JULIE OSBURN

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
 
WRITING AND DIRECTING
2026: Novel: The Last Knight
          Play (In process): little BIG me: a parable
          Memoir (In Process) Acting Saved My Life
2014    Memoir: A Texan in Burgundy    
2005 Play: Things Just Change               
        Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles 
        (Wrote and Directed) 
1992-2000 
Larry Moss Studio, Los Angeles 
Play: Wind Sheers
          (Wrote, directed)
Play: Personal Mythologies              
         (Wrote, directed & performed)
Play: Spirits of 1913*                       
         (Wrote and directed) 
Teleplays:
Guiding Light, Another World, Proctor and Gamble Productions
 L.A. Theater Works:
Spirits of 1913 and Wind Sheers  
Tiffany Theatre, Los Angeles  
Play: Scars                           
        (Wrote & co-starred)
ACTING
FILM
2003 
Intolerable Cruelty                     
           Coen Brothers 
           Imagine Entertainment
The Girl Next Door                     
           New Regency
                            
TELEVISION
Gilmore Girls                             
           Warner Brothers
The Practice                      
           David Kelly Productions
2002                       
ER                                   
           Amblin Productions 
2001                       
Chicago Hope                           
           David Kelly Productions 
High Incident                     
           Dreamworks Productions
1998                       
Equal Justice                   
          Thomas Carter Productions 
1984 – 87, 1990-91         
Another World                          
           Proctor & Gamble 
 
THEATRE
1987
West End             
High Society                     
            Victoria Palace Theatre 
Toronto      
Sweet Bird of Youth                  
            Royal Alexandra Theatre
1984 
Off B’dway         
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii        
             Theatre Off Park 
1982                      
Playing With Fire                           
             Roundabout Theatre 
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U.S. Regional Theatre
1983                      
Oh Boy!                             
           Goodspeed Opera House 
Candide                              
           Arena Stage          
1982                      
Undiscovered Country               
           Arena  Stage 
1979                      
A Midsummer Night’s Dream  
Henry IV, Pt. I      
          Shakespeare Festival of Dallas 
                
TEACHING 
2019 – Higher Education Teaching
Associate Director/Lecturer in Drama 3rd Year Production, University of East Anglia
1996 – 2006 Professional Teaching
Founded The Actors In Process Studio in Los Angeles. Taught scene work, musical theatre performance and audition, acting technique breakdown, script analysis, and audition preparation for stage and on-camera. 
*** Also a voice coach for stage and film performance and singing for a range
     of styles.
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 
Higher Education:
2020                     
PhD in Creative-Critical Writing, UEA 
2013                     
MA Creative Non-Fiction, UEA 
1978                     
BA in Speech and Drama, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Professional Acting Training:
1992-2006  Larry Moss
1978-1984  Uta Hagen 
1978  Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts (Summer) 
Professional Voice Training:
2005  Patsy Rodenburg Voice and Shakespeare workshops
1978 – 2006  Marianne Chalis (Joan Lader Technique),  Marge Rivingston,
Tom Helm, Paul Gavert, Nate Lam 
  (professional voice coaches)