CHUCK HARPER
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Chuck is a director, actor and Asst. Professor of Performance at SIUE.  His most recent projects include At Play in the Valley of the Shadow of Chet (Circle X Theatre, Los Angeles), Adult Entertainment and Kimberly Akimbo (HotCity Theatre), and The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild (Mad Scene Theatre, Los Angeles).  Last year he wrote, directed and performed in the HotCity Greenhouse/Theatre Belle Bete co-production of The Probe: An Inquiry into the Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of Orson Welles in Hollywood.  This production was subsequently remounted as part of the 2007 Fringe Festival Praha in Prague, Czech Republic.  Other overseas credits include the European premieres of Big Love (Ardeo Theater, France) and Quills (BBIT, Czech Republic and FOIO, Germany).  Chuck is currently developing another original piece for Theatre Belle Bete titled WHAMMY!!: The Seven Hidden Secrets to Understanding the Self-Help and Actualization Movement in Post-Y2K America.  Coming soon to a HotCity stage near you!