Harold L. Hynick
Education
Degrees Earned
M.F.A. Directing, University
of South Dakota
B.A. Theatre, Central
College , Pella , IA
Second City Training Center, Chicago, IL, 2015
Honors and Awards
John McCallum,
Excellence in Teaching Award – Missouri Valley College - 2016
Invited to present a scene from Heads at the 2013 KC/ACTF Region VI Festival
Invited to present a scene from Endgame for the 2006 KC/ACTF Region V Festival
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival – Meritorious
Achievement
Award – Technical Direction and
Construction of The Tempest
Warren
M. Lee Scholarship – 1995 – Black Hills
Playhouse
1994
Irene Ryan Semi-Finalist KC/ACTF Region V
President,
Student Theatre Cooperative 1993-1994 - University of South Dakota
Graduate
Faculty Meeting Representative 1993-1994 - University of South Dakota
Theatre
Forum Advisory Board 1993-1994 - University
of South Dakota
Alpha
Psi Omega Senior Achievement Award 1988 - Central College
Alpha
Psi Omega Distinguished Performance Award 1986 - Central College
Alpha Psi Omega Distinguished Performance Award 1987 - Central College
Teaching Experience
2008-Present – Assistant Professor of
Theatre – Missouri Valley College ,
Marshall , MO
Courses taught:
Acting I, Acting II, Acting III,
Acting Shakespeare, Acting Theory, Directing I, Directing II, Script Analysis,
Stage and TV Makeup, Stage and Theatre Management, Children’s Theatre Workshop,
Fundamentals of Theatrical Design, Improvisation, Theatre History I, Theatre
History II, Playwriting, Scene Design, Portfolio Review, Freshman Seminar
2011 – The London Theatre Scene in London for MOSAIC through Maryville
University
2010 – The London Theatre Scene in London for MOSAIC through Maryville
University
Additional Duties:
Directing plays and musicals,
Directing the Flatliners Improv Troupe, Lighting Design, Mentoring Student
Lighting Designers, Recruiting, Internet Users Committee, Institutional Review
Board, Writing Across Curriculum, Visiting Writers Series Committee
2003-2007 –
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Coordinator of Speech/Theatre – Midland Lutheran
College , Fremont , NE
Courses taught:
Intro
to Theatre, Fundamentals of Oral Communication, Theatre Appreciation,
Fundamentals of Voice and Movement, Stage Combat, Theatrical Costuming and
Makeup, Theatrical Lighting and Sound, Stagecraft I & II, Acting I, II,
III, & IV, Directing I & II, Stage Management, Theatre History and
Dramatic Literature I & II, Scenic Design, Improvisation, Auditioning,
Dramatic Literature in Performance, Theatre and Social Change, Musical
Additional duties:
Directing,
Designing, Technical Directing, Recruiting, Advisor to Alpha Psi Omega,
Workshops for community and high school groups, Adjudicator for High School
Forensics and One Act Play Competitions, Advising, NEH Lecture Committee, BFA
Task Force, Production Manager for Kimmel Theatre for visiting speakers and
artists, Founded MLC Improv, Supervised Marketing for productions, Managed
department budget, Supervised Ticket Office, Supervised Work Study, Developed
Marketing Materials and Campaigns for department, Curriculum Design,
Maintenance of Kimmel Theatre, Coach Irene Ryan Candidates
2000-2003 –
Assistant Professor of Speech/Theatre and Director of Theatre – Dakota Wesleyan
University , Mitchell , SD
Courses taught:
Oral
Interpretation, Introduction to Theatre, Dramatic Literature, Acting I &
II, Creative Drama, Directing, Forensics, Stagecraft, Production Techniques,
Playwrighting
Additional duties:
Directing,
Designing, Technical Directing, Recruiting, Advisor to Alpha Psi Omega, Founded
R.A.T. (Random Acts of Theatre Improv group), Workshops for community groups
and high school groups, Tenure Committee, Sherman Center/Wagner Chapel Building
Committee, Coach Irene Ryan Candidates, Forensics Coach, Adjudicator for High
School Forensics and One Act Play Competitions, Advising, Advisor to Pi Kappa
Delta, Supervised tour of Children’s Theatre, Created the Are You
Shakespearienced? Workshop day for high schools.
