - Nov. 2000-to the present

Fall semesters [totaling 2,000+ class hours]:

H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique (2 sections)

H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test

H28.0143 - Stage Combat III - Broadsword Technique leading to SAFD Skills

Proficiency Test

Spring semesters [totaling 2,000+ class hours]:

H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique

H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test

H28.0144 - Stage Combat IV - Rapier & Dagger Technique leading to SAFD Skills

Proficiency Test

New York University (Tisch School of the Arts –

Undergraduate Division) –

Adjunct Instructor

Fall semester - 2011 (J. David Brimmer on leave):

H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique (2 sections)

H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test

H28.0143 - Stage Combat III - Broadsword Technique leading to SAFD Skills

Proficiency Test

SAFD Skills Proficiency Test on December 15th, 2011 adjudicated

by FM/FD Michael G. Chin. 22 NYU students tested – all 22 passed.

12 passes in Broadsword: 4 basic passes & 8 recommended passes.

10 passes in Unarmed: 5 basic passes & 5 recommended passes.

Spring semester - 2006 (J. David Brimmer on leave):

H28.0141 - Stage Combat I - Introduction to Unarmed Technique

H28.0142 - Stage Combat II - Unarmed Technique leading to SAFD Skills Proficiency Test

H28.0144 - Stage Combat IV - Rapier & Dagger Technique leading to SAFD Skills

Proficiency Test

SAFD Skills Proficiency Test on May 6th, 2006 adjudicated by FM/FD Erik Fredricksen. 20 NYU students tested – all 20 passed: 2 passes in Broadsword;

8 passes in Rapier & Dagger (3 Examiner’s award for Excellence);

12 passes in Unarmed (4 Examiner’s Award for Excellence).

Marymount Manhattan College:

Adjunct Instructor - 3 week Unarmed Intensive Workshop (30 class hours)

leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test in Unarmed on June 22nd, 2017

adjudicated by FM/FD/CT J. David Brimmer.

4 students: 4 basic passes

Adjunct Instructor - 3 week Unarmed Intensive Workshop (30 class hours)

leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test in Unarmed on June 23rd, 2016

adjudicated by FM/FD/CT Michael G. Chin.

9 students: 6 basic passes and 3 recommended passes.

SUNY – Nassau Community College –

Adjunct Instructor - 2006-2008, 2013-2016

Spring semesters only [totaling 250+ class hours]:

THTR 119 – Movement for the Stage II (unarmed and single sword instruction)

SUNY – New Paltz –

Adjunct Instructor – Spring 2009

THTR393-04 – Intro to Stage Combat (unarmed and single sword instruction)

New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts -

Adjunct Instructor - Summer 2015

4 week Summer Session 1 (2 sections / 36 students total)

4 week Summer Session 2 (3 sections / 50 students total)

DAN114 - Technique Track: Stage Combat (unarmed technique for stage and film)

Other Classes/Workshops:

Holmdel Theater Company (NJ):

Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hours) - Nov. 2015

Private Classes:

Instructor - SAFD Skills Proficiency Renewal (SPR) in Smallsword and Single Sword

on February 25th, 2016 (2 students - both recommended passes).

Instructor - Broadsword and Shield Class leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test (SPT) on August 14th @ NYU-Tisch/Meisner Studio (all 29 students passed - 12 basic passes, 17 recommended passes) - June/July/Aug. 2014

Atlantic Theater Company / Atlantic Acting School:

Fight Choreographer - Staging Success (arts education program) - April/May 2014

Staging the violence for WEST SIDE STORY - junior class project

@ Brooklyn’s Park Slope Collegiate.

Marymount Manhattan College:

Instructor - Unarmed/Smallsword Workshop (8 class hours) - Feb. 2014

The Juilliard School - Drama Division:

Assistant Instructor - Unarmed (3 class hours) - Jan./Feb. 1995
Instructor: FD/FM Michael Chin (substituting for FD/FM David Leong)

New York Performance Works:
Instructor - Beginner Rapier (6 class hours). - Feb./Mar.1995 -

Substituting for Michael McGuinness

Judith Shakespeare Company:

Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (6 class hours) - Apr./May 2000
Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hours) - June 1997
Instructor - Broadsword Class (24 class hours). - Feb./Mar. 1996
Instructor - Unarmed Workshop (3 class hours) - Mar. 1995

Kings County Shakespeare Company:
Instructor - Unarmed/Single Rapier Workshop (15 class hours) - May/June 1998

New York Renaissance Faire:

Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 hours) - Aug./Sept. 2007

Instructor - Sword and Shield (30+ hours) - Aug. through Dec. 2006 leading to a SAFD Skills Proficiency Test on Dec. 14th, 2006 @ NYU adjudicated by FM/FD J. David Brimmer. All 13 students passed / 2 Examiner’s Award for Excellence.

Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (15 hours) - Aug./Sept. 2005

Instructor - Quarterstaff (15 hours) - Aug./Sept. 2004

Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2003
Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2002
Instructor - Rapier / Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2001
Instructor - Beginner Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 2000

Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 1999
Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug./Sept. 1998
Instructor - Fight Scene Study (25 class hours) - Jan./Feb.1996
Instructor - Broadsword (20 class hours) - Jan./Feb.1996
Instructor - Unarmed (20 class hours) - Nov.1995
Instructor - Rapier and Dagger (20 class hours) - Nov.1995
Instructor - Beginner Rapier (20 class hours) - Oct.1995
Instructor - Intermediate Rapier (20 class hours) - Aug.1995

New York Fight Ensemble (now Fights4):

Asst. Instructor - Unarmed (20 class hours) - Feb. 1995 -

Instructor: CT Ralph Anderson
Asst. Instructor - Rapier & Dagger (20 class hours) - Jan. 1995 -

Instructor: FD/FM Michael Chin
Asst. Instructor - Broadsword (20 class hours) - Mar./Apr. 1994 -

Instructor: CT Ralph Anderson
Journeyman - Rapier & Dagger (20 class hours) - Sept./Oct. 1992 -

Instructor: FD/FM Michael Chin

New York Regional Fight Workshop: the Summer Sling (Fights4)

Instructor - Basic Sword and Shield, Basic Quarterstaff, Musketeers Rapier & Dagger (2 on 1 fights), Comic Swordfights (2x), Pirate Boarding Party: cutlass and boarding axe (2x), ‘Bash & Smash 3’ (shortsword & shield vs. spear & shield), ‘Kick-Ass Sword and Shield’: Agressive Shield Attacks - Aug. 2016 @ Brooklyn College

Instructor - Basic Sword and Shield (2x), ‘Bashy-Bashy Weapons’: 2-handed axe

vs. Broadsword and Shield (intermediate), Advanced Rapier and Dagger, ‘Pirate Boarding

Party’: Cutlass and Boarding Axe (intermediate), ‘Kick-Ass Sword and Shield’ (intermediate) - Aug. 2015 @ Pace University

Instructor - Beginner Single Sword, Intermediate Unarmed, Beginner Sword and Shield, Intermediate Sword and Shield, Blood n’ Sweat Quarterstaff (intermediate) with Jenny Male, Blood ‘n Sweat Broadsword (intermediate) - Aug. 2014 @ Pace University

Instructor – Basic Single Sword, Intermediate Sword and Shield, Advanced Sword and Shield – Aggressive Shield Technique, Pirate Boarding Party: Cutlass Technique –

Aug. 2008 @ Atlantic Theatre Studios

Instructor - Beginner Quarterstaff, Intermediate Sword and Shield – Aug. 2006 @ NYU

Stage Combat Training:

Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) Theatrical Firearms Safety Workshop - University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - March 2013 (including NRA Basic Pistol Course) - Completion Certificates

SAFD Teacher Training Workshop - University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) - July 2004 - awarded Certified Teacher status (renewed: 2007, 2010 and 2013).

SAFD Recognized Advanced Actor-Combatant - 2002

SAFD Recognized Actor-Combatant - 1990

SAFD SPTs (Skill Proficiency Tests) 1990-2004 - recognized basic proficiency in all 8 weapon styles: unarmed; two-handed broadsword (longsword); rapier and dagger; quarterstaff; smallsword; sword and shield; single sword; and knife.

Actors Combat Training School (NYC) - 1987-90 - J. Allen Suddeth, Rick Sordelet. Richard Raether

Workshops/Classes with Ralph Anderson, B.H. Barry, David Boushey, J. David Brimmer, Brian Byrnes, Michael Chin, Charles ‘Chuck’ Conwell, Charles ‘Chuck’ Coyl, Anthony DeLongis, Dale Girard, K. Jenny Jones, Ricki Ravitts, Richard Rizk; Richard Ryan, Lewis Shaw, J. Allen Suddeth, Rick Sordelet, Joseph Travers, Robert ‘Tink’ Tuftee and David Woolley.

Other Training:

AMERICAN RED CROSS Certificate of Completion:

Adult and Pediatric First Aid / CPR / AED training - 5/12/17