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N. J. STANLEY
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Williamsport, PA 17701 Lycoming College
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Theatre and Drama, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1990.
Dissertation: Nina Vance: Founder and Artistic Director of Houston's Alley Theatre, 1947-
1980. Advisor: Marvin Carlson.
M.F.A. in Directing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1978.
B.S. in General Studies (concentration in Speech and Theatre), Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, 1976.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
The Eight-week Performance Class, taught by performance artist Rachel Rosenthal, Los
Angeles, CA, fall 1997.
TEACHING POSITIONS:
Lycoming College, Theatre Department, Williamsport, PA.
Associate Professor, 2011-present.
Assistant Professor, 2002-2011.
St. Lawrence University, Department of Speech and Theatre, Canton, NY.
Visiting Assistant Professor (one-year temporary appointment), 2001-2002.
Franklin and Marshall College, Department of Theatre, Dance and Film, Lancaster, PA.
Visiting Assistant Professor (two-year sabbatical replacement), 1999-2001.
Bucknell University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Lewisburg, PA.
Visiting Assistant Professor (one-year sabbatical replacement), 1998-1999.
Walt Disney Feature Animation, Artist Development Department, Burbank, CA.
Acting Instructor, 1996-1997.
Agnes Scott College, Department of Theatre and Dance, Decatur, GA.
Assistant Professor, 1993-1995.
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TEACHING POSITIONS continued:
Central Michigan University, Department of Speech Communication and Dramatic
Arts, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
Assistant Professor, 1990-1993.
Indiana University, Department of Theatre and Drama, Bloomington, IN.
Associate Instructor, 1980-1983.
Florida State University, School of Theatre, Tallahassee, FL.
Instructor, 1977-1978.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
COURSES TAUGHT:
Lycoming College (Fall 2002-Spring 2012):
Acting I (1 section).
Acting II (1 section).
Acting III (4 sections).
Advanced Acting Studio (6 sections).
Advanced Directing Studio (1 section).
Introduction to the Theatre (7 sections).
Investigating Identity (1 section).
Directing I (11 sections).
Directing II (7 sections).
Directing III (2 sections).
Modern Drama (5 sections).
Senior Project (9 sections).
Shakespeare on Stage (3 sections).
Theatre and Culture (5 sections).
Theatre History I (6 sections) and II (5 sections).
St. Lawrence University (2001-2002):
Beginning Acting (3 sections).
Characterization (1 section).
Directing (1 section).
Franklin and Marshall College (1999-2001):
Acting Workshop I (1 section).
American Musical Theatre (1 section).
Dramatic Theory and Criticism (1 section).
English Drama (1 section).
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE continued:
Franklin and Marshall College (1999-2001) continued:
Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar (1 section).
Seminar in Theatrical Media (1 section).
Shakespeare (1 section).
Twentieth Century European Drama (1 section).
Bucknell University (1998-1999):
Acting I (1 section).
Acting II (1 section).
Acting Styles (1 section).
Directing the Play (1 section).
Introduction to the Theatre (1 section).
Walt Disney Feature Animation (1996-1997):
Acting for Animators.
Agnes Scott College (1993-1995):
Acting I (2 sections) and II (1 section).
Advanced Directing Workshop (1 section).
Agnes Scott College (1993-1995):
Contemporary Performance (1 section).
Directing I (2 sections) and II (1 section).
Female Identity and the Making of Theatre (1 section).
History of the Theatre II (1 section).
Central Michigan University (1990-1993):
Acting I (3 sections).
Appreciation of the Theatre (8 sections).
Directing (2 sections).
Dramatic Theory and Criticism (1 section).
Fundamentals of Interpretative Reading (4 sections).
History of Drama and Theatre I (1 section) and II (1 section).
Improvisation (1 section).
Women in the Twentieth Century American Theatre (1 section).
Indiana University (1980-1983):
Acting I (6 sections) and II (1 section).
Oral Interpretation (1 section).
Theatre Appreciation (2 sections).