1998-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor - University of South Dakota
Courses taught:
Theatre Appreciation,
Introduction to Acting, Writing about the Arts
Additional duties:
Adjudicator
for High School Forensics Competitions, Site coordinator for State High School
One Act Competition
1997-1998
Director of Theatre/Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre - Chadron State
College, Chadron , NE
Courses taught:
Fundamentals of Oral
Communication, Advanced Directing, Intermediate Acting,
Advanced Acting
(Periods and Styles), Stage Combat, Movement for the Stage,
Creative Dramatics and
Children's Theatre, Audition Techniques and Practices
Additional duties:
Adjudicator for High School
Forensics Competitions, Director of workshops at local high schools, Publicity,
Curriculum Revision, Coach KC/ACTF Irene Ryan Candidates
1996-1997
Visiting Artist in Residence - Drake University , Des
Moines , IA
Courses taught:
Directing
I, Auditioning, Introduction to Theatre, Problems in Acting-Comedy,
Acting
II, Voice II, Stage Combat
1995-1996
Acting Managing Producer/Instructor - University of South Dakota
Courses taught:
Introduction
to Acting, Directing I
Additional duties:
Supervisor
of all box office and publicity operations, house manager for all USD Theatre
productions, Supervisor for student stage managers, Prepared surveys and
reports for NAST evaluation, Site coordinator for State High School One Act
Competition, Coach for KC/ACTF Irene Ryan Candidates, Adjudicator for High
School Forensics Competitions
1992-1995 –
Graduate Student at University
of South Dakota
Teaching Assistant 1994-1995: Course taught – Acting I
Graduate Assistant 1992-1994: Slagle
Auditorium Stage Manager
Professional
Employment
1995-2006 –
Company Member – Black Hills Playhouse, Custer ,
South Dakota
1999-2000
Props Master - Omaha Theatre Company for Young People
1990-1992
Resident Director/Actor/Designer/Technical Director - Penobscot Theatre
Company, Bangor , ME
1989-1990 Arena Designer/Props
Master/Actor - Stages Theatre, Houston ,
TX
1988-89
Assistant Technical Director - Chocolate Bayou Theatre, Houston ,
TX
Directing
Experience
Professional Theatre
Lion in Winter Black Hills
Playhouse
Once Upon a Mattress Black Hills
Playhouse
Arsenic & Old Lace Black
Hills Playhouse
Man of La Mancha Black Hills
Playhouse
Sound of Music Black Hills
Playhouse
God’s Favorite Black Hills Playhouse
The Tavern Black Hills Playhouse
1776 Black Hills Playhouse
Everybody Loves Opal Black Hills
Playhouse
Abandoning the Shore Penobscot Theatre Company
Fables Penobscot
Theatre Company
Caitlin Penobscot
Theatre Company
Educational Theatre
A Christams Carol: A Radio Musical Farce Missouri Valley College
An Evening of Beckett Missouri
Valley College
Devised Ensemble Missouri
Valley College
School House Rock Live! Missouri Valley College
On the Verge
Missouri Valley College
No Exit
Missouri Valley College
Forbidden Broadway
Missouri Valley College
The Flatliners Do Something Sketchy Missouri
Valley College
Once on This Island Missouri
Valley College
The Good Doctor
Missouri Valley College
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown Missouri
Valley College
Heads
Missouri Valley College
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Missouri Valley College
April 11, 1954 Missouri Valley
College
That’s Not Fair! Missouri
Valley College
Miss Julie
