Sharon Paluch

Resume and CV

director, educator, Designer                 arts Management

Sharon Zeto Paluch

(518) 441-9214 sjpaluch@yahoo.com

Founder and Artistic Director Consortium Actors 2009-Present

Regional Theater company dedicated to performance, training and education of young adults and youth while maintaining a high production value for audiences. Mounting 5 mainstage productions/year along with weekly classes, workshops and a high school Improv company. With a strong belief in collaboration with the passion and talents of young adults, CA trains and employs high school and returning College students in the basics of technical theater in order to be lighting/sound operators, crew and backstage managers and as camp leaders.

Director Siena College Fall 2015

Guest Director for Siena College’s Creative Arts Department and Stage III’s Fall musical. A very successful production resulting from an exemplary collaboration of production and artistic design professionals and a cast of current students, alumni and Siena staff.

Directing Credits

The Drowsy Chaperone
It’s a Wonderful Life Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead Is He Dead?
Importance of Being Earnest Three Musketeers
The Man Who Came to Dinner Pride and Prejudice
Once in A Lifetime
Arsenic and Old Lace
You Can't Take It With You
First Lady
Harvey
Stage Door
Oliver!
Little Mermaid
Peter Pan
Aladdin
Alice in Wonderland
Seussical TYA
Elves and the Shoemaker
The Gifts of Wali Dad
Keeper of the Tales

Martin, McKellar, Lambert, and Morrisson Douglas Rand
John Heimbuch
Mark Twain

Oscar Wilde
Adaptation from novel by Alexandre Dumas Hart, Kaufman
Adaptation from novel by Jane Austen
Hart, Kaufman
Joseph Kesserling
Hart, Kaufman
Dayton, Kaufman
Mary Chase
Ferber, Kaufman
Lionel Bart
Menken, Shaman, Slater, and Wright
Leigh and Charlap, 1954 Broadway version Menken, Ashman and Rice
LeGallienne and Freibus
Ahrens and Flaherty
Averill
Adaptaion from Folktale
Wright

Performance in Education Workshops include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Doctor Faustus, The Bacchae, Antigone, Medea, Tartuffe, School for Scandal, A Doll’s House, Death of a Salesman, Scenes for Musical Theater

Teaching Experience

Teacher

Hudson Valley Consortium 2005 -present

Teach high school classes in Shakespeare, American Literature, World Classics in Dramatic Literature and Junior High American and British classics classes in accordance with Common Core requirements.
Teach Shakespeare in Performance, Intro to Theater, Acting, and Improvisation classes to middle and high school students

Teacher

Consortium Actors 2005-present

Conducted Workshops in Musical Theater, Shakespeare in Performance, Improvisation, Audition Preparation and Introduction to Stagecraft. Sponsored workshops in IPA, Dialects, Stage Combat and Physical Comedy

National Shakespeare Competition Monologue Preparation 2013-present

Our Lady of Assumption Church 1999-2009

Implemented and lead VBS team for church’s annual VBS camp for 80+ children from pre-K thru grade 6 including training of teen leaders.

Our Lady of Assumption Church 1999-2010

Designed, implemented and oversaw children's weekly worship
programs and Vacation Bible School for preK- elementary ages including training of adut and teen leaders and fulfillment of Virtus requirements

Acting Coach

Vacation Bible School Director

Founder & Director Children’s Liturgy

Design Experience:

Costume Designer

The Music Studio 2004-present Director: Noel Liberty
Designed, and ran costume shop for construct and alteration of costumes for 350+children for annual Palace Theater Finale, annual Magic of Christmas show and Gala show with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Saratoga Racetrack and numerous other performances throughout the year. Designed and oversaw construction of 40 Music Studio signature dresses with multiple points of adjustment for continued future use.

Consortium Actors 2005-2014

You Can't Take It With You, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Arsenic and Old Lace (in full greyscale), Is He Dead?

Capital Ballet 2002-2005

Artistic Director: David Otto
Managed the Costume Shop: including fitting, altering and maintaining existing costumes and designing new costumes for ballet productions. Most notable is the annual Nutcracker production at The Egg Center for Performing Arts for a cast of 70+ dancers including fitting and assisting Principal and Soloist dancers from the New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater

Costume Designer

Wardrobe Mistress

Costume Designer/Mistress Saratoga Ballet Academy 2003- 2011

Stitcher

Responsible for construction, fitting, and maintaining substantial ballet and jazz costume collection for performances at The Egg.

Park Playhouse II 2010-2012

Assisted in construction and alteration of costumes for Thoroughly Modern Millie, Suessical, Annie Jr, The Wiz, and wardrobe maintenance during run.

Set Design

Designed complete sets for all Consortium Actors’ productions with eye toward

innovation while balancing cost, practicality and future stock. Most notable designs include Once in a Lifetime in the round and multi-location sets for Is He Dead?, Three Musketeers, Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice, and Harvey. By venue requirement, all builds completed & painted within two days.

Other Design and Construction Experience:

Cottage Industry Owner Pattern Drafter
Bridal Fitter
Store Manager

Acting

Lil' Munchkins 2001-2004

Designed and created distinctive clothing for children

HoneyBoy Diapers 2002

Digitally drafted cloth diaper pattern/instructions for retail publisher

M. Solomons 1994-1995

Responsible for measurement and fittings of bridal gowns/accessories

Marlou Formalwear 1981- 1987

Store Manager and Responsible for sales, measurement and fittings of men and boys for tuxedos and other formalwear for weddings, proms and special occasions

Grandmother......................... The Nutcracker- Capital Ballet.............................. The Egg 2003-2005 Mrs. Potiphar/Select Chorus.. Joseph and the AMTCD ........................................ Park Playhouse Other Performance Credits include: Grease, Guys and Dolls, I Remember Mama, Romeo and Juliet, Candide, Frankenstein, Desire Under the Elms, Second Shepherd’s Play among many others

Music Experience

Founder / Co-Director

Co-Director

Education

Other Professional HR Information

Contemporary Music Ministry Director- 35 years 1980-present
Our Lady of Assumption Church
Plan and Perform worship music and coordinate rehearsals, weekly masses and for special celebrations with up to 30 contemporary choir and musicians including
guitarists, pianists, percussionists, strings, trumpet and flutes

Siena College Music Ministry 1987-1989

Responsible for planning, rehearsing and performance and rehearsal of music with Siena student vocalists and musicians for 4 weekly masses. Involved coordination with Siena Ministry team and participation in the Siena community.

BBA- Siena College,
Including 24 credit hrs in Theatrical Arts Presidential Scholarship

MBA coursework- Union College
Stan Winston School Character Arts- Independent study

KeyCorp

Managed Corporate HRIS Team of 8 HR Professionals

1987

1993-95 2013-15

Systems Manager

1990- 1998

Responsible for the HR Information system and coordination with payroll systems, databases, project plans and reporting requirements for Keycorp's 24,000 employees nationwide. Rolled out new reporting system nationwide including Developing training seminars for 2000 managers.

Previous professional positions include: Tax accountant/CPA Firm, Insurance Adjuster/Bodily Injury

Passions and Hobbies: Sculpture, Art Dolls, and the Art and Technology of Character Creation

References available Upon Request