Ph.D. in Drama May 2001
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Dissertation title: “They Saw Othello’s Visage with Their Minds: Interpreting Othello in the Antebellum North”
Committee: Barbara Freedman (Chair), Laurence Senelick, David Krasner, Sudipto Chatterjee
M.F.A in Directing May 1988
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Thesis: “McNally’s Things that Go Bump in the Night: Research and Production”
B.A. in Theatre
B.S. in Materials Engineering May 1983
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Meisner Technique Teaching Certificate July 2016
Larry Silverberg, True Acting Institute, Salem, OR
Emeritus Professor and Part-Time Instructor, Ohio Wesleyan University 2022 – present
Associate Director of Theatre, Ohio Wesleyan University 2021 – 2022
Professor of Theatre, Ohio Wesleyan University 2014 – 2020
Associate Professor of Theatre, Ohio Wesleyan University 2008 – 2014
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Ohio Wesleyan University 2004 – 2008
Department of Theatre & Dance, Delaware, OH
· Courses: Directing, Modern Theatre, Theories of Performance, Asian Theatre, Political/Social Cabaret, Script Analysis, Meisner Technique, Art of Theatre, Theatre for Social Change
· Independent Studies: Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, Advanced Directing, Audition Techniques, Acting Methodology, Research on LGBT Theatre, senior capstone projects in directing, acting, and scholarship
· Directing: One production per year in departmental season
· Guests: Hosted residencies for students with performance artist Tim Miller (2012, 2014, 2017, 2020) and Sojourn Theatre & Center for Performance and Civic Practice founder Michael Rohd (2018)
· Interdisciplinary: Member of interdisciplinary course-connection seminar, “Modern Life and its Discontents,” 2012-2015
· Service Highlights: Department chairperson 2012-2014 & F’2019, University Academic Policy Committee S’2007-2012 (chair S’11 and S’12), University Governance Committee 2013-F’2018
Lecturer in Theatre Studies, Boston College (part time) 1999 – 2004
Department of Theatre, Chestnut Hill, MA
· Courses: Theatre History, Modern Drama, Introduction to Theatre
· Coordinator/Director for Boston College Arts Festival “Theatre in the Garden.”
Graduate Assistant, Tufts University 1997 – 2000
Department of Drama, Medford, MA
· Course: Beginning Acting
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lehigh University S’1992, 1994 – 95
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lehigh University 1992 – 1994
Department of Theatre, Bethlehem, PA 18015
· Courses: Acting I, Acting II, Introduction to Theatre, Theatre History, Dramatic Literature, Sound Design
· Directing: Three productions for the main departmental season
· Service: Participated as a respondent for ACTF Region II
“Showing off the Drummers: Zeami as a Pragmatic Producer.” Japan Studies Association Journal 9 (2011): 90-96.
“Desdemona and the Role of Women in the Antebellum North.” Theatre Journal 60 (May 2008): 235-255.
“Writing Suggestions.” Bedford Introduction to Drama Website: Sixth Edition. Bedford/St. Martins, 2008.
“A Basic Skills Grading Scheme for Acting for Non-majors.” CD-ROM. Mid-American Theatre Conference Pedagogy Papers, 2006.
“Cultural Contexts,” LiterActive: VirtuaLit Drama. CD-ROM. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005.
“Creator of Compromise: William Henry Sedley Smith and the Boston Museum’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Theatre Survey 41 (November 2000): 71-82.
“Review: Arthur Bloom, Joseph Jefferson: Dean of the American Theatre.” Theatre Research International 28 (March 2003): 105.
“Review: George A. Thompson, Jr., A Documentary History of the African Theatre.” Theatre Research International 26 (October 2001): 299.
“Review: Edward Pechter, Othello and Interpretive Traditions.” Theatre Research International 25 (Autumn 2000): 296.
“Reinventing the Liberal Arts Theatre Curriculum in a Time of Reduced Resources,” Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, 2021
“Inviting Devised Work to the Table: Including Devised Work in a Department’s Production Season,” Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, 2014.
“‘Prince killeth Percy’: an Anti-Heroic Hal in Henry IV, Part I,” Shakespeare Research Group, American Society for Theatre Research Conference, 2009.
“The Othellos of Edwin Forrest and T. D. Rice: Negotiating ‘Blackness’ in Mid-Nineteenth Century America,” Shakespeare in America Conference, Illinois State University, July 2002.
“A Model of Miscegenation: Othello on the Antebellum Stage,” Tufts University Graduate Colloquium, 1999.
