Darrin Murrell AEA
Actor, Director, Playwright, Producer
Specializing in Arts Marketing, Community Revitalization & Non-Profit Organizational Development
Biography
Darrin Murrell
Stats: Age - 57, Height - 5'8", Weight - 200
Location: Midwest
Willing to travel

Scroll down to see Experience in Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Producing, Administrative, Education, Training & Professional Affiliations
Acting
Theatre:
David O. Selznick Moonlight & Magnolias Brown County Playhouse, IN / dir. Gerard Pauwels
Murray the Cop The Odd Couple Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN / dir. Jeff Stockberger
Pooh Winnie the Pooh Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Jeff Stockberger
Vinny The Odd Couple Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Doug Stark
Officer O’Hara Arsenic & Old Lace Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. JR Stuart
Mr. Gower It’s A Wonderful Life Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Doug Stark
Don Armado Love’s Labour’s Lost Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TX / dir. Tom Whitaker
Thurston, et. al. Greater Tuna / Tuna Christmas triangle productions!, Portland, OR / dir. Don Horn
Ezekiel Cheever The Crucible Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR / dir. Allen Nause
Lord Montegue Romeo & Juliet Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TX / dir. Kevin Otos
Old Man The Chairs Main Street Studio Theatre, Muncie, IN / dir. Marty Grubbs
Cherdyakov, et. al. The Good Doctor American Heritage Theater Project, Portland, OR
Geppetto Pinocchio Northwest Children’s Theatre, Portland, OR / dir. John Monteverde
Peter Quince A Midsummer Night’s Dream American Eagle Productions, Chicago IL
Dr. Prentice What The Butler Saw triangle productions!, Portland, OR / dir. Don Horn
Leon Tolchinsky Fools Mt. Tabor Amphitheatre, Portland, OR / dir. Adrienne Flagg
Musical Theatre:
Boyd The Big Bang Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN / dir. Michael Blatt
Rev. Chrisparkle Edwin Drood Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN / dir. DJ Salisbury
Herr Schultz Cabaret Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN / dir. Billy Kimmel
Mr. Smee Peter Pan Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Eddie Curry
Claud Upson Mame The Human Race Theatre, Dayton, OH / dir. Kevin Moore
Alfred P. Doolittle My Fair Lady Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN / dir. Richard J. Roberts
Gatekeeper The Wizard of Oz Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis/ dir. Eddie Curry
Mr. Pinky, et al Hairspray Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Eddie Curry
Bob Cratchit A Christmas Carol Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Antonio Pinocchio Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Liz Stark
Turtell The Little Mermaid Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Liz Stark
Principal Clark Footloose Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN / dir. Doug Stark
Nathan Detroit Guys & Dolls American Heritage Theater Project, Portland, OR
Pseudolus A Funny Thing Happened… Capitol Theater, Rome, NY / dir. Rhonda Rae Busch
Cowardly Lion The Wizard of Oz Northwest Children’s Theatre, Portland, OR
Mr. Maraczek She Loves Me Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, TX / dir. Stephen Terrell
Marcellus Washburn The Music Man The Round Barn Theater / dir. Eileen Boevers
Claude The Baker’s Wife The Round Barn Theater, Nappanee, IN / dir. Scott Schwartz
Mother Superior Nunsense: A-Men! triangle productions!, Portland, OR / dir. Don Horn
Stanley, et. al. When Pigs Fly triangle productions!, Portland, OR / dir. Dennis Bigelow
King Sextimus Once Upon A Mattress Broadway Rose Theatre, Portland, OR
Velveteen Rabbit Velveteen Rabbit Oregon Children’s Theatre, Portland, OR / dir. Stan Foote ​
Bert Healy Annie Columbia Center for the Performing Arts, Longview, WA, dir. John Wilson
Votan, et. al. Das Barbecü Muncie Civic Theatre, Muncie, IN / dir. Darrin Murrell
Mysterious Man Into the Woods Theater On The Lake, Chicago, IL / dir. Kathleen Margovich
Tom No, No Nanette Theater On The Lake, Chicago, IL / dir. Wayne Worley
Ali Hakim Oklahoma! Capitol Theater, Rome, NY / dir. Bill Thiesen
Jerry Cohan George M! Capitol Theater, Rome, NY / dir. Joe Ferlo
Mad Hatter Alice in Wonderland Children’s Musical Theater, Mobile, AL
John Adams 1776 American Eagle Productions, Chicago IL / dir. Klaus Schuler
Film: IMBD - Darrin Murrell - IMDb
Casino Clerk - featured Jac Kessler's Popsy Pale Moonlight Cinema / dir. Jac Kessler
Charles Whistler - lead And Justice For All: Indiana's Federal Courts / dir. David Gutatis
Paulie - Lead To Four Good Friends Tim Pollard Productions / dir. David W. Kelly
