Bill Fountain
I am Bill Fountain, Theater Arts and Technology teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School. I grew up in Pleasant Grove in Dallas. I was a child actor, appearing in commercials, films and stage plays. In high school, I studied acting, commercial art and cinematography. I also won acting awards in UIL competitions. I made my first film my senior year and won an international film award for the project. I also drew a weekly comic strip for twenty years. I have written over one hundred articles about blues music history for several international music magazines and books.
I attended the University of Texas at Dallas, and graduated cum laude with Bachelor Degree in Art and Humanities. While completing an approved Masters Thesis, I started a career in graphic novel illustration. I have created, drew and written several critically acclaimed graphic novels including interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe�s �The TellTale Heart� and �The Raven.� I took my graphic novel of the �The Raven� and a dramatic performance of the poem into ten school districts and museums, conducting lectures and workshops with middle and high school students.
I have recently moved back into theatre, where I have won awards for acting, directing, sound design and writing. Several of my original plays have been published and produced, including the award winning �Hecate Hill� (published by Playscripts) and �The White Rock Lake Disturbance� (published by NextGen London). My children�s plays have been produced and performed numerous times both locally and abroad.
Currently, I work around the Texas area as a playwright, actor, sound designer, light designer, art designer and director. I serveson the Advisory Board of two theatre companies and have been elected the President of the newly created Met Theatre in Oak Cliff, Texas; a company I founded with several other artists. I am also the founder and artistic director of his own theatrical troupe Level Ground Arts.
I teach theatre arts and technology to students 5th through 8th grade at Saint Thomas Aquinas School. I have been selected as a �Who�s Who Among American Educators� and selected by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC) in Washington to serve as an Educational Advisor to the National Young Leaders State Conference. I was also selected to attend a series of Broadway Workshops with Stephen Schwartz this last year, and was recently named �Best Low-Budget Theater Director� by the Dallas Observer
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