“Compromise and the Boston Museum’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Tufts University Drama Department Colloquium, 1999.
Cabaret by Kander, Ebb, and Masteroff 2018 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca 2017 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
A new gender reimagined translation/adaptation (written in collaboration with Spanish professor Eva Paris-Huesca)
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard 2015 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
Urinetown: The Musical by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis 2015 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
Almost Maine by John Cariani 2014 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Theatre, Delaware, OH
“My Secrets on Beauty” 2013 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Theatre, Delaware, OH
An ensemble devised full-length performance inspired by Ovid’s Pygmalion
Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh/Christopher Fry 2012 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker 2010 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein 2009 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
Stop Kiss by Diana Son 2008 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Theatre, Delaware, OH
Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare 2007 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
Marisol by José Rivera 2006 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Theatre, Delaware, OH
“Play Safe” from Bacchus and Gamma Peer Education Network 2005 – 2016
Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Theatre, Delaware, OH
Orientation performance for sexual assault prevention
Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman 2005 ¹ ² ³
Ohio Wesleyan University, Studio Theatre, Delaware, OH
“Persistence of Memory” by Robert J. Flanagan 2004 ¹
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
One piece in an evening of short works
“Rain” by Jessica Oliveto 2004 ¹
Ohio Wesleyan University, Main Stage, Delaware, OH
One piece in an evening of short works
The Frog Prince by David Mamet 2003
Boston College Arts Festival outdoor performance, Chestnut Hill, MA
Life Under Water by Richard Greenberg 2002 ¹
Boston College Main Theatre, Chestnut Hill, MA
Part of an “Evening of One-Acts”
Zoo Story by Edward Albee 2002
Boston College Arts Festival outdoor performance, Chestnut Hill, MA
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare 1995
Lehigh University, Wilbur Powerhouse Theatre, Bethlehem, PA
Josephine: the Mouse Singer by Michael McClure from Kafka 1994 ¹
Lehigh University, Wilbur Powerhouse Theatre, Bethlehem, PA
Candida by George Bernard Shaw 1992
Lehigh University, Wilbur Powerhouse Theatre, Bethlehem, PA
The Stone Inscription of Caleb Pellor by Rand Burkert 1991
Wild Onion Storytelling Festival, Chicago, IL
Land of the Dragon by Madge Miller 1991 ¹
Chicago Children’s Theatre, Winnetka, IL
And Things That Go Bump in the Night by Terence McNally 1988
Northwestern University, Ethel M. Barber Theatre, Evanston, IL
Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley 1987
Northwestern University, Wallis Theatre, Evanston, IL
Foursome by Ionesco 1987
Northwestern University, Wallis Theatre, Evanston, IL
American Buffalo by David Mamet 1986
Apple Blossom Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY
The Fantasticks by Jones and Schmidt 1985
Apple Blossom Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY
My Client Curley by Norman Corwin 1983
Lehigh University, Coppee Hall, Bethlehem, PA
J.B. by Archibald MacLeish 1982
Lehigh University, Wilbur Powerhouse Theatre, Bethlehem, PA
What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton 1982
Lehigh University, Rathbone Hall, Bethlehem, PA
Vanities by Jack Heifner 1981
Lehigh University, Rathbone Hall, Bethlehem, PA
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Tim Miller Short Residency at OWU 2020
Funded a performance talk by Tim Miller and a two-day workshop with students
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Theatre/Dance students at Stratford” 2018
Funded travel and tickets to three performances at the Stratford, ON Shakespeare Festival for twenty-five department majors and minors
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Michael Rohd Residency at OWU” 2018
Funded a two-day workshop for twenty theatre and dance students
OWU T.E.W. (Thomas E. Wenzlau Presidential Discretionary Fund) Grant, “Sojourn Theatre/CPCP Summer Institute” 2018
Funded my participation in two three-day workshops with Michael Rohd at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Acting for the Camera at AADA” 2017
Funded my participation in a two-week intensive in acting for the camera at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NY
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Tim Miller Residency at OWU 2016
Funded a performance by Tim Miller and a week-long workshop with students culminating in their own devised, ensemble performance
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Summer Meisner Training Program Part 2” 2016
Funded my participation in the second two-week Meisner certification class with Larry Silverberg in Salem, OR
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Summer Meisner Training Program Part 1” 2015
Funded my participation in the first two-week Meisner certification class with Larry Silverberg in Salem, OR
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference and Panel Presentation” 2014