Missouri Valley College
The Spitfire Grill
Missouri Valley College
The Robber Bridegroom Missouri
Valley College
The Glass Menagerie Missouri
Valley College
Honk! Midland Lutheran College
Mother Courage and Her Children Midland Lutheran College
The Great Train Robbery Midland Lutheran College
Measure for Measure Midland Lutheran College
Never Swim Alone Midland Lutheran College
A Christmas Carol Midland Lutheran College
My Servant Abraham Midland Lutheran College
Endgame Midland Lutheran College
Veronica’s Room Midland Lutheran College
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Abridged Midland Lutheran College
The Trojan Women Midland Lutheran College
Brilliant Traces Dakota Wesleyan
University
The Tempest Dakota Wesleyan
University
Medea Dakota Wesleyan
University
How I Learned to Drive Dakota Wesleyan
University
Aesop’s Oh So Slightly Updated Fables Dakota Wesleyan
University
All in the Timing Dakota Wesleyan
University
The Diviners Dakota Wesleyan
University
Blithe Spirit Chadron State
Suburbia Chadron State
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Chadron
State College
Vinegar Tom Drake University
Escape From Happiness Drake University
Death and the Maiden University of South Dakota
The Call of Lauren University of South Dakota
Family Tree University of South Dakota
Waiting for Godot University of South Dakota
The Insanity of Mary Girard University of South Dakota
Electric Roses University of South Dakota
Serenading Louie Central College
Cowboy Mouth Central College
Community Theatre
Talk Radio Sioux Falls
Suitehearts Knoxville
Video
Woyzeck University of South Dakota
Nodegamra Central College
Acting
Experience
Professional Theatre
Wes
Footloose Lyceum Theatre
Frankland The Hound of the Baskervilees Lyceum Theatre
McNair 1776 Lyceum
Theatre
Autolycus The Winter’s Tale South Dakota Shakespeare
Officer Welch Rumors
Lyceum Theatre
Hugo Birch Spider’s Web Lyceum Theatre
Mayhew Witness for the Prosecution Lyceum Theatre
The Rabbi Fiddler on the Roof
Lyceum Theatre
Bob Ewell To Kill a Mockingbird Lyceum Theatre
Constable The Music Man Lyceum
Theatre
Bobby Run for Your Wife Lyceum Theatre
Treadwell Black Coffee
Lyceum Theatre
Mortimer The Fantasticks Lyceum
Theatre
Zoltan Karpathy My
Fair Lady Lyceum Theatre
John Man Who Came to Dinner Lyceum Theatre
Rogers And Then There Were None Lyceum Theatre
Mr. DiPinna You Can’t Take it WithYou Lyceum Theatre
Company Member Annie
Lyceum
Theatre
Spritzer/
Mr. Pink/ Principal Hairspray
Lyceum Theatre
Banjo The Man Who Came to Dinner Black Hills Playhouse
Avram Fiddler on the Roof Black Hills Playhouse
Chorus HMS
Pinafore Black Hills Playhouse
Rusty
Charlie Guys
and Dolls Black Hills Playhouse
Selsdon Noises Off Black Hills Playhouse
Jester Once Upon a Mattress Black Hills Playhouse
Phra
Alack The King and I Black
Hills Playhouse
Uncle
Willie The Philadelphia Story Black Hills Playhouse
Pegeen
Mike Playboy of the Western World Black Hills Playhouse
Cop Pirates of Penzance Black
Hills Playhouse
Mayor
Shin Music Man Black Hills Playhouse
Phil Inspecting Carol Black
Hills Playhouse
Van
Helsing Dracula Black Hills Playhouse
Harry Room Service Black Hills Playhouse
Simon
Stimson Our Town Black Hills Playhouse
L.M. Pump Boys & Dinettes Black Hills Playhouse
Max Cabaret Black Hills Playhouse
Company Member Complete Works of William
Shakespeare
Abridged Black Hills Playhouse
Dr.
