Max Moline
Director
Performer
Teaching Artist
(he/him/his)
Max Moline is a theatre artist and educator focusing on new works, educational theatre, and improvisational-focused rehearsal environments. Max is a Midwest-based director, actor, improviser, and teaching artist. He has also worked as a production manager.
A graduate of St. Ambrose University, Max has worked as a director at the Quad City Theatre Workshop, Davenport Junior Theatre, and The Mockingbird on Main. You can find Max onstage as an improviser at the newly revamped ComedySportz QC branch.
Favorite directing credits include An Oak Tree (Mockingbird on Main), Gruesome Playground Injuries (QC Theatre Workshop), and James and The Giant Peach (Davenport Junior Theatre).
He is currently based in Davenport, Iowa, and employed at Davenport Junior Theatre as an acting and improv teaching artist. Upcoming productions include directing The Skokie Charter Detective School at Davenport Junior Theatre and acting in the world premiere of The Vanishing by Aaron Randolph III.
When not working in the theatre, you can find him playing a variety of table top roleplaying games, attending a wrestling show, or pursuing the perfect curry.
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Professional Credits
The Skokie Charter Detective School*
by philip Dawkins/ Davenport Junior Theatre ‘23
The Mystery of Irma Vep
by Charles ludlam /Black Box Theatre ‘23
All Shook Up
By Joe Dipietro / Spotlight Theatre ‘23
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (revised) [again]
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield/ Assumption High School ‘22
Annie Jr.
By Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan/ Davenport Junior THeatre ‘22
An Oak Tree
by tim crouch/ Mockingbird on Main’21
Miss Le Gallienne Announces the New Season^+
By Carolyn gage/ QC Theatre Workshop’20
Gruesome Playground Injuries
By rajiv joseph/ QC Theatre workshop ‘19
The Earth Is Indeed Flat^+
By Willow Schuchmann/ QC Theatre workshop ‘19
James and the Giant Peach
By Richard George/ Davenport Junior theatre’19
Speech and Debate
By: Stephen Karam/ Playcrafter’s barn theatre ‘18
Education Credits
Rag and Bone%
By noah haidle/St. Ambrose University’17
Agnes of God
by john pielmeier/St. Ambrose university’16
Wandering
By lanford wilson/ St. AMbrose university ’16
Lockdown
By douglas craven/ St. Ambrose UNiversity ‘15
*Upcoming
%Cutting of Script
^ Staged Reading
+ Premiere
Training
St. Ambrose University, B.A Theatre/Art History 2017
-Acting: Dr. Cory Johnson
-Directing: Dr. Cory Johnson
-Vocal: Dr. Thea Engelson
-Acting for the Camera/Film Production: Don Schneider and Kim Kurtenbach Furness
Short Form Improv Comedy
-Short Form:Tracy Skaggs, Emma Reigner, Brendan Sears
-Puppetry
-Single Arm and Rod: Seth Chappell
-Hand: Seth Chappell
Recognitions
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 5 Stage Directors and Choreographers Scholarship Competition
Runner-Up- 2017
Semi-Finalist- 2016
Teaching Credits
-Theatre Instructor-Davenport Junior Theatre
-Acting: 2018-Present
-Intermediate Acting: 2018-Present
-Advanced Acting: 2020-Present
-Improv: 2019-Present
-Advanced Improv: 2022-Present
- Improv Lead- Davenport Junior Theatre
-Mainstage Improv Company- 2022
