Danielle Marie Roos

  • Assistant Professor at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Assistant Director to Rob Ashford, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - book by Taylor Mac, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. May 2024 - August 2024.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre, Pre-Broadway Production. June 25, 2024 - August 11, 2024 Albert Theatre, Chicago, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Chris Jones.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Mary Wisniewski.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Rachel Weinberg.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Cristalle Bowen.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Scott C. Morgan.
  • Assistant Director to Susan Booth, The Penelopiad - by Margaret Atwood. January 2024 - March 2024.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre. March 2, 2024 - March 31, 2024 Albert Theatre, Chicago, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Chris Jones.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Ted C. Fishman.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Rachel Weinberg.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Kelly Kleiman.

2023

  • Production Assistant, Script Assistant, Perry Street - by Lucy Thurber. December 2023.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre New Stages Festival. December 2, 2023 - December 9, 2023 Owen Theatre, Chicago, IL.
  • Staged Reading Director, The First Fighter Pilot - by Bruce Herzfelder. November 2023.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre, Union League Club of Chicago. November 10, 2023 Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • Staged Reading Director, The Matter at Hand - by Valentine Wulf, A Disorderly House - by Sam Lee Victor. October 2023 - November 2023.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre, ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence. November 6, 2023 Alice Center Bakes Rotunda, Chicago, IL.
  • Production Assistant, What I Learned in Paris - by Pearl Cleage. September 2023 - October 2023.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre's Pearl Cleage Festival. October 14, 2023 Alice Center, Chicago, IL.
  • Production Assistant, Pointing at the Moon - by Pearl Cleage. September 2023.
    Performances:
    • Goodman Theatre's Pearl Cleage Festival. September 28, 2023 Healy Rehearsal Room, Chicago, IL.
  • Director, Cabaret - book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. October 2022 - April 2023.
    Performances:
    • Middle Tennessee State University Mainstage Production. April 6, 2023 - April 8, 2023 Tucker Theatre, Murfreesboro, TN.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Stephanie Hall.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Jeffrey Ellis.

2022

  • Director, Party of Twelve - by Mary Donnet Johnson. July 2021 - April 2022.
    Performances:
    • Rutherford Arts Alliance. April 8, 2022 - April 10, 2022 Washington Theatre, Murfreesboro, TN.

2021

  • Director, The Busie Body - by Susanna Centlivre. April 2021 - October 2021.
    Performances:
    • Middle Tennessee State University Mainstage Production. September 30, 2021 - October 3, 2021 Tucker Theatre, Murfreesboro, TN.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Stephanie Hall.

2020

  • Director, Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare. May 2019 - February 2020.
    Performances:
    • Northwestern University Wirtz Center Production. January 31, 2020 - February 9, 2020 Josephine Louis Theatre, Evanston, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Wendi Kromash.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Nafi Soumare.

2019

  • Assistant Director to Halena Kays, Comfortable Shoes - by Ida Cuttler. August 2019 - November 2019.
    Performances:
    • The Neo-Futurists. October 7, 2019 - November 16, 2019 The Neo-Futurist Theater, Chicago, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Catey Sullivan.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: persephone van ort.
  • Director of Workshop Production, They Could Give No Name - by Exal Iraheta. February 2019 - June 2019.
    Performances:
    • Northwestern MFA New Play Festival. June 1, 2019 Barber Theatre, Evanston, IL.
  • Assistant Director to Robin Witt, A Number - by Caryl Churchill. October 2018 - June 2019.
    Performances:
    • Writers Theatre. March 20, 2019 - June 9, 2019 Gillian Theatre, Glencoe, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Persephone Jones.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Kris Vire.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Chris Jones.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Jack Helbig.
  • Director, The Flick - by Annie Baker. September 2018 - May 2019.
    Performances:
    • Northwestern University MFA Lab Series. May 3, 2019 - May 5, 2019 Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, Evanston, IL.

