CHARLES THOMAS SWAN
DIRECTOR CHOREOGRAPHER
Charles Swan is an artist who loves creating meaningful educational experiences for other artists!
Charles is currently the Theatre Director for the Upper School at
St. Francis Episcopal School in Houston, Texas.
Prior to accepting his role at St. Francis, Charles taught the Musical Theatre courses at the esteemed Dreyfoos School of the Arts, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Charles worked Off-Broadway as Associate Director to Michael Wilson on Signature Theatre's revival of Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize winning The Young Man from Atlanta. Before that, he served as Associate Director/Choreographer to Michael Wilson on the Ahmanson Theatre & Bay Street Theatre’s production of Grey Gardens starring famed Tony Award Winner Betty Buckley.
Before being named ‘Best Actor in Houston’ by OutSmart Magazine (2015, 2016), Charles was seen in “The Creep” on Saturday Night Live and garnered rave reviews for his portrayal of Ralph Berger in Clifford Odets masterpiece Awake and Sing! The Wall Street Journal touted, “[the cast puts] across the play’s angry warmth so believably that you’d think you were sitting at the table with them.”
When not on stage, Charles is passionate about education reform and the growing need for increased academic achievement of all students. He was the recipient of the 2016 Educator of the Year Award from the West University Rotary Club and oversaw the Musical Theatre program for Houston’s prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts from 2011-2019.
Charles is currently the Theatre Director for the Upper School at
St. Francis Episcopal School in Houston, Texas.
Prior to accepting his role at St. Francis, Charles taught the Musical Theatre courses at the esteemed Dreyfoos School of the Arts, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Charles worked Off-Broadway as Associate Director to Michael Wilson on Signature Theatre's revival of Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize winning The Young Man from Atlanta. Before that, he served as Associate Director/Choreographer to Michael Wilson on the Ahmanson Theatre & Bay Street Theatre’s production of Grey Gardens starring famed Tony Award Winner Betty Buckley.
Before being named ‘Best Actor in Houston’ by OutSmart Magazine (2015, 2016), Charles was seen in “The Creep” on Saturday Night Live and garnered rave reviews for his portrayal of Ralph Berger in Clifford Odets masterpiece Awake and Sing! The Wall Street Journal touted, “[the cast puts] across the play’s angry warmth so believably that you’d think you were sitting at the table with them.”
When not on stage, Charles is passionate about education reform and the growing need for increased academic achievement of all students. He was the recipient of the 2016 Educator of the Year Award from the West University Rotary Club and oversaw the Musical Theatre program for Houston’s prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts from 2011-2019.