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Debra Berger
Biography
Debra Berger is a Minnesota based performing artist, vocalist, director and collaborator. On stage, she has worked with Theater Latte Da (Ragtime), Ordway Center for Performing Arts (The Sound of Music), Park Square Theatre (Johnny Baseball), and Walking Shadow Theatre Company (The Coward), among many others.
Debra received her Masters in Theater Arts with an emphasis in directing from the University of North Dakota. Her diverse directing portfolio includes Peter Stone’s Will Rogers Follies, Antonin Artaud’s Spurt of Blood and everything in between.
Her collaborative work has primarly been with Minnesota artist Emily Michaels King, which includes the 2013 Minnesota Fringe favorite Hello Stranger, the 2015 encore-achieving To The Moon, the 2016 hit, Lewis/Clark and the 2017 critically acclaimed play, Amimus. Debra is also a co-owner and producer of the Twin Cities Horror Festival, a live performance festival focusing on the horror genre.
Artist Statement
Born and raised on the plains of Montana, Debra’s individual artist work targets state history, familial undercurrents, audience interaction, music and nature. Debra aims to eliminate gender blockades in casting and promote women in the arts.
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United States
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Exhibitions and Performances
Presented at the Twin Cities Horror Festival. Created by Debra Berger, Emily Michaels King & Amber Johnson
Theater Latte Da - Role: Emma Goldman, Dance & Fight Captain / Dir: Peter Rothstein
Presented at the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival - Role: Clark & Creator / Collaborators: Emily Michaels King, Tyler Mills & Tyler Michaels
The Ordway Center for Performing Arts - Role: Ensemble / Dir: Gary Briggle
Park Square Theatre - Role: Ensemble / Dir: Doug Scholz-Carlson
Fort Peck Theatre (MT) - Role: Patsy Cline / Dir: Heather Adams
Walking Shadow Theatre Company - Role: Earl of Dorchester / Dir: Amy Rummenie
Ghost Force (2012) - Role: Performer / SpookyTown (2013) Role: Performer / Farmhouse (2014) Role: Performer / The Trail (2015) Role: Performer, Producer & Co-Director / The Phlip Experiment (2016) Role: Perfomer, Producer & Co-Director
Presented at the 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival - Role: Mother & Collaborator / Collaborators: Emily Michaels King, Tyler Michaels & Tyler Mills (playwright)
Presented at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival - Role: Self & Creator / Dir: Emily Michaels King / Playwright: Tyler Mills
Yellow Tree Theatre - Role: Martha / Dir: Jason & Jessica Peterson
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- Debra Berger updated the Artwork Animus
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's 1966 psychological thriller Persona, ANIMUS uses performance and multimedia projection to explore the merging identities of two modern women, one who speaks and one who doesn't, who compare hands and get all mixed up in one another. A two person show with an onstage cinematographer shooting a live video feed that is mixed with pre-created video content. - Debra Berger updated the Artwork Lewis/Clark
Lewis/Clark is a performance piece featuring Emily Michaels King and Debra Berger that is based on the historical characters of Meriwhether Lewis and William Clark. Through narrative, abstraction, movement, song, and distortion it examines exploration in its many forms, represenation of the female form on stage, and the power of friendship.