Resume
Billicia Charnelle Hines
Director/Teacher
billicia@billicia.com
Education
MFA in Theatre: Acting/Directing, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 2004
BFA in Professional Theatre: Acting/Directing, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
State University, 2001
New York Film Academy: Digital Filmmaking Program, Summer 2007
Summer Shakespeare Intensive: Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, 2000
Powerhouse Apprentice Training Program, Vassar College, 1998
Diploma with Concentration in Drama: North Carolina School of the Arts, 1997
Teaching Experience
Director of Theatre Program/Associate Professor of Theatre, July 2009- present
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Courses taught: Acting I, Improvisation and Sketch Comedy, and Appreciation of Drama, and Theatre Lab
Advisor: University Players and Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor Society
Private Acting and Coach, 2007-present
Coached actors who have been accepted to NC School of the Arts.
Director of Theatre Program/Assistant Professor of Theatre, August 2005- present
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Courses taught: Creative Drama/Children’s Theatre, Introduction to Drama (tour folktales and Children’s theatre to the local elementary schools), Art Appreciation, Appreciation of Drama, Play Production I: Acting/Directing, Studies in Black Drama, Stage Crafts, Theatre Makeup and Costume, Filmmaking, Acting I, Advanced Acting, and Theatre Lab
Advisor: University Players and Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor Society
Teacher’s Assistant, 2003-04
Department of Theatre, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Course: Fundamentals of Theatre
Drama Teacher, August 2000- July 2002
Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center
taught children from ages 5-12 acting techniques
Directing-ECSU THEATRE
Rumpels and Punzelle (Billicia Hines)
Zooman & the Sign (Charles Fuller)
Anansi the Clever Spider (Claudia Haas)
Rhyme Deferred (Kamilah Forbes)
Lil’ Red in da Hood
Firndship in the Forest ( Gary Hogg)
For Colored Girls… (Ntozake Shange)
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Fats Waller)
Folktales from Around the World
Before It Hits Home (Cheryl West)
Films / Videos/Radio
For Colored Girls…Radio Ad Voice-Over University Players
ECSU’s University Choir Promo Voice-Over da B Productions
ECSU’s Art Department Voice-Over da B Productions
Promotional Video
The D-Word Max Cherien Dabis
Coterie Theatre
After Juliet Helena Sidonie Garrett
Missouri Repertory Theatre
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone understudy Mattie Marion McClinton
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Crumbs from the Lily Ann Green Shirley Jo Finney
Table of Joy
Merry Wives of Windsor Anne Page Sari Ketter
Playing Doctor Yvonne Ina Marlowe
Dancing at Lughnasa Rose Ina Marlowe
Hot L’ Baltimore Jackie Ron Schaffer
Polaroid Stories Semele/Persephone Joe Price
Twelfth Night Viola Dale AJ Rose
Original Works
Rumpels and Punzelle
Achievements
Professional Theatre
The Sun God by Titus Walker Asst. director The UJAMAA Black Theater, Inc
Workshops
Co-founder and Head Instructor: “ Be Optimistic: Promoting Positive Achievement with
Youth Through Creative Elements” 7 day workshop
taught Improvisation, acting, and directed end of week presentation for ages 5-14),
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Memberships
Alpha Psi Omega National Honorary Theatre Society
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
References available upon request
Event Calendar
- HeLa: The Immortal Cell Line of Henrietta Lacks
Mar 16 - Mar 16 - Available for Acting Workshops
May 19 - Aug 19
