Bill Gordon

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About Bill Gordon

Bill Gordon is a Teacher, Actor, and Fight and Intimacy Choreographer located in the Midwest. With over two decades of teaching and directing Theater and Performance to all ages. Utilizing a diversity driven teaching philosophy, Bill has been able to most recently teach at Carnegie Melon, University of Pittsburgh and was a director, designer and fight choreographer for Shakespeare and Company's 35 anniversary Fall Festival. He has been on the staff at many regional workshops hosted by the Society of American Fight Directors and has been creating Theatre for younger students for over 25 years. Even in the face of the pandemic he was able to utilize zoom to create fully realized performances with many original scripts. Bill has also been fortunate to train and work at the Sydney Opera House, Bell Shakespeare (Sydney) and the Moscow Art Theatre. Bill is also an accomplished professional actor appearing on Chicago PD, in commercials, in feature films, and many times on a live stage. He is a company member at Trapdoor Theatre and has been part of many world premiers of shows that have been translated for the first time. Bill is also pursuing continued education at the doctorate level as well as certified teacher status with the Society of American Fight Directors. He is happiest in a classroom and it will become quickly apparent that his teaching philosophy and ability to uplift and elevate his students will benefit any institution. Bill is represented by the Shirley Hamilton Talent Agency.