Olivia Dower
Summary
PRODUCTIONS
Assassins (Squeaky Fromme) Bard College 2025
Sometimes Underwater Feels Like Home (Writer/Director) Bard College 2025
Two Bodies Can Intersect in the 4th Dimension (Fish Girl) Bard Berlin 2024
Urinetown the Musical (Little Becky Two Shoes) directed by Liz Peterson
Bard College 2023
American Apocalypse (Doctor) original play by Simon Sali NTI 2023
Show & Tell (Chloe) original musical by Tony nominee Max Vernon
Bard College 2023
Rocky Horror Picture Show (Janet) Bard College 2021
Head Over Heels (Pamela) New Rochelle Theaterworks 2020
See Rock City (Lily) New Rochelle Theaterworks 2019
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
VOICE: Matthew Deming, David Sytkowski, Robert Frost, Craig Dolezel
ACTING: Bhavesh Patel, Lizzy Brooks, Madeleine Barker, Forrest McClendon
PLAYWRITING: Nilaja Sun Gordon, Patty Kim Hamilton, DN Bashir
DEVISING & DIRECTING: Jonathan Rosenberg, Nina Tecklenburg, Daniel Wetzel
PUPPETRY: Amy Trompeter, Aleah Black
DANCE & MOVEMENT: Eva Burghardt (Movement), Yuko Kaseki (Butoh), Erin O’Leary (Alexander Technique)
TECHNICAL: Anna Kohler (Video), Marco Brosolo (Sound), Christina Wheeler (Sound)
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
National Theater Institute Fellow
NTI/Eugene O'Neill Theater
03.2025 - Current
- Supported staff with administrative and organizational support for the theater program's summer intensive for college students
- Assisted NTI Artistic Director Rachel Jett with coordination of scheduled classes and activities
Editorial Intern
Westchester Magazine
05.2024 - 09.2024
- Researched and wrote 10+ original reviews for online publications
- Fact-checked and updated existing and revised content
- Problem-solved various customer service issues
Research and Office Assistant
Bard College
10.2022 - 03.2023
- Organized book collections and documents for the office library of Professor Miriam Felton-Dansky
Senior Lifeguard
Westchester County Parks
06.2017 - 08.2024
- CPR Certified for pool and open water
- Experienced Counselor and Teacher for kids
- Also worked at Bard College Aquatics (2021 - present), Scarsdale Town Pool (2022), and Badger Day Camp (2022)
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Theater & Performance/ Political Studies
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY05-2025
Summer Intensive - Experimental Theater
Bard College Berlin
Berlin, Germany07-2024
NTI Theatermakers Intensive -
Eugene O’Neill Theater
Waterford, CT08-2023
High School Diploma -
New Rochelle High School
New Rochelle, NY06-2021
Skills
■ Liberty League All-Academic Swimmer 2022 - 2025
■ Bard College Women's Athletic Award 2022 - 2025
■ College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2023 - 2024
■ Bard Raptors Swim Team Captain
■ Arts Scholarship Recipient, Abercrombie and Fitch 2022 - 2025
■ Winner, Best Actor, Surface Tension, Alternative Film Festival
Timeline
National Theater Institute Fellow
NTI/Eugene O'Neill Theater
03.2025 - Current
Editorial Intern
Westchester Magazine
05.2024 - 09.2024
Research and Office Assistant
Bard College
10.2022 - 03.2023
Senior Lifeguard
Westchester County Parks
06.2017 - 08.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Theater & Performance/ Political Studies
Bard College
Summer Intensive - Experimental Theater
Bard College Berlin
NTI Theatermakers Intensive -
Eugene O’Neill Theater
High School Diploma -
New Rochelle High School
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