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CELIA A. COUTURE
(978) 640-1261; celia@ccconsultingllc.com
Current Address & Contact: Tewksbury, MA 01876
Professional Summary
An award-winning teacher and director whose productions of M. Butterfly
and Grand Hotel were recipients of the prestigious Moss Hart Award; M.
Butterfly also won a Boston Critics Award. Founder and artistic director of a
children’s theatre company and two touring musical companies that performed for a
variety of Massachusetts corporations. Currently artistic director for the Littleton High
School Theater Department.
Summary of Qualifications
 | Tenured high school teacher of English and Drama |
| NETC/EMACT Best Director awards for Kennedy’s Children; M.
Butterfly; Grand Hotel; Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Barnum,
The Sisters Rosenvinge; and Prelude to a Kiss. |
| Directed the world premieres of Apples and Oranges and The Quarterly
by local playwrights Lauren Cochran and Valerie von Rosenvinge respectively. The
Quarterly won another nomination for Best Director at the 2002 EMACT Festival. |
| Wrote and directed musical revues. |
| Wrote and directed a diversity training video for Hewlett-Packard company |
| Winner of EMACT Festival Best Production Runner Up for Graceland,
Wellesley Players |
| Winner of the NETC Regional Festival Best Production for Graceland,
Wellesley Players |
Experience Professional
| Co-Director Gloucester Stage Company Berlin to Broadway –
Kurt Weill June 2002 |
| Director Regional Theater Experience in Eastern Massachusetts.
Representative productions include:
Plays
| Dinner With Friends |
| The Laramie Project |
| The Women |
| Proof |
| The Quarterly (World Premiere) |
| Crossing Delancey |
| Crimes of the Heart |
| M. Butterfly |
| The Sisters Rosensweig |
| Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean |
| Kennedy's Children |
| Agnes of God |
| Noises Off |
| California Suite |
| Barefoot in the Park |
| Don't Drink The Water |
| Plaza Suite |
| Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? |
| Wit |
| The Women |
| Proof |
| Graceland |
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Musicals
| Mame |
| Grand Hotel |
| Hello, Dolly |
| Is There Life After High School |
| Working |
| Barnum |
| Applause |
| Apples and Oranges (World Premiere) |
| Brigadoon |
| Pirates of Penzance |
| Fiddler of the Roof |
| You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| Sound of Music |
| Bye, Bye, Birdie |
| Good News |
| Sunday in the Park With George |
| Grease
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| Artistic Director
 | Artistic Director Directing and Acting Workshops for Eastern Massachusetts
Association of Community Theatres |
| Children’s Theatre Company, Wilmington MA |
| The Young Maynardians Musical Touring Company, Maynard, MA, and Acton, MA, High
Schools various years |
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Affiliations
| Immediate Past President, Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community
Theatres, 2006-2008 |
| Past President* and Member of the Board of Directors, Arlington Friends of the
Drama |
*Headed a successful $250,000 capital campaign for building
renovations during 3-year term 1996-1999
Education
| Masters Degree in Fine Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA; Area of
Specialization: Directing, Minor: Theatrical Education
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| Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, FL; Area of Specialization English Literature, Minor: Secondary Education
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