Douglas Stewart

Douglas Stewart (M. Ed/SAG-AFTRA, Producing Artistic Director/Instructor) Douglas Stewart is an accomplished producer, director, presentation trainer, writer, and actor. As a performer, Douglas has over 100 theater and dance productions to his credit. His feature films include featured or supporting roles in Lightning Jack, Cold Feet, If You Could Say It In Words, What About You?, Car Dealer, and Cultivating Charlie. On TV he has appeared in Dallas, Lazarus Man and Unsolved Mysteries. He has numerous national & regional commercials and industrial films to his credit including principal roles for Lupient Infiniti, Hyundai Motors, Lone Star Beer, Showbiz & Chuck E' Cheese Pizza, Walmart, Texas Instruments, Miller Brewing Company, Eastman Kodak, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Bounce Fabric Softener, and Mary Kay Cosmetics. Many of Stewart's students have appeared on the stage, in feature film, network television shows and national television commercials. From 1972-1986, he was a professional dancer including work for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, and Dallas Ballet. In 1994, Stewart founded a professional theater company and school in Albuquerque, New Mexico called The Matchbox Theater. He also founded Shakespeare-on-the Halfshell and was a founding member of the comedy improv troupe, Surely You Jest. Stewart has lived in Minneapolis since 2000 and has taught youth and adult acting workshops for stage, television, and film. He re-opened his Minnesota version of the theater in 2014. His professional directing credits include Thom Pain, The Weir, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross, Bleacher Bums, Greater Tuna, Talk Radio, Waiting for Lefty, A Christmas Carol, and The Rivals. He has directed a number of presentations for youth including A Bob Dylan Tribute, Charlotte's Web, Surprise for the Tooth Fairy, Aladdin and The Magic Pickle Jar, Queen Midas, Charlotte's Web and The Year of Billy Miller. Stewart produced and directed his two original plays: Earth Day Musical and Earth Day Rocks in conjunction with the International Earth Day celebrations. In 2017, he produced the national touring show, Einstein: A Stage Portrait, starring Thomas Schuch. Recently, Stewart produced Marc Christian Berg's rock opera puppet show: Razia's Shadow. Douglas holds a M. Ed in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in eLearning and Technology Education from Concordia University/Portland. He completed his graduate studies in Theatre Directing from the University of New Mexico and received a B.A. in Dance from Point Park College in Pittsburgh, PA.