Tobie Minor is Director of Stage Combat and Intimacy, teaches Movement and Acting at The School of Theatre, Dance, and Film at Texas State University, is Co-founder of Violent Crown, and is Artistic Director of Crown Theatre ATX.  He has been a certified Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) since 2000, is a certified Vocal Combat Instructor (VCT), and is a member of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME). He has choreographed violence at Texas State, Zach Theatre, Austin Shakespeare, Austin Playhouse, Hidden Room Theatre and Penfold Theatre to name a few. He has been nominated for and won several awards both locally (B. Iden Payne) and internationally (Falstaff Award), and his choreography has been featured at the Blackfriars conference and on The Globe stage in London.  His acting credits include several short films, commercials, voice over work and a rather lengthy list of stage productions in Austin, Chicago, Colorado and many points between, working with theatres like Creede Repertory, Austin Shakespeare, Zach Theatre, Austin Playhouse, Chicago Shakespeare, Stage Left Theatre, Looking Glass, Hidden Room, and Penfold Theatre.