Amber Rae has produced and directed professionally with several companies in various markets over the past 20 years. She has mounted dozens of titles, often on a shoestring budget with a skeleton crew. Amber Rae has a confident technical knowledge and enough practical experience to give competent and creative design direction. She has a keen eye for staging, a strong ability to teach comedic timing and a natural knack for drawing out depth, honesty and heart in actors. Amber Rae’s extensive communications career allows her the ability to give clear, concise direction to a cast and make them feel empowered and emboldened, in the process of creating fully fleshed out personae with intention, introspection and emotion. She is a great leader, collaborator and educator, with an aptitude for script and character analysis. Her rehearsals are thoughtfully scheduled and efficient, her meetings thorough and effective and her product quality always of the highest order. From classical to contemporary pieces, Amber Rae will provide a well rounded direction to the artful realization of any production.
Amber Rae Bernhardt
Amber Rae Bernhardt
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
amber.rae.bernhardt@gmail.com 701-226-8189
DAKOTA STAGE LTD. Bismarck, ND
Producer 6 Seasons/60+Productions
Director
Doubt John Patrick Shanley
Time Stands Still Donald Margulies
The Awesome 80’s Prom Ken Davenport
Shakespeare Shorts Short Scene Showcase
BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE Bismarck, ND
Director
The Dead Guy Eric Coble
Gruesome Playground Injuries Rajiv Joseph
Circle Mirror Transformation Annie Baker
Baby with the Bathwater Christopher Durang
The Movie Game Adam Hummel
THEATRE B Fargo, ND
Co-Producer 3 Seasons/9 Productions
Director
Dinner with Friends Donald Margulies
The Santaland Diaries David Sedaris
Boys Life (AD) Howard Korder
INDEPENDENT Bismarck/Fargo, ND, Chicago, IL
Co-Producer/Director
The Bathroom Original Improv
Sing Dammit Original Sketch
Dive Bar Diva Original Business Review
Mercedes Ray Original Film
Various Commercials Radio/Television Business/Production Promotion
Acting Instructor Corporate/Educational
Improv Instructor Corporate/Educational
UNDERGRADUATE Bismarck/Fargo, ND
Director
Erik at the Gates Ryan G Metzger
The Road Not Taken Short Play Showcase
4 Buy Durang Short Play Showcase
Class Scene Work The Glass Menagerie/Endgame/Medea
EDUCATION
AA in communications from Bismarck State College
BFA in performance from North Dakota State University
Extensive design/tech experience
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