
MARGOT MANBURG
MARGOT H.G. MANBURG
Dramaturg.
Director.
Writer.
New plays.
TYA.
Writer (* indicates world premiere)
Nancy Brew Zoom Dunnit* Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park February, 2021
Nancy Brew Zoom Dunnit (workshop production) Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park 2020
Theatre Reviewer Capitol Fringe Festival 2015
Theatre Reviewer BayStages Magazine 2011-2012
Dramaturgy (* indicates world premiere)
Dramaturg The Weight of Water Spooky Action Theater Allyson Currin
Dramaturg This is All Just Temporary* Convergence Theatre Olivia Haller
Dramaturg Sounds in the Bowery Spooky Action Theater Brian M. Doyle
Dramaturg Hip Hop Collective Off the Grid* Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Daunielle Rasmussen
Administrator D.C. Office Hours Chapter National Dramaturgy Open Office Hours Project
Lead Curator 1 Night / 5 Plays Festival Fabum, INC. Jameson Freeman
Dramaturg The Weathergirl Kennedy Center - 1st Undergrad. Playwrights’ Workshop Dayna Smith
Dramaturg Miranda WSC Avant Bard - Script in Play Series James Still
Resident Dramaturg 2015 AlterLab cohort Alter Theatre Jeanette Harrison
Dramaturg The Day the Crayons Quit* Bay Area Children’s Theatre Austin Zumbro
Dramaturg Don’t Stop Me* Youth Musical Theatre Company Krista Knight / Dave Malloy Dramaturg Rock the Block: Walk n’ Roll* Bay Area Children’s Theatre Austin Zumbro
Dramaturg Labcoats and Scapegoats* Bay Area Children’s Theatre Austin Zumbro
Dramaturg All Aunt Hagar’s Children Word for Word Stephanie Hunt
Literary Manager 2013-14 season Playwrights Foundation Amy Mueller
Dramaturg Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy* Bay Area Children’s Theatre Scott Elmegreen
Dramaturg Before and After 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Fest. Erin Bregman
Dramaturg Truck Stop Crowded Fire - Matchbox Reading Series Lachlan Philpott
Asst. Dramaturg Silent Sky Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson
Asst. Dramaturg Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls Kennedy Center - M.F.A. Playwrights’ Workshop Meg Miroshnik
Dramaturgy Fellow Bacha Bazi or Boy Play Kennedy Center - 1st New Play Dramaturgy Intensive Gabriel Jason Dean
Directing (* indicates world premiere)
Table Read The Weight of Water Spooky Action Theater Allyson Currin
24-Hour theatre Stop and Smell the Rose* LiveArtDC Jordan Ealey
10 minute play Fake News Nu Sass's Nu Drafts Geoffrey Baskir
10 minute play W.A.S.P.s "A Strong Woman" 1 Night / 5 Plays Festival Zanne Hall
10 minute play Eat Your Candy "A Strong Woman" 1 Night / 5 Plays Festival Patti Vecconi
10 minute play Stories of a Nuer Refugee… "A Strong Woman" 1 Night / 5 Plays Festival Morgan Kinnally
Staged Reading Rubbas Arts Club of DC Drama Committee Steve Karp
Workshop production Ballast 2016 Source Festival Georgette Kelly
Full production Rabbit Hole Benicia Old Town Theatre Group Chuck Schilling
Full production I and You* Marin Theatre Company - asst. director Lauren Gunderson
10 minute play Walk A Night in My Moccasins* SF PlayGround Christine Lim
10 minute play The Mice Will Play* Left Coast Theatre Company Joe Frank
24-Hour theatre The Universal Phenomenon Marin Theatre Company Daunielle Rasmussen
Staged reading Bag of Gods 3rd Annual Mega Hot New Play Festival Scott Horstein
Staged reading Couples Cooking Class 3rd Annual Mega Hot New Play Festival Scott Horstein
Arts Administration
Wish Granting Volunteer Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic April, 2016 - August, 2019
Gallery Manager Space 710 Art Gallery October, 2017 - August, 2019
Administrator D.C. Chapter of Dramaturgy Open Office Hours 2017
Associate Producer Fabum, Inc. 2016
Lead Curator Fabum, Inc. 2016
Playwriting Instructor Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2015
Resident Dramaturg Alter Theatre 2015
Literary Manager Playwrights Foundation 2013-14
Literary Arts Award Adjudicator San Francisco Unified School District 2014
Script Adjudicator DC Arts Club One Act Play Competition 2016
Script Reader Magic Theatre 2012 - 2015 Script Reader Source Festival 2011-2014
Script Reader Rosa Parks Awards 2015
Script Reader WSC Avant Bard 2015
Script Reader K.C.A.C.T.F. Comedies 2011 - 2015
Script Reader New Harmony Project 2012
TYA House Manager Marin Theatre Company 2014-2015
Group Sales Coordinator Marin Theatre Company 2014 - 2015
Box Office Manager Marin Theatre Company 2012-2015
Box Office Associate Summer Repertory Theatre 2009-2010
Honors and Achievements
Inaugural Dramaturg Kennedy Center's 1st Annual Undergraduate Playwrights' Workshop 2016
Nominee Best New Musical Theatre Bay Area Award Day…Crayons Quit 2015
Nominee Best Anthology Theatre Bay Area Award The Mice Will Play 2014
Winner Best Direction of Adult Drama Solano County Arty Award Rabbit Hole 2013
Winner Outstanding Adult Drama Solano County Arty Award Rabbit Hole 2013
Inaugural Dramaturg Fellow Kennedy Center’s 1st Annual New Play Dramaturgy Intensive 2011
Recipient Runner-Up in Dramaturgy K.C.A.C.T.F. Nationals Bringing It… Home 2011
Winner First Place in Dramaturgy K.C.A.C.T.F. Region VII Bringing It… Home 2011
Education and Training
B.A. in Anthropology, Theatre Arts minor – Sonoma State University, cum laude, 2011
Internship in Dramaturgy – Marin Theatre Company – Margot Melcon, 2011-12 season
Internship in Literary Management and Dramaturgy – Alliance Theatre – Celise Kalke , 2012 summer