Scott Russell (He/Him/His)
Advanced Actor Combatant
Scott Russell is an AEA actor, SDC fight choreographer, educator, and a Full Instructor/Associate Fight Director with Dueling Arts International; he currently serves as the performance instructor at Franklin College. He is recognized as an Advanced Actor Combatant with DAI and the Society of American Fight Directors and an Intermediate Actor Combatant with Fight Directors Canada, the Society of Australian Fight Directors, Inc., the Nordic Stage Fight Society, and the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat. He has previously served as instructor for the Indianapolis Opera’s Resident Artist program.
Scott is a graduate of The Conservatory at Act One Studios – Chicago, received his MFA from the University of Arkansas and received his BS in Biology from Belmont University.
Fight choreography credits include: It Came From Outer Space, Chad Diety, Vietgone, The Dingdong, Detroit, The Champion, Great Expectations (TheatreSquared); Hand to God, Bskersfield Mist, Love Bird (The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis); Life is a Dream, Man of La Mancha, The Metal Children, Angels in America Part 2 (University of Arkansas); Killer Joe (Theatre on the Square); Twelfth Night, As you Like It (Indianapolis Shakespeare Company); Hamlet, Richard III, As You Like It, Macbeth (First Folio Productions); and many others.
- scottnrussell@gmail.com
- AEA, SDC, ATME, DAI, SAFD, SAFDi, NSFS, BASSC, FDC
Skill Proficiency History
| Date | Weapon | Location | Grade |
|---|
MKE Summer SPRs 2021 Part 2
| Jul 17, 2021 | Single Sword | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Recommended Pass |
| Jul 17, 2021 | Broadsword and Shield | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Recommended Pass |
Independence Day SPRs
| Jul 3, 2021 | Unarmed | Greenfield, Wisconsin | Recommended Pass |
| Jul 3, 2021 | Small Sword | Greenfield, Wisconsin | Recommended Pass |
| Jul 3, 2021 | Broadsword | Greenfield, Wisconsin | Recommended Pass |
| Jul 3, 2021 | Quarterstaff | Greenfield, Wisconsin | Recommended Pass |
CISCO 2019
| May 31, 2019 | Rapier and Dagger | Eureka, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
| May 31, 2019 | Quarterstaff | Eureka, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
| May 31, 2019 | Knife | Eureka, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
CISCO 2018 SiS and QS
| Jun 1, 2018 | Small Sword | Macomb, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Broadsword and Shield | Macomb, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Central Illinois Stage Combat Workshop 2017
| Jun 2, 2017 | Single Sword | Eureka, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
Worlds Stage Combat Certification
| Aug 23, 2016 | Broadsword | Toronto, Ontario | Recommended Pass |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Rapier and Dagger | Toronto, Ontario | Basic Pass |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Unarmed | Toronto, Ontario | Basic Pass |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Small Sword | Toronto, Ontario | Basic Pass |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Knife | Toronto, Ontario | Basic Pass |
Central Illinois Stage Combat 2016
| Jun 3, 2016 | Quarterstaff | Macomb, Illinois | Basic Pass |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Knife | Macomb, Illinois | Basic Pass |
Fall 2015 QS and SiS
| Dec 3, 2015 | Single Sword | Macomb, Illinois | Recommended Pass |
CISCO 2015
| Jun 6, 2015 | Broadsword and Shield | Eureka, Illinois | Basic Pass |
| Jun 6, 2015 | Small Sword | Eureka, Illinois | Recommended Pass |