Funded my travel to the ATHE conference in Phoenix, AZ
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Tim Miller Residency at OWU” 2014
(co- proposed with Ryan Haddad ‘15)
Funded a performance by Tim Miller and a week-long workshop with students culminating in their own devised, ensemble performance, as well as individual coaching for Ryan on his senior capstone project (a show that Ryan continued to develop and has since performed at The Public, The Guthrie, and Dixon Place, among other venues)
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Asian Studies Development Program: Infusing Chinese and Japanese Religion, Art and Literature into the Undergraduate Curriculum” 2013
Funded my participation in a three-week East-West Center program in Honolulu, HI
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Tim Miller Residency at OWU” 2012
Funded a performance by Tim Miller and a week-long workshop with students culminating in their own devised, ensemble performance
Libuse L. Reed Endowed Professorship 2011 – 2013
A chair established to honor Libby Reed’s demanding teaching style, including academic rigor, building a foundation for intellectual outreach, and accessibility
Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) New Directions Initiative, “Full semester at the Asian Theatre Program, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Department of Theatre and Dance.” 2010
Funded a residency in the UH Asian Theatre Program, S’2011
GLCA Endowment for the Study of Japan, “Full semester at the Asian Theatre Program, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Department of Theatre and Dance.” 2010
Funded a residency in the UH Asian Theatre Program, S’2011
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Full semester at the Asian Theatre Program, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Department of Theatre and Dance.” 2010
Funded a residency in the UH Asian Theatre Program, S’2011
OWU Theory-to-Practice Grant, “OWU theatre students at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival” 2010
Funded travel and tickets to three performances for twenty-six department majors and minors
OWU T.E.W. Grant, “Institute for Infusing Japan Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum” 2005
Funded my participation in a three-week Freeman Foundation seminar in Honolulu, HI
First Prize, Tufts University Graduate Colloquium: “A Model of Miscegenation: Othello on the Antebellum Stage.” 1999
Oral Examinations passed with High Honors, Tufts University Department of Drama Ph.D. program 1998
Written Comprehensives passed with Distinction, Tufts University Department of Drama Ph.D. program 1998
Tufts University Graduate Assistantship 1997 – 2000
Taught Beginning Acting for undergraduates
Tufts University Graduate Fellowship 1996 – 1997
Northwestern University Graduate Assistantship 1987 – 1988
Maintained and monitored black box performance space
Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship 1986 – 1987
Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Tau Beta Pi 1983
Honors earned at Lehigh University
Department Chairperson 2012 – 2014, F’2019
Accreditation Team, Criterion 1 – Mission 2018
OWU V.P. for Student Success and Engagement Search Committee 2016
External reviewer for Allegheny College Department of Communication Arts and Theatre 2016
Committee on University Governance 2014 – F’2018
University Sexual Harassment Advisor 2006 – 2014
Academic Policy Committee S’2007 – 2013
(Committee Chairperson F’2011, F’2012)
Trustee/Faculty Liaison Committee 2009 – 2012
Performing Arts Series Committee 2005 – 2012
President’s Commission on Racial and Cultural Diversity 2008 – 2010
Academic Advisor 2005 – Present
Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL 2019
Audited three classes in the MFA Film Production program: Film Concepts and Practices, Experimental Filmmaking, and Visual Storytelling Techniques and Technology
Sojourn Theatre Institute, Chicago, IL 2018
Attended “Devising Theatre: a 3-Day Sojourn Institute”
Center for Performance and Civic Practice, Chicago, IL 2018
Attended a 3-day CPCP Intensive for Cross Sector Project Teams on “Civic Practice, Creative Placemaking & Placekeeping: Building Effective Partnerships”
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, NY 2017
Attended a two-week intensive on acting for the camera
Tim Miller in residency at Ohio Wesleyan 2012, 2014, 2017
Participated alongside students in three week-long workshops, each culminating with a devised public performance
True Acting Institute, Salem, OR 2015 – 2016
Attended two two-week summer intensives on teaching the Meisner acting technique with Larry Silverberg, author of the four-volume The Sanford Meisner Approach
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI 2013
Attended a three-week program on “Infusing Chinese and Japanese Religion, Art and Literature into the Undergraduate Curriculum”
University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Manoa, HI 2011
Audited three graduate courses at the University of Hawai’i Asian Theatre Program: Asian Theatre: Theories and Systems, Drama and Theatre of Southeast Asia and India, Directing Asian Theatre, and observed three months of rehearsals for a kabuki production of “The Vengeful Sword,” directed by Julie Iezzi
Freeman Foundation Summer Institute, Honolulu, HI 2005
Attended a three-week program on infusing Japanese studies into the undergraduate curriculum