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Victor Maog

Acting professor

Education

  • B.A., individualized major, New York University

Credentials

  • Professor of acting, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Teaches performance across stage, screen, and collaborative new work development, drawing on a professional practice that bridges theatre, live entertainment, and interdisciplinary storytelling.
  • Visiting professor in theatre, 2020–22, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA
    Taught acting, audition technique, collaboration, devised performance, and adaptation, while helping reshape senior capstone work around a production-centered model.
  • Artistic director, 2012–20, Second Generation Productions, New York, NY
    Led a New York theatre company recognized for developing Asian American artists and new work. Expanded partnerships, strengthened education initiatives, and produced and directed projects at Joe's Pub, HERE, La MaMa, 54 Below, New Ohio, and Second Stage. Launched Community Voices, a program supporting LGBTQ Asian Pacific Islander playwrights.
  • Show director, 2016–18, Disney Parks Live Entertainment, Anaheim, CA
    Provided creative direction for large-scale live entertainment, festivals, and events at the Disneyland Resort. Served as a key creative leader of Festival of Holidays, a multicultural seasonal festival later replicated at EPCOT, and directed teams across casting, content development, and production for concerts, dance events, corporate presentations, and themed experiences tied to Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars properties.
  • Director of theatre, 2009–12, Perry Mansfield, Steamboat Springs, CO
    Led artistic and educational programming, overseeing curriculum, productions, commissions, recruitment, and institutional partnerships. Restructured training around theatre, music theatre, collaboration, and new play development, and launched the program's first Winter Intensive at Juilliard.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • American Theatre magazine, Inaugural "20 Theatre Workers You Should Know," 2015
  • TCG SPARK Leadership Program, 2014–15
  • NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors, 2004–06
  • Van Lier Directing Fellowship, Second Stage Theatre
  • Sweet Briar Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
  • U.S. Delegate, International Theatre Institute/UNESCO World Congress

Organizations

  • Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
  • Dramatists Guild

Publications and presentations

Select directorial highlights

  • West Side Story, Marriott Theatre, 2022
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Folger Theatre, 2022
  • Macbeth, California Shakespeare Theater, 2019
  • South Pacific, Drury Lane Theatre, 2018

Select projects and media

  • Othello, Play On Podcasts (Webby Award, Signal Award, and Ambie honors)
  • An Evening with Alan Menken with special guest Lin-Manuel Miranda, Virtual Production (Webby Award Honoree)
  • ABC/Disney Talent Showcase, director, 2014–15
  • The 24 Hour Plays, New York and Los Angeles, director and collaborator, 2020–present