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Scott Mohon has returned to Victoria after 24 years and is
in the middle of his second season as Executive Director for Theatre
Victoria, the resident company of the Leo J. Welder Center for the
Performing Arts located in downtown Victoria His return to Victoria
brings a wealth of theatrical, theme park, and corporate experience to
the theatre and the arts communities in south Texas.
A graduate of Victoria High School, Scott received a BFA in Theatre from
The University of Texas at Austin. Following graduation from UT, he
travelled west and worked on his MFA in Musical Theatre at the
University of California, Irvine where he had the honor of working under
the direction of Chet Walker, international director and choreographer
and co-creator of the Tony award winning musical Fosse.
While in California, Scott began his long-time working relationship with
Tony-nominated director/choreographer, Jeff Calhoun on Broadway at
the Bowl at the Hollywood Bowl starring Placido Domingo, and
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? starring Mimi Hines with music
direction by John McDaniel.
After working a few years in California and Florida as a stage manager
and for Universal Studios, he flew east to NYC and Broadway, where he
stage managed and understudied the role of Vince Fontaine in the Tommy
Tune production of GREASE!, reuniting his collaboration with
Calhoun and McDaniel.
He has been a theatre professional on Broadway, for theme parks, and in
regional, dinner, and community theatres through out the United States,
having held the positions of Production Stage Manager for Harlequin
Dinner Theatre in Costa Mesa, CA; Entertainment Manager for Universal
Studios Orlando; Director of Production and Operations for Hey City
Theater in Minneapolis, MN, Portland, OR, Cleveland, OH and Salt Lake
City, UT; Managing Director for Bloomington Civic Theatre in
Bloomington, MN; General Manager for Granbury Opera House in Granbury,
TX and Vice President, Operations for Walton Arts Center in
Fayetteville, AR.
Scott recently directed this season's Rounding Third and Neil
Simon's Proposals starring Tony-nominated actress Kimberly
Scott on the heels of the hit summer musical Seussical. He
directed the last two season’s finales, the female version of The
Odd Couple and Our Lady of the Tortilla. He is currently
in rehearsals directing the long running off-Broadway hit musical revue
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.
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