Professor Freeman pursues a career as a writer, director, actor.
Alan Freeman most recent play is听The Burials of Andr茅 Cailloux.听听In addition, he wrote Wall Climbing and (with Frank Denson)听TEDDY & TWAIN: Purely Social.听 With Denson he also wrote听two screenplays,听Moose Lake听being the most recent.听听Recently, he staged the West Coast Premiere of Anne Garcia-Romero鈥檚听Paloma听for the Latino Theater Company at LATC.听 He also directed a staged reading of the play at New Dramatists in New York City. His work has won awards for directing, acting and producing.听听听听听听听听 鈥or several years he and his wife Kathie have hosted the 新月直播 Theater Tours to New York and London.听
Freeman was Producing Artistic Director of the Occidental Theater Festival which was honored many times with awards such as from the Los Angeles Drama Critics and two citations from the Los Angeles City Council.听 He inherited the role from Omar Paxson.听 He has worked professionally as an actor at such theaters as the Mark Taper Forum, and San Diego鈥檚 Old Globe Theatre.
In his last few years on campus, he directed Bernstein鈥檚听Candide, Shaw鈥檚听Saint Joan;听HAIR,听the Tribal Rock Musical; Ibsen鈥檚听A Doll鈥檚 House,听Fefu and Her Friends听by Maria Irene Fornes;听Hairspray the Broadway Musical; and听Two Weird Plays, an all-woman, contemporary production of听The Bald Soprano听by Eug猫ne Ionesco, and the dystopian tragicomedy听Far Away听by Caryl Churchill.
Directing assignments for the Festival included:听The Birds,听The Visit,听Three Penny Opera,听Oklahoma,听Brigadoon,听South Pacific,听Ruddigore,听The Mikado,听Hay Fever,听Harvey,听She Stoops To Conquer, as well as听The Fantasticks听and听Pygmalion听which won nine Awards between them. 听
He has staged operas for The Los Angeles Bureaus of Music,听Joan of Arc at the Stake听for The Pasadena Symphony, and Menotti Operas for San Francisco Opera鈥檚 Western Opera Theater.
Other productions directed for the college season have included:听Major Barbara, Lysistrata, The Cherry Orchard, Little Eyolf, The Hostage, Bus Stop, Crimes of the Heart, Love of the Nightingale, The House of Blue Leaves, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Company,听and听Cabaret.
In acting, Festival audiences saw Freeman play leading roles in听Equus, Translations, The Odd Couple, Playboy of the Western World, Amadeus, Twelfth Night, Midsummer, Romeo & Juliet, School for Wives, Getting Married, Anything Goes,听and听HMS Pinafore.
Locally, he produced and acted in the award-winning productions of听Candida听and听Tartuffe听at the Bank Playhouse. He has played major roles in productions at Theater West and the Santa Fe Theatre Festival.
His short film,听War Sermon, won a bronze medal for Peace at the Virgin Island Film Festival and was nominated for two local Emmys.
He is Emeritus Professor of Theater and a member of the Board of Trustees at 新月直播.听 Member: SDC, DG, AEA, SAG-AFTRA.听
He holds an AB in Speech & Drama and an MA in Directing from 新月直播, and an MFA in Film Directing from The American Film Institute.