Current Productions

Dr. Diane Howard is currently producing and directing a new Digital TV Channel, Shining Light, and Christian Musical Theater Productions at the Cultural Activities Center of Temple, TX for the First Methodist Church of Temple, TX.

Film, Television, Radio, Videoconference/Web-cast, Stage Productions

Dr. Diane Howard has had a breadth of experience in multiple formats: film, radio, television, stage, and e-technologies and more as a professor, director, producer, principal talent, writer, location manager, production designer/supervisor, dialect/dialogue coach and more.

Film

Movie Dialect Coach- Alone Yet Not Alone, Return to the Hiding Place , Trilogy of Movies: My Heart Dies With You , Broken Wing, Love Until the End, A Prophet Like Me; Coaching principal talent for films (list available upon request), Tom Selleck movie in development, Kids of Bristol.

Movie Dialogue Coach- The Prodigal, The Long Run Kids of Bristol.

Professor, Original Films- Fairytail, Map Thieves, Bullets at Twilight,
Dumb Love, Fly Away, Split Ends, Runaway, The Good Wife, Documentary- Redemptive Films, The Last Waltz, Choice Decision, The Walk,Hidden Places

Publicist- for my films above and many movies by others

Location Manager- Shining Light Series;Hidden Places;Kids of Bristol

Director- Performances of Autobiography, Performances of Poetry, Performances of Short Stories, Movie and Play Scenes, Shine! FUMC Temple, TX Shines Since 1895, Shining Light TV Series for First Methodist Church Temple, TX; Kids of Bristol; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Velveteen Rabbit

Talent- My Heart Dies With You: Hearts Race &, My Heart Dies With You, Hearts Journey- Aunt Eliza; Temple Grandin, parent; Rebellious Children of the Unconscious Mind, senior citizen; Distance, narrator; Apple Quick Time Movie, Martha Washington; Industrial Film, TXDOT supervisor; Educational Films- instructor; A Prophet Like Me ; Commercials (list available upon request)

On Camera Interviews- Jennifer Garner, “Miracles from Heaven;”,Tyler Perry, “Higher is Waiting;" Mark Nutsch and Bob Pennington, Real Special Ops. Leaders, “12 Strong”

“A Charlie Brown Christmas, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX

Audio Interviews - "Same Kind of Different as Me" with actors Renee Zellweger, Jon Voight, Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou; director, writer, Michael Carney; author, writer Ron Hall; “Roman Israel, Esq." with Denzel Washington and Dan Gilroy

Television

Director- Performances of Poetry (produced and filmed for television for 10 years), Performances of Autobiography for txConnect; Performances of Autobiography; Performances of Poetry; Performances of Short Stories; Movie and Play Scenes; Shine! FUMC Temple, TX Shines Since 1895; Shining Light TV Series for First Methodist Church Temple, TX; Kids of Bristol; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Velveteen Rabbit

Talent- Friday Night Lights, swimmer & singer; My Generation, congresswomen; interviews; principal talent for commercials (list available upon request); Host/interviews for Shining Light series

Publicist- for my TV projects and many more for others

Radio

Professor - Marley's Christmas Carol- KNCT

Talent- interviews

Publicist- for programs above and more

Videoconferences/Webcasts

Director and On-Camera Instructor- Ethnic History and Literature Performances

Principal Talent- Martha Washington, Apple Corp.

Publicist- for above and more

Stage

Professor/Producer-
One-Person Performances of Autobiography

Musicals- I Do/I Do, Godspell , Kids of Bristol, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Quilters; Of Thee I Sing, Family Festival of Carols, Christiam Growth Through Hymns, Oklahoma

Operettas- Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert & Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan, The Impresario by Mozart

Plays- Ten Little Indians, RUR, The Second Shepard Play, The Tempest,
Trifles, J. B. , Fools, Twelve Angry Jurors, The Stronger, The Sandbox, American Dream, The Male Animal, The Shadowbox, The Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Matchmaker, The Jury Room, Importance of Being Ernest, Impromptu; Camelot

Director-

Musicals- Kids of Bristol; A Charlie Brown Christmas; Quilters; Of Thee I Sing; Family Festival of Carols; Christiam Growth Through Hymns; Fiddler on the Roof; Man of La Mancha,;You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Lion, the Witch, and Wardrobe ; Camelot ; Oklahoma

Plays- Glass Menagerie, Gift of the Magi, Bus Stop,Lilies of the Field, The Rainmaker, Steel Magnolias, Little Women, The Three Sisters, A Man for All Seasons, The Zoo Story, The Rainmaker, Addict, Riders to the Sea, The Welfare Lady, Les Miserables, Juvie
Rag Dolls, Dancers, Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Happy Day, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Night Before the Cross.

Scriptwriter-

The Night Before the Cross, Martha Washington’s Dilemmas, Voices from the Bridges, Susan B. Anthony

Principal Talent-

Plays- Comedy of Errors- Aemelia; Hamlet- Queen Gertrude; Macbeth, Lady Macbeth; Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Mrs. Armstrong; Velveteen Rabbit, Nana, Equal Opportunity Programs., Ft. Hood; One-Person Performances of Autobiography (Susan B. Anthony, Martha Washington)

Musical Theater- Hello Dolly, Dolly; The Music Man, Mrs. Paroo,Peter Pan, Mrs. Darling; Oliver, Nancy; Godspell, Diane; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, White Witch; Velveteen Rabbit, Nana; Of Thee I Sing; Wizard of Oz, Glinda

Operetta- Pirates of Penzance Ruth, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Mother

Pageants- Miss Eugene- winner; Miss Oregon- first runner-up; Jr, Miss Hawaii- contestant, Miss UMHb- Divertissement Talent

Concerts (Soloist)- Messiah- Ft. Hood, TX (recurring); Rutter’s Magnificat- Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX; Love Songs (provided whole show), Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX; First Methodist Church, Temple, TX; First Baptist Church Belton, TX; First Baptist Church, Austin, TX

for programs above and more

Dialect Coach- Newsies

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor-(university-wide projects)- Sesquicentennial Production - Director ; Living Gallery, Historic Paintings reenacted, costumer, make-up artist; Miss UMHB Pageant- Talent for Divertissement