Caius Merry Wives of Windsor Black Hills Playhouse
Potiphar Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor
Dreamcoat Black Hills Playhouse
Lou
Cohen 1940’s Radio Hour Black
Hills Playhouse
Martini One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Black
Hills Playhouse
Father
Daniel Saint Marie Among the Hurons Penobscot
Theatre
Benedick Much Ado
Sir
Arthur
Conan
Doyle Tainted Blood Penobscot
Theatre
Algernon The Importance of Being Earnest Penobscot
Theatre
Dogberry Much Ado
Don
Pedro Much Ado
Bellamy The Fantasticks Penobscot
Theatre
The
Duke The Thirteen Clocks Penobscot
Theatre
Rufus Lucky Hightops
and the Cosmic
Cat Patrol Stages
Theatre
Company
Member The Trouble with Tofu Stages
Theatre
Samuel Beauty and the Beast Stages
Theatre
Thomas Being Sebastian Stages
Theatre
Straighter Riddley Walker
Educational Theatre
Sir
Toby Belch Twelfth Night University of South Dakota
Van
Helsing Dracula: A Musical Nightmare University of South Dakota
Henry The Fantasticks University of South Dakota
Ross The Elephant Man Central College
Arthur On Tidy Endings Central College
Actor
#1 The Dining Room Central College
Joshua/Cathy Cloud
Nine Central College
Sylvestro Scapino Central College
Fat
Prince Caucasian Chalk Circle Central College
Joe Waiting for Lefty Central College
Stage Management Experience
Professional Theatre
Equus Black Hills Playhouse
See How They Run Black Hills
Playhouse
Too Marvelous for Words Black
Hills Playhouse
Wait Until Dark Black Hills
Playhouse
Star Turn Black Hills Playhouse
Breaking Legs Black
Hills Playhouse
Steel Magnolias Black Hills
Playhouse
The Petrified Forest Black Hills
Playhouse
A Flea in Her Ear Black Hills
Playhouse
Yellow Dog Crossing Black Hills
Playhouse
Baby Penobscot
Theatre Company
Beyond Eve Penobscot
Theatre Company
‘S Mall Talk Chocolate
Bayou Theatre
Educational Theatre
Kabuki Medea University of South Dakota
Man of La Mancha University of South Dakota
The Father Central College
True West Central College
Scenic Design Experience
Professional Theatre
Saint Marie Among the Hurons Penobscot Theatre Company
Bonjour la Bonjour Penobscot Theatre Company
Baby Penobscot
Theatre Company
Beyond Eve Penobscot Theatre Company
Oliver! Saint Joseph ’s Charities - Bangor , ME
The Speaker Speaks Stages
Theatre
A Ride in the Sun Stages Theatre
Beauty and the Beast Stages Theatre
Spooks The
Ensemble – Houston , TX
Reckless Stages
Theatre
Hanna Davis The
Ensemble
Educational Theatre
Comedy of Errors Missouri Valley College
Honk! Midland Lutheran College
Mother Courage and Her Children Midland Lutheran
College
Measure for Measure Midland Lutheran
College
Never Swim Alone Midland
Lutheran College
A Christmas Carol Midland Lutheran
College
My Servant Abraham Midland Lutheran
College
Endgame Midland Lutheran College
Veronica’s Room Midland Lutheran
College
Lend Me A Tenor Midland Lutheran College
The Laramie
Project Midland Lutheran College
Complete Works of
William Shakespeare Abridged Midland Lutheran
College
Bat Boy Midland Lutheran College
The Trojan Women Midland Lutheran
College
The Nerd Midland Lutheran College
The Tempest Dakota Wesleyan
University
Medea Dakota Wesleyan
University
Aesop’s Oh So Slightly
Updated Fables Dakota Wesleyan
University
All in the Timing Dakota Wesleyan
University
The Diviners Dakota Wesleyan
University
Lighting Design Experience
Professional Theatre
Baby Penobscot
Theatre Company
Beyond Eve Penobscot
Theatre Company
Hanna Davis The
Ensemble
The Innocents Chocolate Bayou
Theatre
Educational Theatre
Celebration of Christmas Missouri Valley College
Working Missouri Valley College
Honk! Midland Lutheran College
Mother Courage and Her Children Midland Lutheran
College
Measure for Measure Midland Lutheran
College
Never Swim Alone Midland
Lutheran College
A Christmas Carol Midland Lutheran
College
Endgame Midland Lutheran College
Veronica’s Room Midland Lutheran
College
Lend Me A Tenor Midland Lutheran
College
The Laramie
Project Midland Lutheran College
Complete Works of
William Shakespeare Abridged Midland Lutheran
College
Bat Boy Midland Lutheran College
The Trojan Women Midland Lutheran
College
The Nerd Midland Lutheran College
