Bryan G. Zocher

Born: 09/24/1962   Wausau , WI
Parents: Gerald H. Zocher and Lois M. Zocher
Spouse: Roann R. Bonney
Children: Nathan Bonney, and Nicholas Zocher
Address(es):
Permanent :
222 Glendale Blvd.
Kalamazoo , MI 49004
Contact Information:
Phone : (616) 381-8216
Phone : 269-250-9243

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Ray Charles Is God ... and Other Tales From the Brain of Bryan Zocher
- Four short Plays
Drama Adult Presented at Whole Art Studio in Kalamazoo, Michigan 2007
Ebenezer!
- Dickensian adaptation
Drama Adult Bloomington Playwrights Project 1999
Joe Hill
- About the famed labor leader and song writer
Drama Adult Nelda K. Balch Playhouse at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan 1996
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Pushing the envelope, socially balanced, drive, desire, Love what I do.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Other - Playwright

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Council for the Arts Artists in Schools Grant 1998
Arts Foundation of Michigan Creative Artist Grant Commission to write and produce Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997
- "Joe Hill" was one of only six productions from the Midwest to be invited to the 1997 American College Theatre Festival. 1997
Education for the Arts Artisitic Development Grants and Writing funds for Just So Stories and All God's Children
- Award recvd for following years: 2000, 1999
Kalamazoo Arts Fund Individual Artist Grants
- Award received for following years: 1999, 1996, 1994, 1991

Memberships:

Name Date
American College Theatre Festival 1997

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M. F. A.) in performing arts management Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
- in theatre
University of Wisconsin Whitewater , WI 1985

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Executive Director Education for the Arts at Kalamazoo RESA Portage , MI 2014
founding artisitc director
- educational touring theatre
Drama Works! 1997
theatre specialist Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency Kalamazoo , MI 1997
outreach and grant director Actors & Playwrights Initiative Theatre Kalamazoo , MI 1995
- produced several full length plays and one act plays, a video drama, and several children's theatre plays
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