Above: Ellen Denham as Cinderella’s Stepmother in Into the Woods. See below for information on work as a director and performer and other news.
December 2021
Music On Site, Inc. 2021 production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, directed by Ellen Denham.
July 2021
Ellen Denham recognized as a finalist for the American Prize in Stage Directing – Collegiate Division (Charles Nelson Reilly Prize) for the Fall 2019 TAMU-CC Opera production of Midsummer Night’s Music.
June 2021
TAMU-CC Opera world premiere of Olivia’s Ocean, a children’s opera film sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Libretto by Ellen Denham and score by Ross C. Bernhardt.
Viewable here on the Harte YouTube Channel: Olivia’s Ocean World Premiere
April 2021
Ellen Denham recognized as a semi-finalist in the Stage Director division for Collegiate Opera of The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the performing arts (Charles Nelson Reilly prize) for the Fall 2019 production of Midsummer Night’s Music.
November 2020
TAMU-CC Opera fall production of Adulting in Pandemic-Land, directed by Ellen Denham and devised collaboratively with the students.
Watch excerpts on YouTube here: Adulting in Pandemic-Land Fall 2020
January 2020
Ellen Denham recognized as National Semi-Finalist for the American Prize for Stage Directors (Charles Nelson Reilly Prize) in the Theatre/Musical Theatre Division for “Pinstripe Harry’s Tea Room Cabaret” and the Opera Division for “Pinocchio.”
October 2019
Fall production of Midsummer Night’s Music, an adaptation of parts of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Ellen Denham, using music of Henry Purcell.
September 2019
“Seasons of Life” voice recital with Ross Bernhardt, baritone
Music of Lauren Bernofsky, Paul Hindemith, David Francis Urrows, Ross Bernhardt, and Stephen Sondheim.
April 2019
Spring production of Pinocchio. Libretto by Denise Page Caraher.
October 2018
Fall world premiere production of Pinstripe Harry’s Tearoom Cabaret
April 2018
TAMUCC Opera Workshop Production of Hansel and Gretel, a condensed version with English text by Denise Page Caraher. Directed by Dr. Ellen Denham and conducted by Dr. Jose Flores.
January 2018
Opera Workshop, Islander Improv, and sculpture students collaborated on an improvised performance, Landing on the Island: The Inaugural Improvisational Happening, under the direction of Profs. Ellen Denham (Music), Meredith Melville (Theatre), and Leticia Bajuyo (Art).
October 2017
An Evening with Amadeus presented by the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Opera, directed by Ellen Denham.
June 2016
Original play by Bennett Ayres, The House of Blue Lights, with multidisciplinary performance company, No Exit Performance in Indianapolis. Directed by Ryan Mullins with designs by AnC Movies, Ashley Kiefer, Josiah Alstott, Lukas Schooler, Ryan Mullins, Beverly Roche, Shannon White, and Tommy Lewey.
March 2016
Homo Homarus, a chamber opera, presented as part of my doctoral project lecture recital: “Improvisation as a Generative Tool for New Opera: An Exploration of Methods and Parameters.”
April 2015
Role of Cinderella’s Stepmother in Lyric Theatre @ Illinois production of Into the Woods, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by Jessi D. Hill; Conducted by Louis Bergonzi; Scenic Design by Joe C. Klug; Costume Design by Kim Curtis; Lighting & Projection Design by Joseph A. Burke; Hair & Makeup Designed by David Mounce.
February 2015
Assistant Director of the mainstage Illinois Lyric Theatre production of The Merry Widow, assisting director Stephen Fiol.
April 2014
Doctoral Recital at the University of Illinois, with pianist Casey Baker.
Role of the Actress in Love Games, a new musical by Joseph Turrin, directed by Stephen Fiol, with the University of Illinois Lyric Theatre.
March 2014
Assistant Director of the mainstage Illinois Lyric Theatre production of Orpheus in the Underworld, assisting director Dawn Harris.
May 2013
Otherness Project, directed by and based on concepts by Ellen Denham and created collaboratively by the performers as the Umbrella Project of the Indy Convergence. Blog post about the experience here.
April 2013
Role of Jenny in the University of Illinois Opera production of The Threepenny Opera.
December 2012
Improvisation concert with COLAB class in the Krannert Art Museum.
May 2012
Websody, a comic soundscape based on internet memes, directed by Denham and created collaboratively by the performers, at the Indy Convergence Open Lab Performance.
March 2012
“100 Years of Song” Brown Bag Recital at Earlham College with pianist Anna Briscoe.
January 2012
Role of Violet in Intimate Opera production of Ned Rorem’s opera, A Childhood Miracle at the Indy Fringe Theatre.