Dor's Current Projects
Dorothy Cosby Atkinson graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in
Theatre Arts in 1999, with an emphasis in acting and directing and an
interest in movement theatre. She continued her education at Freehold
Studio/ Theatre Lab in Seattle 2001-2008, taking several classes
including Meyerhold's Biomechanics, Movement II & III, Grotowski
Plastiques and Corporals, Alexander Technique, Physical Theatre,
Stage Combat, and Advanced Directing. In summer 2004, Dorothy
participated in Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa International Directors
Symposium in Umbria, Italy, where she studied with Richard Schechner
on Site-Specific Theatre, Rhodessa Jones on Theatre as Activism, Maxine Klein on
Political Theatre, LiangteeTue on Chinese Opera, Bernardo Rey on Mask and
Performance, and Vito Taufer on Theatre & Melancholy.
Dor founded Edge Theatre Ensemble in Seattle in 2001, with the support of many
inspired collaborators. Productions directed between 2001-2008 include: Baby with the
Bathwater by Christopher Durang, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams, The
Lysistrata Project, Antigone by Sophocles, Taming of the Shrew: An Experiment, The
Ceremony of the Death of the Individual and the Dreams of Kim Sun-Il (original work),
Hamlet and the Gambler (original work), Marriage Play, by Edward Albee, three original
performance pieces in Si Molesto Con Mi Canto, Around the Clock by Kelley Faulkner, A
Dream Play by August Strindberg, newly adapted by Caryl Churchill, and Mother Courage
and her Children by Bertolt Brecht.
Dor taught acting classes at Bellevue Community College from 2005-2008, and has been
assistant director in multiple professional venues, including Intiman Theatre. She is
currently pursuing her MFA in Directing and Public Dialogue at Virginia Tech in
Blacksburg, VA.
Biography - Dorothy Cosby Atkinson
Artistic Director Dor Atkinson is currently working on her MFA in Directing and Public Dialogue at
Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA. She graduates in 2011.
In Fall 2008, Dor directed a workshop production of two short plays: The Levee by Taylor
MacBowyer and That Midnight Rodeo by Mary Sue Price. To read an article about the production,
click here.
In Spring 2009, Dor will be working on a "living newspaper" project called Live News! The ensemble
will create short original works using Biomechanics as a base and newspaper articles as source
material. She also may try her hand at opera...!
