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JOHN DIETRICH
710 West End Avenue #4F, New York, NY 10025
973.819.8277 / johndietrichnyc@gmail.com
NILES CREATIVE GROUP
Creative Producer / Director / Choreographer (Current)
• Conceptual development for large-scale film projects,
attractions, and Theatrical events. This includes research,
project management, concept outlines, conceptual scripts,
final editing, and co-directing of all projects.
RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE
• THE COMCAST EXPERIENCE, Philadelphia – Public Art
installation on the world’s highest resolution LED screen.
• “UNDER THE SAME ROOF”, CHINA PAVILION, SHANGHAI EXPO –
Three-minute film attraction.
• GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY – 360-degree film
presentation located in main entry, Freedom Hall, Dallas, TX.
RADIO CITY ENTERTAINMENT
Director / Choreographer /Writer (17 years)
• Conceptual development/Direction/Choreography for
production numbers, special events (theatrical / television),
and full-scale shows for Rockette Special Events and the
Radio City Christmas Spectacular. This included scripting,
music development, scenic/lighting direction, costume design,
direction, staging, choreography.
• performance management of Rockettes / Ensemble (Over 120
people). Included performance reviews and development of
employee evaluation system.
BROADWAY CARES / EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
Director / Writer
ABC DAYTIME SALUTES BROADWAY CARES (7 years)
• Conceptual development, script writing, direction, and
choreography for annual high-profile event involving cast
members from current Broadway and ABC Daytime shows.
DOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT
Director / Writer / Choreographer (Current, 17 years)
• Conceptual development, script writing, stage
direction/choreography for over 50 Live Entertainment
events/productions.
WALT DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT
Director / Writer (3 years)
• Creative development and direction of Live Entertainment
productions for Tokyo DisneySea, Tokyo, Japan. Also included
hiring of talent for the entire park (800 employees),
rehearsal management, and scheduling.
• Disney On Ice- The Little Mermaid, Director

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SELECTED PRODUCTION CREDITS
Director and/or Choreographer (Additional credits upon request)
• MACK & MABEL in Concert, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
• SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, National Tour
• THE WIZARD OF OZ, National Tour. Korean Tour
• UNCLE BROADWAY – Royal George Theatre, Chicago
• BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Coons/Sivak), National Tour
• NBC Gala Re-Opening of Radio City Music Hall
• A&E Television: GERSHWIN ON ICE starring Dorothy Hamill,
• MACK & MABEL, Goodspeed Opera House
• NATIONAL PEPSI-COLA INDUSTRIAL – Las Vegas
• FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES INDUSTRIAL – Las Vegas
SELECTED WRITING CREDITS (Author / Lyricist)
• THINGS AS THEY ARE, The Life of Dorothea Lange
NYMF 2010 Next Link Project, “Best of Fest Audience Award”,
2009 / 2011 Fred Ebb Award Nominee. Music – Jonathan Comisar
• ONLY ANNE, A Musical Adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion
Set in 1920’s England. Music – Will Buck. Selected for 2016
Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, development at the 2015
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. O’Neill finalist.
• TALKING CITY: Dance Commission for NYU Steinhardt School
2015, Composer – Peter Michael von der Nahmer
• LAUTREC AT THE ST. JAMES, Composer – Julianne Wick Davis
INTERNSHIPS / OTHER
The Dramatists Guild of America
• Conference assistant for 2013 National Conference.
• Asst. to Gary Garrison, Executive Director Creative Services.
• Wrote several interview for The Dramatist Publication.
New York Musical Theatre Festival
• Script Submission Reader (Current)
ACADEMIC
• Adjunct faculty, Marymount College of Manhattan
Musical Theatre Performance, 2008-2010
• NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing (Tisch)
Seminar Faculty: “Dance as a Storytelling Device”
EDUCATION
DIPLOMA
• Master of Fine Arts – New York University – Tisch School of
the Arts: Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
• Master of Arts – New York University – Gallatin School
Directing & Performance Theory/Musical Theatre Structure
• Bachelor of Music – University of Wisconsin
Voice/Choral Education, Theatre Minor