Payson Burt
SAG
818-694-5550
payson@4lafa.org
www.4lafa.org
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 185
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown

Sword Master / Fight Director / Movement Specialist
Certified Teacher and Fight Director:
The Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)

Television/Film

Luther's Choice KYW TV 3 Steve Clayman
Code of Honor Michael Hoff Productions Sarah Kass

Stunt Coordination

Spy Catcher Water Ski Shows International Greg Dolph
Winter Dreams Pennsylvania Ballet Robert Weiss
Poe Evermore Mount Hope Estate and Winery Mark Hartfield

Theatre

King Hedley II Mark Taper Forum Marion McClinton
Closer Mark Taper Forum Robert Egan
As You Like It Colorado Shakespeare Festival Lynn Nichols
  Temple University Jan Silverman
  Pasadena Shakespeare Company Dana Marley
  Garden Grove Theatre Kevin Cochran
Romeo and Juliet Williamstown Theatre Festival Neel Keller
  Pasadena Shakespeare Company Dana Marley
  Endgame Theatre Mark Hartfield
The Comedy of Errors Colorado Shakespeare Festival John Dennis
  Pasadena Shakespeare Company Charles Currier
Macbeth Temple University Jan Silverman
  Hermatage Playhouse Mike McKeever
Twelfth Night Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Elizabeth Dowd
  Colorado Shakespeare Festival Mark Harrison
  Pasadena Shakespeare Company Charles Currier
Holiday Memories Philadelphia Drama Guild Mary Robinson
  Delaware Theatre Company Clevland Morris
Blood Money Walnut Street Theatre Mark Clements
Brilliant Traces Walnut Street Theatre Celine Havard
Cyrano de Bergerac Walnut Street Theatre Jiri Ziska
Desperate Affections Phila. Festival Theatre for New Plays James Christy
Dracula Walnut Street Theatre Malcolm Black
Escape from Happiness Wilma Theatre Jiri Ziska
Hamlet Grove Theatre Center Kevin Cochran
  Cal Poly Pomona Robert Gilbert
Henry IV parts 1 & 2 Colorado Shakespeare Festival Michael Addison
Henry V Colorado Shakespeare Festival James Symons
I Hate Hamlet Peterborough Players Miguel Perez
Julius Caesar Colorado Shakespeare Festival Patrick Kelly
King Lear Colorado Shakespeare Festival Elizabeth Huddle
Mad Forest Venture Theatre Harriet Power
Merry Wives of Windsor Colorado Shakespeare Festival Robin McKee
Of Mice and Men Philadelphia Drama Guild Mary Robinson
Oleanna Walnut Street Theatre Bill Roudebush
Our Country's Good Pasadena Shakespeare Company Dana Marley
Queen Margaret Colorado Shakespeare Festival Tom Markus
The Earth Novel Stages Dugald McAurthur
The Lower Depths Venture Theatre Dugald McAurthur
The Tempest Colorado Shakespeare Festival Gavin Cameron-Webb
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Colorado Shakespeare Festival Jane Page
Viet Rock Painted Bride Art Center Kevin Cotter
What the Butler Saw Wilma Theatre Blanka Ziska

Opera

Carmen Opera Pacific Ron Daniels
Il Trovatore The Opera Company of Philadelphia Robert Driver
Don Giovanni The Opera Theatre of Pennsylvania Vicki Bussert
Macbeth Opera Pacific Colin Grahm

Action / Variety / Stunt

The Men of Steel Men of Steel Inc. David Leong
Ralph Roister Doister Maryland Renaissance Ensemble Brad Waller
Fight Director for: Maryland Renaissance Faire - 1989 Caroline Spedden
  Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire - 1992,1993 Mark Hartfield
The Ritz Comique Puttin' on the Ritz B. A. Curless

University/Academic

Les Liaisons Dangereuses University of Nevada Las Vegas Robert Brewer
The Rascal North Carolina School of the Arts Barry Kyle
Dead Souls North Carolina School of the Arts John Dillon
Richard III North Carolina School of the Arts Gerald Freedman
Dreaming and Dueling California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Christine Menzees
Private Lives University of Alabama Jonathan Michelson
La Trage'die de Carmen Curtis Institute of Music Rhoda Levine
Kiss Me Kate Curtis Institute of Music Ralph Batman
 
Drexel Universty
 
Servant of Two Masters
Man of La Mancha
Peter Pan Rashoman

Temple University, Faculty Fight Director - 1984 to 1997

Macbeth As You Like It Hair
Jacques and His Master Lysistrata The Bacchae
Sisterly Feelings Ubu Roi Hansel and Gretal
The Illusion The Hot LBaltimore Cloud 9
The Indian Wants the Bronx Electra The Medieval Mystery Plays
Caucasian Chalk Circle Scapino! Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Noon Day Demons The Hostage Right You Are If You Think You Are
The Homecoming The Grapes of Wrath A Midsummers Nights Dream
Balm in Gilead Uncle Vanya The Odyssey
King Lear Noises Off Savage in Limbo

 

Areas of Specialization / Skill

  • Movement - Horton, Alexander
  • History and Military History Consultant
  • Expert in Chinese Martial Arts of:
    Wing Tsun Kung Fu and T’ai Chi Ch’uan
  • Period and fighting styles:
    Rapier & Dagger, Smallsword,
    Broadsword, Modern Fencing, Boxing,
    Contemporary Violence, Martial Arts,
    Quarterstaff, and Grappling
  • Blood Effects, High Falls, Stunts, Bullwhip, Pyrotechnics

 

Firearms:

 

Pistols / Shoulder
Black Powder / Cartrdige
Practical / Blank Fire
PhysicalComedy:
Slapstick
Pratfalls

 

 

 

Head Armorer to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire: 1990-1993

Experience in Weapons Maintenance, Purchasing and Storage

Renaissance Costume and Weapon Hanger consultant


Certified in First Aid and CPR

 

Master Teacher - CV upon request
Letters of Recommendation upon request

Recognition

Association

SAFD - The Society of American Fight Directors
FDC - Fight Directors Canada
ATME - Association of Theatre Movement Educators
LAFA- Los Angeles Fight Academy, President

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