1. John S. Robbins Curriculum Vitae to Summer 2015
1525 Evergreen Park Ln. SW
(360) 489-8488
Jondon4@earthlink.net
EDUCATION
The Evergreen State College – Master of Public Administration – (Arts Management)
Thesis title: Public Policy and the Arts: The Thurston County Experience
Miami University (Ohio) - Bachelor of Arts – (Communication & Theatre Arts)
EMPLOYMENT
2013 – Present – Board Treasurer/Administrator for Urvasi Dance Ensemble
https://www.facebook.com/UrvasiDance
2005-2012. Managing Director of Performing and Media Arts & Member of the Adjunct
Faculty - The Evergreen State College. Managed all performing and media resources including
budget, equipment, staff and 120,000 sf Communications Lab Building.
2001-2004 - Drama Production Coordinator & Member of the Adjunct Faculty -
South Puget Sound Community College. Produced and coordinated all resources for the Drama
Department’s five annual theatrical productions and coordinated the Fine and Performing Arts Festival.
1992-2000 - English Department Chair – Yeshiva University of Los Angeles/Simon
Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance – Taught in both high school and rabbinical school as
part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Served as bookstore manager and AP Coordinator in addition to
a full-time teaching assignment.
1990-1992 - English Department Chair – Bellarmine-Jefferson High School. Taught five
full-time courses as well as chairing curriculum committees.
1988-1990 - Journalism/English Teacher – St. Genevieve High School. Taught five full
time courses. Served as yearbook and newspaper instructor and advisor.
1983-1988 - Features Editor – Frontiers Newsmagazine. Supervised, wrote and edited
features articles released every two week. Covered medical desk during AIDS crisis.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Actors Survival Guide: How to Make Your Way in Hollywood. New York:
Continuum International Publishing Group, 2008.
(Additional publications and awards available upon request)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
The Digital Divide: Native vs. Immigrant
Washington State Arts Commission Cultural Congress (2010)
The Business of Art - Kennedy Center Western Regional Theatre Conference – University of
Southern California Los Angeles (2008)
(Professional resume available upon request)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Actor’s Equity Association (AEA)
Theatre Puget Sound
Western Arts Alliance (WAA)

2. L. A. Stage Alliance
Americans for the Arts
REFERENCES
Ratna Roy, Ph.D. – Professor Emeritus of Dance - The Evergreen State College -
Director/Urvasi Dance Ensemble royr@evergreen.edu - (360) 918-2579
Andrew Buchman, MDA – Professor of Music – The Evergreen State College
buchmana@evergreen.edu – (360) 545-3627
John Bradshaw – Managing Director of the Seattle Shakespeare Company – (206) 733-8228
Matt Lawrence – Technical Director of Performing Arts – The Evergreen State College
lawrencm@evergreen.edu (360) 867-6748
Maestro Claudia Simpson-Jones – Artistic Director and Conductor of the Olympia Chamber
Orchestra and Opera Pacifica – csj.figaropro@gmail.com - (360) 951-2059
Donald Welch, Theatre Dept. Chair – South Puget Sound Community College
dwelch@spscc.ctc.edu (360) 596-5411 (personal reference)
PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS PRODUCED (partial list)
2010 – 2011 - Evergreen Expressions
Lysistrata
The Trojan Women
Earth My Body – Invoking the Goddess
In the Shadow of the Glen
Guest Lecturer – Russian Animator Yuri Norstein
2009 – 2010 – Evergreen Expressions
Lulu Washington Dance Theatre
Orissi - Dance of the Cosmos
Jansi Ki Rani – The Warrior Queen
The Frog Prince
2008-2009 – Evergreen Expressions
A Celebration of Asian Art and Culture – Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Sujata Mohapatra – A Guru’s Legend Continues
Patrick Johnson – Pouring Tea
Lynda Barry – Lynda Barry is Back!
Maya Angelou – Guest Lecturer
Ann Marie Fleming - Animator– An Evening with Ann Marie Fleming
The Flight of the Lawn Chair Man
Orissi – Dance of the Spirit
2007 – 2008 – Evergreen Expressions
Scott Turner Schofield – Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps
Obo Addy and Okropong – The Evergreen State College
Christine Panushka & Albert Araiza – Mosca and the Meaning of Life
Lunar New Year Festival – Seattle Chinese Orchestra w/Warren Chang – South Puget Sound
Community College/The Evergreen State College
James Luna – Water, Movement, Fire & Voices
Rudrakshaya – Dance from India
William Chapman Nyaho – In Recital
2006-2007 – Evergreen Expressions

3. Marni Nixon – A Night with Marni Nixon – South Puget Sound Community College/Saint Martin’s
University
Joe McHugh – Fine Times at Our House
Theatre Nohgaku – Crazy Jane – South Puget Sound Community College/The Evergreen State
College
Seattle Repertory Theatre – My Name is Rachel Corrie
2005-2006 – Evergreen Expressions
Seattle Shakespeare Co. - The Winter’s Tale
Orissi Dance Academy
Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club – The Drunken Beauty
Artkoamia – A Fusion of Art and Music
Imna Arroyo – Ancestors of the Passage Art Exhibition
The Nonsense Company – Three Penny Opera – The Evergreen State College
2002- 2003
South Puget Sound Community College Fine and Performing Arts Festival
1995
Native American Symposium – Bellarmine-Jefferson High School