Washington HS Drama Director
Ohlone College Adjunct Drama Faculty |
David Koppel is a professional actor trained in the Earle Gister Method at the Yale School of Drama and has performed with a variety of professional theatre companies including: Yale Rep Theatre, Playwrights Horizons in New York, Stanford Rep, The Western Stage, San Jose Shakespeare on the Square Festival, TheatreFIRST, Crowded Fire and the Bellarmine Alumni Theatre.
In the summer of 2020, David played a Police Officer in the New York RESET PLAY SERIES original play, The Dark Skinned Kid Who Hopped the Turnstile by Tylie R. Shider and directed by Magaly Christopher Colimon. In addition to performing and directing, David coaches acting privately for teens and adults. He is the founder and artistic director of "Mind's Eye Theatre," the San Jose "Shakespeare on the Square" Festival. He is an adjunct drama faculty member at Ohlone Community College and serves as the drama director and Performing Arts Club advisor at Washington High School in Fremont, CA. The WHS Performing Arts Club performed Neil Simon's comedy RUMORS, last December and the musical THE LIGHTNING THIEF in May, 2022. The new Husky Theater is nearly complete and we look forward to an exciting new season of performances in 2022 and 2023. BELLARMINE ALUMNI THEATRE - SAN JOSE SOBRATO CTR FOR PERF. ARTS In the summer of 2019, David played Val Slotsky in Neil Simon's comedy, LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR and Rabbi Koresh in the 2017 original drama SWIFT JUSTICE by former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery based on the true events involving the 1933 murder of Brooke Hart and the vigilante lynching of the accused in San Jose's St. James Park. Instagram : www.instagram.com/dkoppel89/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/david.koppel.7 Twitter: @dkoppel89 Email: [email protected] |
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Acting/Voice ClassesActing classes in the Earle R. Gister Method (Yale School of Drama)
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