2018

  • Director, Woyzeck - by Georg Büchner. April 2018 - May 2018.
    Performances:
    • Northwestern University MFA Lab Series. May 25, 2018 - May 27, 2018 Fisk Black Box, Evanston, IL.
  • Assistant Director to Halena Kays, On Clover Road - by Steven Dietz. January 2018 - March 2018.
    Performances:
    • American Blues Theater. February 1, 2018 - March 16, 2018 Stage 773, Chicago, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Kerry Reid.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Jack Helbig.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Alan Bresloff.

2017

  • Staged Reading Director, Producer, Co-Writer, If Yes, Please Explain - by Amber Autry, Kerri Koczen, and Danielle Roos. 2016 - 2017.
    Performances:
    • Yellow Rose Productions Lab Projects. August 25, 2017 - August 26, 2017 The Public House Theatre, Chicago, IL.
  • Director, Producer, Co-Writer, Princess Cut - by Kelsey Burns, Kerri Koczen and Danielle Roos. 2014 - 2017.
    Performances:
    • Yellow Rose Productions. May 30, 2014 - Present The Square Room, Knoxville, TN.
    • Yellow Rose Productions. October 3, 2014 - October 4, 2014 Lyric Theatre, Loudon, TN.
    • Yellow Rose Productions. November 14, 2014 - November 15, 2014 Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Andrew Johnson Theater, Nashville, TN.
    • Yellow Rose Productions. April 10, 2015 - April 11, 2015 Carousel Theatre, Knoxville, TN.
    • New York International Fringe Festival. August 14, 2015 - August 21, 2015 Lynn Redgrave Theater, New York, NY.
    • Yellow Rose Productions. January 22, 2016 - January 23, 2016 Barking Legs Theater, Chattanooga, TN.
    • Yellow Rose Productions. May 5, 2016 - May 7, 2016 City of Refuge, Atlanta, GA.
    • Yellow Rose Productions. January 27, 2017 - January 28, 2017 Family Justice Center, Chattanooga, TN.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Alan Sims.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Kevin Martin.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Alisa Simonel-Keegan.
  • Assistant Director to Jessica Thebus, The Book of Will - by Lauren Gunderson. September 2017 - December 2017.
    Performances:
    • Northlight Theatre. November 9, 2017 - December 17, 2017 Skokie, IL.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Chris Jones.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Emma Couling.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Alan Bresloff.

2014

  • Director, A Little Princess - music by Andrew Lippa, book and lyrics by Brian Crawley. January 2014 - June 2014.
    Performances:
    • Erin Youth Players. June 26, 2014 - June 30, 2014 Erin Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN.
  • Director, Producer, Fiction - by Steven Dietz. September 2013 - February 2014.
    Performances:
    • Yellow Rose Productions. February 7, 2014 - February 8, 2014 The Square Room, Knoxville, TN.
    • (Peer) Reviewed by: Alan Sims.

2013

  • Director, Producer, All In The Timing - by David Ives. June 2013 - September 2013.
    Performances:
    • Yellow Rose Productions. September 6, 2013 - September 7, 2013 The Square Room, Knoxville, TN.
  • Director, Honk! - book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, music by George Stiles. March 2013 - June 2013.
    Performances:
    • Erin Youth Players. June 27, 2013 - June 30, 2013 Erin Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN.
  • Director, The God Committee - by Mark St. Germain. January 2013 - March 2013.
    Performances:
    • The Word Players. March 8, 2013 - March 17, 2013 Middlebrook Christian Ministries, Knoxville, TN.

2010

  • Director, Machinal - by Sophie Treadwell. January 2010 - April 2010.
    Performances:
    • Dordt University. April 8, 2010 - April 10, 2010 New World Theatre, Sioux Center, IA.

2008

  • Director, Producer, Wit - by Margaret Edson. April 2008 - December 2008.
    Performances:
    • Dordt University. December 10, 2008 - December 12, 2008 New World Theatre, Sioux Center, IA.