Baby Jane-Featured Fright In Farmland Burning Hat Productions / dir. John F. Claeys
Basketball Fan - Extra Hoosiers Hemdale Film Corporation / dir. David Anspaugh
Reporter/Patron at Bar – Extra Eight Men Out Orion Pictures / dir. John Sayles
Recording:
Pappy Wilson "Pappy Wilson’s Down Home Jamboree" The New Mercury Theatre
Velveteen Rabbit “The Velveteen Rabbit”- Orig. Cast Rec. MAH Records
The Donkey "Like Winter Waiting”- Studio Cast Rec. Oregon Catholic Press
Narrator "PYP 75th Anniversary Presentation-Video" Whitehorse Productions
Featured Player "Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show" Historic Farmland Radio
Playwriting
Gershwin & Friends 2018 Produced at Nettle Creek Players
Hoosier Harmony 2017 Produced at Nettle Creek Players
The Creepy Eerie Show 2017 Produced at: Think Dog! Productions
Blood & Bougainvillia 2016 Produced at: Think Dog! Productions
Menagerie Macabre 2013 Produced at: IndyFringe Festival
Fright in Farmland 2012 Produced at: Farmland Dinner Theatre
Cabaret Absinthe 2012 Produced at: IndyFringe Festival
Parlor Songs & Piano Rolls 2010 Produced at: Farmland Dinner Theatre
Broadway on Main 2009 Produced at: Farmland Dinner Theatre
Hot Jazz Cabaret 2007 Produced at: Main Street Studio Theatre
Hello Young Lovers 2006 Produced at: Main Street Studio Theatre
Hoosier Holiday Cabaret 2004 Produced at: Main Street Studio Theatre, Farmland Dinner Theatre
Arlen & Kern 2002 Produced at: American Heritage Theatre Project, Main Street Studio Theatre
Gershwin! 2001 Produced at: American Heritage Theatre Project, Main Street Studio Theatre
A Pioneer Tapestry Christmas 2000 Produced at: American Heritage Theatre Project, Farmland Dinner Theatre
Hoagy & Cole 1998 Produced at: Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres,
American Heritage Theatre Project,
Main Street Studio Theatre,
Farmland Dinner Theatre
Winnie the Pooh 1996 Produced at: American Eagle Productions, Chicago
Producing & Administrative
2023-present - Associate Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN
2022-2023 - Artistic Director, Great American Melodrama, Oceano, CA
Oct. 19-May 20 Director of Programming, IndyFringe, Indianapolis, IN (ended due to Covid)
Aug. 19-present - Artistic Director Emeritus, Nettle Creek Players, Hagerstown, IN
Aug. 15-Aug. 19 - Executive Artistic Director, Nettle Creek Players, Hagerstown, IN
Oct. 15-Jan 19 - Collaborating Partner, IndyFringe (Children's Festival/Panto Series)
July 08-Jan 14 - Managing Director, Historic Farmland USA, Farmland, IN
Jan. 08-May 08 - Executive Director, Paramount Theatre Centre, Anderson, IN
Aug. 03-Jan. 08 - Executive Director, Muncie Civic Theatre, Muncie, IN
Mar. 04-Jun. 08 - Board Member (President 06-08), Indiana Community Theatre League
Mar. 07-Jun. 08 - Regional Representative, American Association of Community Theatres
Oct. 05-May 16 -Director/Sponsor of Masque & Gavel Drama Club,
Monroe Central High School, Parker City, IN
Jun. 04-Jun. 08 - Board Member (President 06-08), Historic Farmland USA, Farmland, IN
Apr. 99-Aug. 03 - Executive Director / Artistic Director,
American Heritage Theater Project,Portland, OR
Jun. 98 - Aug 03 - Executive Director / Co-Owner, Solutions for Marketing the Arts,
Portland, OR
Feb. 98-Oct. 98 - Director of Public Relations, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Portland, OR
Jan. 97-Dec. 98 - Director of Marketing & Special Projects, The Round Barn Theater at
Amish Acres, Nappanee, IN
Jan. 94-Jul. 96 - Director of Marketing and Advertising, Fox Theatricals, Chicago, IL
Aug 92-Jan 94 - Assistant to the Executive Producer (Michael Leavitt), Fox Theatricals,
Chicago, IL
Jan 92-Jun 92 - Assistant House Manager, Indiana Repertory Theater, Indianapolis, IN
May 91-Jan 92 - Box Office Manager, Seaside Music Theater, Daytona Beach, FL
Mar 89-Aug 90 - Program Director / Director of Children’s Theater, Capitol Theater,
Rome NY
Education & Training
Ball State University, general studies, 1986-88
Grant Writing, Portland Community College, 2001
Managing Directors’ Workshop, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2003 & 2005
Management Workshops, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, New York, NY, 2008
Professional Affiliations
Actors Equity Association - 2002-present
Indiana Main Street Advisory Council – Board Member at Large – 2011-2017
American Association of Community Theatres - Regional Representative to the Board, 2007-2009
Indiana Community Theatre League – Board Member at Large, 2004-2006; President, 2006-2009
Historic Farmland USA – Board Member at Large, 2004-2006; President, 2006-2008
American Heritage Theatre Project – Founding Board Member & President, 1998-2003
Northwest Community & Cultural Center – Board Member at Large, 2001
Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre – Board Member at Large – 2000
Directing
The District Theatre, Indianapolis, IN:
The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes Vol. 2 2020
Puffs 2019
Fly You Fools 2019
The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes 2019
Hold Onto Your Butts 2019
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Nettle Creek Players, Hagerstown, IN:
NCP Extravaganza 2023
Gershwin & Friends 2019
Into The Woods 2018
The Fantasticks 2017
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Ghostlight Theatricals, Bloomington, IN:
Ring of Fire 2019
A Christmas Story: The Musical 2018
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Actors Theatre of Indiana, Carmel, IN:
Liars Bench 2023
The Three Tenors 2018
Unnecessary Farce 2017
Hoagy on my Mind 2017
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Theatre on the Square, Indianapolis, IN:
It's Only A Play 2016
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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis, IN:
Lend Me A Tenor 2014
Main Street Artists, Farmland, IN:
G.I. Holiday Jukebox 2013
Romeo & Juliet 2013
Fools 2103
All Shook Up 2012
Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story 2012
Fright in Farmland 2012
A Pioneer Tapestry Christmas 2011
Ring of Fire 2011
Hoagy & Cole 2011
The Belle of Amherst 2011
Christmas Through The Ages 2011
CLUE! The Musical 2010
Parlor Songs & Piano Rolls 2010
A Hoosier Holiday Cabaret 2009
Greater Tuna 2009
Broadway On Main (also accompanied) 2009
The Scoundrel of Dagger Gulch (also accompanied) 2008
Arts Place for JCCT, Portland, IN:
Xanadu 2013
Muncie Civic Theatre, Muncie IN:
The Sound of Music 2008 “Delightful! A must-see!”
Ragtime 2008
Frankenstein 2007
State Fair (also choreographed) 2007
The Grapes of Wrath 2007
Cats (also set designed) 2006
The Music Man (also set designed) 2006 "We love every minute! Inventive staging delighted the audience!"
The Wizard of Oz 2006
The Graduate (also set designed) 2005
Into The Woods (also set designed) 2005 "Fast moving, charming, funny and absolutely delightful!"
Fools (also set designed) 2005
Dracula 2004
Das Barbecü (also acted) 2004 "So Funny! An energetic tour de force! "
The Robber Bridegroom (also set designed) 2004
Lily, The Felon's Daughter (also accompanied) 2004
Main Street Studio Theatre, Muncie, IN:
Forbidden Broadway (also choreographed) 2008
Assassins 2008
The Hot Jazz Cabaret 2007
Hair (also music directed/accompanied) 2007
The Great American Songbook Cabaret (also played) 2007
The Chairs (also acted) 2007
The Rocky Horror Show (also music directed/played) 2006
Hello Young Lovers: A Valentine's Cabaret 2006
Arlen & Kern: An American Heritage Cabaret 2005
Hoagy & Cole: A Hoosier Heritage Cabaret 2005
A Christmas Cabaret (also accompanied) 2004
Gershwin! An American Heritage Cabaret 2004
IndyFringe, Indianapolis, IN:
Who Run The World 2015
Menagerie Macabre 2013
Cabaret Absinthe 2012
MCT Young Actor's Workshop, Muncie, IN:
Aristocats Kids 2008
Annie Jr. 2007
Jungle Book Kids 2006
Into The Woods Jr. 2005
Snoopy: The Musical 2004
Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. 2004
Monroe Central High School, Parker City, IN:
Blithe Spirit 2014
Once On This Isalnd 2014
Seussical 2013
The Crucible 2103
It’s A Wonderful Life 2012
The Wizard of Oz 2012
You Can’t Take It With You 2011
Willy Wonka Jr. 2011
And Then There Were None 2010
Beauty & The Beast 2010
Arsenic & Old Lace 2009
Pirates of Penzance Jr. 2009
Alice in Wonderland 2008
Guys & Dolls Jr. 2007
Clue: The Musical 2006
Indy Parks Summer Theatre Camp, Indianapolis, IN:
Honk Jr. 2005
Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. 2004
American Heritage Theatre Project, Portland, OR:
Cinderella 2003
The Good Doctor 2003
Woody Guthrie’s American Song 2002
Arlen & Kern: An American Heritage Cabaret 2002
Honk! 2002
Hoagy & Cole: A Hoosier Heritage Cabaret 2002
Fools 2002
Gershwin: An American Heritage Cabaret 2001
Lily, The Felons Daughter (also accompanied) 2001
Big River 2001
Into the Woods 2000
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 2000
Madwomen’s Late Nite Cabaret 2000
triangle productions, Portland, OR:
Just So Stories 2001
Grotto Festival of Lights, Portland, OR:
The Gift is Ours 2000
Northwest Children’s Theatre, Portland, OR:
Little Red Riding Hood 2000
Winnie The Pooh (US Premiere) 2001
Theater in the Grove, Forrest Grove, OR:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1999
The Round Barn Theater, Nappanee, IN:
Indiana Music On My Mind 1998
American Eagle Productions, Chicago, IL:
Alice In Wonderland 1997
Winnie The Pooh 1996
1776 1994
Capitol Theater, Rome, NY:
Our Town 1990
Story Theater 1990
The Hobbit 1989
Addict 1989