In addition to directing and writing for theatres around the country, David Charles Goyette served as the Interim Artistic Director for Alaska’s premiere regional theatre, Perseverance Theatre. During his tenure, he also oversaw all education initiatives at Perseverance Theatre, including the supervision of the joint professional theatre training program with the University of Alaska Southeast. In 2004 he left African Continuum Theatre Company as the Associate Producer & Director of the Fresh Flavas New Works program to become the Director of Education for Perseverance Theatre. In Washington, DC, he directed African Continuum’s A Lesson Before Dying and The Story to critical acclaim. His debut production at Perseverance Theatre, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, played to sold out crowds and was critically lauded, both in Juneau and Anchorage. Mr. Goyette recently directed the world premiere of Speech & Debate for Perseverance Theatre’s Second Stage and Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home for PT’s main stage. Since receiving his BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Goyette has become an award winning director and arts administrator, and has worked with Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Source Theatre Company, Fredericksburg Theatre Company, Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage and Walt Disney Pictures. He has directed plays by Bertolt Brecht, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, David Henry Hwang, Tewfik El Hakim and Chiori Miyagawa among others. He has received the League of Washington Theatre's Offstage Honors Award, the A.C.T. Centerstage Award for Best Director and Best Production, the Robert Huckestein Jr. Memorial Award, the Michael Reimer Memorial Award and was named an Alaska Humanities Scholar by the Alaska Humanities Forum. Mr. Goyette graduated with an MFA in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin.
David Charles Goyette
Director, Playwright & Teacher
From left to right: G. Alvarez Reid, JoAnn M. Williams, Keith N. Johnson, Jefferson A. Russell In Lesson Before Dying.