Heidi Schmidt
HEIDI SCHMIDT is a dramaturg, director and teacher. Her dramaturgy credits include Colorado Shakespeare Festival (The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Comedy of Errors, Pericles, Coriolanus, All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, King Charles III, King John, Julius Caesar, Equivocation, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, Richard III, Inspector General), Denver Center Theatre Company (Rattlesnake Kate, Oklahoma!, Disgraced, The Christians, Tribes), Local Theater Company (Faith), and Curious Theatre Company (Roe, Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures). Her directing credits include CU Boulder (Picnic, Melancholy Play), Dirtyfish Theater (Wedding Cake Vodka), CSF Education (Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure, King Lear, As You Like It) and readings for Curious New Voices, Athena Project and Paragon Theatre Company. Her administrative position credits include CSF, Local Theater Company, Repertory Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City), and Women and Theatre Program. As an all-around theatre maker, she has designed props for Curious Theatre, presented pre-show talks at the Arvada Center, served as voice coach for CSF’s Camp Shakespeare, and performed in a devised ensemble piece on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Schmidt holds a PhD in Theatre History, Criticism, and Dramatic Literature from CU Boulder. She serves as CSF’s Outreach Specialist and Resident Dramaturg and regularly teaches after-school Shakespeare classes for kids, teens and adults.
Shows Featuring
CSF in the Schools: Shakespeare & Violence Prevention Tour
The Bard's Book Club
Equivocation (2016)
Julius Caesar (2017)
CSF in the Schools: Julius Caesar
CSF in the Schools: The Comedy of Errors
CSF in the Schools: Macbeth
CSF in the Schools: Twelfth Night
King John (2019)
As You Like It (2019)
King Charles III (2019)
CSF School of Theatre (2020)
CSF in the Schools: Romeo and Juliet (2020)
CSF in the Schools: The Tempest (2020)
The Bard's Summer Book Club (2020)
Book Club Bonus Round: Shakespeare in a Divided America (James Shapiro) (2020)
Classics 101
Pericles
Coriolanus
The Book of Will
The Alchemist
One Man, Two Guvnors
King Lear
The Comedy of Errors
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Arden of Faversham
The Bard's Book Club
Classics 101 Webinar Series
Doctor Faustus