The Tempest Dakota Wesleyan
University
Medea Dakota Wesleyan
University
All in the Timing Dakota Wesleyan
University
The Diviners Dakota
Wesleyan University
Technical Direction Experience
Professional Theatre
Baby Penobscot
Theatre Company
Beyond Eve Penobscot
Theatre Company
Sunday in New York
Poe/Gertrude Stein Penobscot Theatre Company
Stieglitz Loves O’Keefe Penobscot
Theatre Company
Tobacco Road Penobscot
Theatre Company
Little Murders Penobscot Theatre
Company
Reckless Penobscot
Theatre Company
A Christmas Carol Penobscot Theatre Company
The Cocktail Hour Penobscot Theatre Company
Rancho Hollywood No
Encontramos – Houston , TX
The Dream of Reason No Encontramos
Educational Theatre
Mother Courage and Her Children Midland Lutheran
College
Measure for Measure Midland Lutheran
College
Never Swim Alone Midland
Lutheran College
Wit Midland Lutheran College
Endgame Midland Lutheran College
Veronica’s Room Midland Lutheran
College
Lend Me a Tenor Midland Lutheran
College
The Laramie
Project Midland Lutheran College
Bat Boy Midland Lutheran College
The Trojan Women Midland Lutheran
College
The Nerd Midland Lutheran College
The Tempest Dakota Wesleyan
University
How I Learned to Drive Dakota Wesleyan
University
Brilliant Traces Dakota Wesleyan
University
Medea Dakota Wesleyan
University
All in the Timing Dakota Wesleyan
University
The Diviners Dakota Wesleyan
University
Professional and Honorary Memberships
Actor’s
Equity eligible performer
Educational
Theatre Association
Alpha
Psi Omega
Phi
Kappa Phi
Pi
Kappa Delta
Kennedy
Center/American College Theatre Festival Leadership
Region
V Showcase of Invited Scenes Coordinator – Present
Region
V Long Form Improvisation Intensive Leader -2019, 2018
Region
V Showcase of Invited Scenes Assistant Coordinator - 2018
Arkansas
State Festival – Festival Production Respondent - 2016
Region
VI Missouri State Chair – 2009-2013
Regional
Representative to Louisiana State Festival - 2012
Regional
Representative to Louisiana State Festival -2011
Region
VI NCI Coordinator – 2010
Region
VI Dramaturgy Initiative Coordinator - 2010
Regional
Representative to Arkansas State Festival – 2010
Regional
Representative to Texas State Festival – 2010
Region
VI Regional Irene Ryan Judge - 2009
Region
V Regional Selection Team for Productions – 2006
Region
V Irene Ryan Judge - 2006
Region
V Showcase of Invited Scenes Coordinator – 2019, 2005, 2006
Regional Production Respondent
for Regions V and VI – 1998 to Present
State and Regional Festival Workshops
presented at numerous festivals from 1998- present Include:
Improvisation Performance Techniques
Improvisation Directing Techniques
Devised Theatre
The London Theatre Experience
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri
Numerous Workshop Presentations 2014-Present
Missouri Valley College
Faculty Senate – 2009-2013
Faculty Senate President
-2010-2012
Created Missouri Valley College Summer Theatre Camp which later became
the MVC Performing Arts Camp, then MVC
Fine Arts Camp and served as director – 2010 - Present
MVC Theatre Outreach – Present theatre and improvisation workshops
to high schools, community theatres, and colleges in Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas
Great Plains Theatre Conference Director/ Actor 2007, 2008
International Thespian Festival – Guest Artist 2006, 2007
Iowa Thespian Festival
Workshop Leader 2018
Oklahoma Thespian Festival
Workshop Leader 2018
Kansas Thespian Festival
Workshop Leader 2017, 2018, 2019
Missouri State Thespian Conference
Workshop Leader 2009, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Nebraska State Thespian Festival
Workshop Leader 2011 & 2006
Nebraska Speech and Theatre Association
Workshop Leader 2006
National Conference of the Association of Lutheran College Faculty
Collaborated with department of
Religion and department of Music to create a group generated performance piece
entitled My Servant Abraham. This was
presented at the conference - 2006
South Dakota Speech Communication and Theatre Association
Workshop Facilitator 2002
Yankton-Sioux Reservation
Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop