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE continued:
Florida State University (1977-1978):
Creative Improvisation (2 sections).
DEPARTMENTAL HONORS PROJECTS:
Lycoming College:
Committee member, An Examination of Popular and Gendered Responses to the
Moynihan Report, by Jennifer Melhorn, History Department, Spring 2012.
Committee member, Effects of Self Esteem on Homophobia in Heterosexual Males, by
Sara Miller, Psychology Department, Spring 2011.
Committee member, Lesser Gods Like Us, a book-length compilation of poetry by
Melody Weister, English Department, Spring 2009.
Committee member, Gender and Athleticism in High School Physical Education
Classes, by Celeste Purosky, Sociology Department, 2006-2007.
Chair, The Analysis and Direction of John Patrick Shanley s Savage in Limbo, by
Heather Chonoles, Theatre Department, 2005-2006.
Co-chair, The Analysis, Adaptation, Direction, and Performance of Virginia Woolf s
Mrs. Dalloway, by Brian Sheehan, 2005-2006.
Committee member, Jerry Allen: 35 Years of Costume and Scenic Design, by Dustin
V. Crouse, Art Department, 2004.
Chair, The Analysis and Direction of Craig Lucas s Blue Window, by Jason Etter,
Theatre Department, 2003.
INDEPENDENT STUDIES TAUGHT:
Franklin and Marshall College (1999-2001):
Advanced Scene Design: Designing a Four-production Season.
Taught under the title Performance Seminar:
Stage Managing a Green Room Theatre Production.
Assistant Stage Managing a Green Room Theatre Production.
Performing in a Green Room Theatre Production.
Sound Design for a Green Room Theatre Production.
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INDEPENDENT STUDIES TAUGHT continued:
Agnes Scott College (1993-1995):
Period Acting Styles and Dialects.
Capstone Project in Musical Performance for the Theatre Major.
Directing a Children's Theatre Production.
Directing I.
Graphic Designs for Theatre Publicity.
Central Michigan University (1991-1993):
Performance of a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production.
Creation and Production of an Original One-act Script.
Stage Managing a Theatre-on-the-Side Production.
COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH:
American Nonprofit ProfessionalTheatre.
American Theatre and Drama.
Drama of Diversity.
Dramaturgy.
Non-Western Theatre and Drama.
Performance Art: Theory and Practice.
Playwriting.
Stage Management.
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE:
Professional Venues
Grooving Fig (Staged Reading), Northeast Theatre Center, Factoryville, PA, 2011.
Parallel Lives, Electric Theatre Company, Scranton, PA, 2010.
Ages of the Moon (Staged Reading), The Actors Group, Williamsport, PA, 2010.
Grooving Fig (Staged Reading; Original Script), Electric Theatre Company, Scranton,
PA, 2010.
Old Times, The Actors Group, Williamsport, PA, 2009.
Deathtrap, Millbrook Playhouse, Mill Hall, PA, 2009.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Fred Griffin Conservatory of Acting, The Northeast
Theatre, Scranton, PA, 2008.
The Gift, Emerging Artists Theatre, New York, NY, 2008.
Greater Tuna, Millbrook Playhouse, Mill Hall, PA, and The Pioneer Playhouse, Danville,
KY, 2007.
Elektra, Highwire, Inc., Williamsport, PA, 2006.
A Tavern Story (Original Script), Bloomington (Indiana) Playwrights Project, 1998.
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DIRECTING EXPERIENCE continued:
College-University Venues
Trial by Jury, Lycoming College, 2011.
Mauritius, Lycoming College, 2011.
The Taming of the Shrew, Lycoming College, 2011.
The Antigone of Sophocles, Lycoming College, 2009.
Full Gallop, Lycoming College, 2009.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Lycoming College, 2008.
Machinal, Lycoming College, 2008.
Art, Lycoming College, 2007.
Six Characters in Search of an Author, Bloomsburg University, 2006.
The Maids, Lycoming College, 2006.
Lysistrata, Lycoming College, 2006.
The Laramie Project, Lycoming College, 2005.
The Shape of Things, Lycoming College, 2004.
Hedda Gabler, Lycoming College, 2003.
Murder among Friends, Lycoming Summer Theatre, 2003.
Tales of the Lost Formicans, Lycoming College, 2003.
Noises Off, St. Lawrence University, 2001.
Macbeth, Franklin and Marshall College, 2000.
How I Learned to Drive, Franklin and Marshall College, 2000.
All in the Timing, Bucknell University, 1998.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Agnes Scott College, 1994.
The Visit, Agnes Scott College, 1994.
The Glass Menagerie, Central Michigan University and Virginia M. McCune Community
Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, 1993.
American Buffalo, Central Michigan University, 1993.
The Women, Central Michigan University, 1992.
Angel Street, Central Michigan University and Virginia M. McCune Community Arts
Center, Petoskey, MI, 1992.
Step on a Crack, Central Michigan University, 1992.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" (original adaptation), Central Michigan University, 1991.
On the Verge, Central Michigan University, 1991.
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ACTING EXPERIENCE:
College-University Venues
Madame Pernelle, Tartuffe, Lycoming College, 2012.
Nat, Rabbit Hole, Lycoming College, 2012.
Eliza Gant, Look Homeward, Angel, Lycoming College, 2007.
Second Nun, House of Blue Leaves, Lycoming College, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS:
Scholarly Articles/Essays:
Neil LaBute, Vigilante of Violence: An Examination of His Trilogy The Shape of
Things, Fat Pig, and Reasons to Be Pretty, essay published in Violence in American Drama:
Essays on Its Staging, Meanings and Effects. Alfonso Ceballos Mu oz, Ram n Espejo Romero,
and Bernardo Mu oz Mart nez, eds. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers,
2011), 212-223.
History as Theme Park: Reconfiguring the Human Journey in the Art of Theodora
Skipitares. The Drama Review, T178, Summer 2003, 34-70.
Screamingly Funny and Terrifyingly Shocking: Paula Vogel as Domestic Detective, in
Staging a Cultural Paradigm: The Political and the Personal in American Drama, Ozieblo and
Lopez-Rodriguez, eds., (Brussels: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, 2002), 357-372.
"Women of the Regional Theater Movement in America, in Women in World History,
Volume 16 (Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 2002), 722-731.
"Katharine Hepburn," in Women in World History, Volume 7 (Waterford, CT: Yorkin
Publications, 2000), 236-245.
"Nina Vance," in The Handbook of Texas, Volume 6, third ed., (Austin: Texas State
Historical Association, 1996), 697.
Review of American Buffalo, by David Mamet, The David Mamet Review, 1, 1 (Fall
1994), 4-5.
"Ford Foundation Begins a Program to Fund Nonprofit Theaters," in Great Events from
History II: Arts and Culture, second ed., (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., 1993), 1736-1741.
Review of Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, by Judith Butler,
Theatre Insight, 3, 1 (Spring 1992), 32.
"Zelda Fichandler," in Notable Women in the American Theatre, Robinson, Mowry, and
Barranger, eds., (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989), 173-176.
"Impossible Gulfs," American Theatre, 5, 9 (December 1988), 7-8.
"Rochin's Echelon: East Meets West in a Theatrical Adventure," Theatre Southwest, 13
(October 1986), 21-23.
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PUBLICATIONS continued:
Selected Theatre Reviews:
The Heidi Chronicles, Arts Indiana (Indianapolis) 14, 4 (May 1992), 35-36.
Curse of the Starving Class, Arts Indiana, 13, 6 (June 1991), 34-35.
Quilters, Arts Indiana, 12, 6 (September 1990), 37.
The Sea Gull, Arts Indiana, 11, 10 (January 1990), 37.
Steel Magnolias, Arts Indiana, 10, 6 (September 1989), 37-38.
Macbeth, Arts Insight (Indianapolis), 8, 10 (January 1987), 22.
Dreams, Sunday Herald-Times, (Bloomington, Indiana), 12 October 1986, D 11.
Educating Rita, The Republic (Columbus, Indiana), 3 October 1986, A 6.
My Three Angels, The Republic, 15 August 1986, A 6.
Our Town, The Ryder (Bloomington, Indiana), 3, 7 (July-August 1986), 21-23.
Marat/Sade, Arts Insight, 7, 10 (January 1986), 27.
A Doll House, Arts Insight, 7, 2 (March 1985), 38.
The Father, Real Times Weekly (Bloomington, Indiana), 5, 3 (4 February 1983), 4.
Tartuffe, Real Times Weekly, 4, 23 (15 October 1982), 2, 4.
The Threepenny Opera, Real Times Weekly, 4, 13 (16 April 1982), 2, 4, 8.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Real Times Weekly, 3, 20 (20 November 1981), 2, 10-11.
Buried Child, Real Times Weekly, 3, 2 (4 February 1981), 7.
The Cherry Orchard, Real Times Weekly, 2, 15 (19 November 1980), 3.
Popular Journalism:
Perceiving Harold Pinter: Old Times, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 5, No. 5
(December 2009), 21 and 20.
Introducing . . . The Actors Group, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 4, No. 1
(February 2008), 24.
The Vagina Monologues : A Worldwide and a Local Phenomenon, The
Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 2, No. 9 (February 2007), 15 and 23.
See It Live! Area Theaters Come out Big This Fall, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol.
2, No. 6 (October 2006), 16.
Expecting the Best: CAPPA Showcase 2006, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 1, No.
13 (June 2006), 23-4.
Lights up on Lysistrata!, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 1, No. 11 (April 2006),
15.
Ritsu Katsumata: Electric, Eclectic, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 1, No. 9
(February 2006), 15.
The City That Care Forgot, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 1, No. 9 (February
2006), 9.
Volunteers Are the Mainstay of CAC and CTL, The Williamsport Guardian, Vol. 1,
No. 8 (December 2005-January 2006), 15.
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Popular Journalism continued:
The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble: A Community Resource, The Williamsport
Guardian, Vol. 1, No. 1 (September 2005), 14.
"Angelo Pizzo: New Directions," Arts Indiana, 12, 1 (February 1990), 14-16.
"Robert Indiana at 60: Hoosier Homes and Other Symbols," Arts Indiana, 11, 1
(February 1989), 10-11.
"Bella Jarrett: An Actress Who Plays the Provinces," Indianapolis Woman, 3, 7 (March
1987), 12-15.
"One Petit Pas for Indianapolis . . . One Grand Jete for the Dance World," Indianapolis
Woman, 3, 3 (November 1986), 30-35.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:
Neil LaBute, Vigilante of Violence: An Examination of His Trilogy The Shape of
Things, Fat Pig, and Reasons to Be Pretty, paper presented at the III International Conference
on American Drama and Theater, Cadiz, Spain, 2009.
Where Worlds Collide: Hedda Gabler and Helen Jones, paper presented at the 33rd
Comparative Drama Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.
Helen Jones and Harper Pitt: Soul Sisters Caught in the Net, paper presented at the
American Drama Conference, Brooklyn, NY, 2008.
The City That Care Forgot Takes to the Streets, National Conference of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education, New Orleans, LA, 2007.
The Dark Underbelly of Neil LaBute s America, New Literacies Conference: Writing,
Teaching, Performing America, American Theatre and Drama Society, Lawrence, KS, 2005.
Neil LaBute s Theatre of Cruelty, Second International Conference on American
Theater, Acting America: The Plays and the Players, Malaga, Spain, 2004.
The Hunted and the Hunter: The 21st Century Woman in Gilman s Boy Gets Girl and
LaBute s The Shape of Things, 28th Comparative Drama Conference, Columbus, OH, 2004.
(Dis)colorations of Race and Class in Rodgers and Hammerstein s Oklahoma!, South
Pacific and The King and I, Conference on the Broadway Musical: 1920-2020, Hempstead, NY,
2003.
Going Deeper into That Black Hole of History : Theodora Skipitares as the Art
World s Investigative Reporter, Conference on Civil War(s) in Contemporary Performance
Arts, Rennes, France, 2002.
One Commonality vs. Dozens of Divergences: Diana Son s Stop Kiss vs. Lillian
Hellman s The Children s Hour, National Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher
Education, Chicago, IL, 2001.
Paula Vogel in Dialogue with American Culture, Crucible of Cultures: Anglophone
Drama at the Dawn of a New Millennium, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.
A Materialist Feminist Staging of How I Learned to Drive, National Conference of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Washington, DC, 2000.
Screamingly Funny and Terrifyingly Shocking: Paula Vogel as Domestic Detective,
University of Malaga International Conference on American Theatre, Malaga, Spain, 2000.
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SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS continued:
History as Theme Park: Reconfiguring the Human Journey in the Multimedia Art of
Theodora Skipitares, National Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education,
San Antonio, TX, 1998.
"What's Taboo about You?: The Performance Art of Laurie Anderson, Anna Deavere
Smith, and Rachel Rosenthal," Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, 1995.
"Mamet Mouthing Off: The Wasteland of American Buffalo," National Conference of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, IL, 1994.
"Politics and Theatrics in the Federal Theatre Project: Ethiopia, Its Early Demise, and
Why," National Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Atlanta, GA,
1992.
"Feminist or Foe?: The [R]evolution of Madonna's Theatre of the Ridiculous," National
Conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, 1991.
"Nina Vance: A Producer for the 1970s," National Conference of the Association for
Theatre in Higher Education, Seattle, WA, 1991.
"Nina Vance and the Alley Theatre's Rise to Professionalism," Women and Texas
History: A Conference, Austin, TX, 1990.
"Rochin's Echelon (1978): East Meets West in a Theatrical Adventure," American
Society for Theatre Research, New York, NY, 1985.
"The Meiningen Court Company Meets London in 1881," American Society for Theatre
Research, Bloomington, IN, 1984.
PANEL PARTICIPATION:
Chair, Tony Kushner, Playwright I, Second International Conference on American
Theater, Acting America: The Plays and the Players, Malaga, Spain, 2004.
Participant, Dramaturgical Methods: Case Studies, Annual Conference of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, San Antonio, TX, 1998.
Chair, Sophie Treadwell: A Reappraisal, Annual Conference of the Association for
Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, IL, 1994.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Chair of the Theatre Department
Theatre Department, Lycoming College, 2011-present.
Responsibilities (in addition to those ongoing, listed below as Assistant Professor):
Monitoring and maintaining departmental budget.
Determining and coordinating the departmental event schedule.
Determining the plays produced by the department each season.
Hiring and supervising departmental faculty and staff.
Organizing and supervising THEA 247 Spring Theatre Colloquium, the Theatre
Department Annual Spring Field Trip to New York City.
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE continued:
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Theatre Department, Lycoming College, 2002-2011.
Responsibilities:
Coordinating and supervising See It Live!, a program in which theatre students travel to
see productions by professional companies, colleges, and universities.
Organizing and supervising THEA 246 Fall Theatre Colloquium, the Theatre Department
Annual Fall Field Trip to the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.
Organizing and supervising student participation in the annual Region II Kennedy Center
American College Theater Festival.
Coordinator
Women s and Gender Studies Program, Lycoming College, 2004-present.
Responsibilities:
Monitoring annual programming budget of $3,600.
Developing and coordinating interdisciplinary curriculum schedule.
Advising WGST majors and minors.
Producing campus-wide activities programming, including: Gynocartography: Treating
Women Like Dirt (2012); Tres Vidas Three Lives (2011); Cheer from Chawton: A Jane Austen
Family Theatrical (2011); Two Talks in Honor of Women s History Month: Dressed to Kill:
The Politics of 19th-century Fashion and Marking Our Past: Julia C. Collins and Her
Remarkable History (2010); Post-screening Panel Discussion of the Film Precious (2010);
Women in Music: They Will Remember Us (2009); The Yellow Wallpaper (2009);
Disturbance Collaborative (2008); A Rose by Any Other Name (2007); Magdelen Hsu-Li in
Concert (2007); Heroes concert, featuring violinist Ritsu Katsumata and videographer Lynn
Estomin, (2006); Guerrilla Girls on Tour (2005); Women Read (2005).
Artistic Director
Lycoming Summer Theatre, Lycoming College, 2003.
Responsibilities:
Creating the budget totaling $45,000.
Selecting the three-play season and securing rights.
Procuring professional directors, designers, and staff.
Casting and assigning responsibilities among the 10-member student company.
Supervising all front-of-house activities and publicity.
Overseeing all operations for the 10-week season.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre, Dance and Film, Franklin and Marshall College, 1999-2000.
Responsibilities:
Supervising front-of-house (box office, house management, etc.) activities and publicity
(advertising, posters, programs, etc.) for the department s mainstage theatre productions.
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE continued:
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre and Dance, Bucknell University, 1998-1999.
Responsibilities:
Supervising all front-of-house (box office, house management, etc.) activities and
publicity (advertising, posters, programs, etc.) for the Department of Theatre and Dance s five-
production season.
Initiating and coordinating the on-campus visit for June Everett, who presented the guest
lecture A Visual Chronicle of the New Globe Construction.
Manager
Artist Development Department, Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1995-1998.
The WDFA Artist Development Department in Burbank, CA, is responsible for the
design and implementation of educational training programs for all professional artists in
traditional animation disciplines and computer-generated animation, as well as for the creation of
continuing-education programs for all artists. In addition to ongoing training in the computer
animation field, the department runs a full-time, year-long training program for entry-level
artists, which is the equivalent of graduate-school study, in traditional and computer animation.
Continuing-education programs include lectures, demonstrations, and art classes.
Responsibilities:
Supervising and advising departmental staff of 22.
Consulting with three Training Managers on the development of curriculum,
administration, and implementation of all WDFA Artist Training Programs.
Supervising the planning and execution of all WDFA continuing-education events.
Monitoring annual departmental budget of almost $2 million.
Producer of two special artist-enrichment events: Funny Feet and Rubber Legs: A
Celebration of Eccentric Dance in Animation (included guest appearances by Bill Irwin and
David Shiner) and "The Art of Entertainment": An Evening with Frank Thomas and Ollie
Johnston.
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre and Dance, Agnes Scott College, 1993-1995.
Responsibilities:
Supervising all front-of-house activities and publicity for the ASC Blackfriars' four-
production season.
Managing all arrangements with local schools for special performances of our annual
children's theatre production.
Coordinating the department's annual Maier and Berkele Award for outstanding
performance.
Developing and overseeing Omaha Magic Theatre week-long residency, summer 1995.
Producing the fourth annual WomanEyes: A Festival of New Plays, fall 1994.
Overseeing Theodora Skipitares s month-long artist residency, spring 1994.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival:
My participation in this national program that promotes excellence in college and
university theatre has been in a variety of roles with my own institutions, as a respondent for
productions at neighboring institutions, and on the regional level as a judge and respondent for
the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition and as a workshop leader since 1990.
Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition Preliminary Round Respondent for the
KC/ACTF Region II Festival, January 2011, 2009, 2006, and 2005.
Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition Preliminary Round Judge for the
KC/ACTF Region II Festival, January 2008, 2004, and 2000.
Workshop leader of In-depth Script Analysis at the KC/ACTF Region II Festival,
January 2012.
Workshop leader of I Like the Way You Walk: Physicalizing Character at the
KC/ACTF Region II Festival, January 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, and 2004.
Selection Committee for the KC/ACTF 2005 Region II Festival, December 2004.
Selection Committee for the KC/ACTF 2003 Region II Festival, December 2002.
Selection Committee for the KC/ACTF 2000 Region II Festival, December 1999.
Selection Committee for the KC/ACTF 1999 Region II Festival, December 1998.
Production Respondent, Region II, KC/ACTF, 1998-present:
Anna in the Tropics, Penn State-Altoona, November 2009.
Wit, Bloomsburg University, February 2009.
Old Times, Clarion University, April 2008.
Katrina: The K Word, Montclair State University, December 2007.
Sweet Charity, Wilkes University, November 2007.
Monkey in the Middle, Muhlenburg College, April 2007.
A Midsummer Night s Dream, Franklin and Marshall College, March 2007.
The Cider House Rules, Montclair State University, April 2006.
Hair!, West Chester University, November 2004.
Cloud Nine, Bloomsburg University, April 2004.
The Threepenny Opera, Kutztown University, April 2004.
The Rimers of Eldritch, Bloomsburg University, November 2003.
Julius Caesar, Wilkes University, April 2003.
Fuente Ovejuna, Albright College, November 2002.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES continued:
Production Respondent, Region II, KC/ACTF, 1998-present (continued):
Baby with the Bathwater, Kutztown University, November 2002.
A . . . My Name Is Alice, Millersville University, October 1999.
On the Verge, Villanova University, October 1999.
Women of Troy, Susquehanna University, March 1999.
Mother Jones and Her Children s Crusade, Bloomsburg University, Nov. 1998.
Production Respondent, Region IV, KC/ACTF, 1994-1995:
A Different Moon, Berry College, February 1995.
Man of La Mancha, Georgia College, May 1994.
Production Respondent, Region III, KC/ACTF, 1990-1993:
Hamlet, Hope College, April 1993.
Trelawnly of the Wells, University of Michigan, December 1992.
Chicago, Western Michigan University, November 1992.
Major Barbara, University of Michigan-Flint, April 1992.
Approaching Zanzibar, Grand Valley State University, November 1991.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Calvin College, March 1991.
Romeo and Juliet, Oakland University, November 1990.
Consultant, a.k.a. Outside Eye, to director Jerry Stropnicky for the Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble s production of Hamlet, January-February 2010. At Mr. Stropnicky s request,
I attended several rehearsals and met with him afterwards to discuss my responses, particularly to
the development of the acting.
Consultant, University of Houston Library Special Collections, acquisition of the Nina
Vance Papers, 2000-present.
Teacher, Curtain Middle School Program for Gifted Students, Theatre: The Live
Art, March-April 2009.
Directing Workshop Leader, The Director s Fundamental Tools, eight-part
directing workshop for adults sponsored by the Williamsport Community Theatre League, 2005.
Adjudicator, Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association, 1991-1993.
Editor in Chief, Arts Indiana, a monthly magazine devoted to the literary, visual, and
performing arts in Indiana, 1987-1989.
Board of Directors, Bloomington Playwrights Project, a theatre company devoted to
the production of original scripts, 1986-1988.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES continued:
Directing internships with the Asolo State Theatre of Florida, Sarasota, 1977, and the
Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Theatre and Drama Society.
Phi Kappa Phi.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Participant, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Summer Academy for the
Advancement of College Teaching, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, June 2004.
Participant, the Leadership Development Program, Association for Theatre in Higher
Education Leadership Institute, New York, NY, July 2003.
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Lycoming College:
Theatre Department:
Faculty Administrator and Advisor, KC/ACTF Region II Festivals at Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, 2012; Towson State University in MD, 2011; Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, 2010; the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2009; Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, 2008; SUNY at New Paltz, 2007 and 2006; Muhlenburg College, 2005 and 2004;
the University of Maryland at College Park, 2003.
Faculty Administrator and Supervisor, Annual Theatre Department Field Trip to the
Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005,
2004, and 2002.
Creator and Administrator, See It Live! program, which sponsors trips for theatre
students to see local professional and collegiate theatre productions.
Snowden Library Liaison for the Theatre Department.
Coach for student auditions for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Irene Ryan Acting Competition and for graduate school admission.
Interviewer for Theatre Department Talent Scholarships.
Academic Advisor for theatre majors and minors.
Editor of departmental documents.
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COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SERVICE continued:
Lycoming College continued:
College-wide:
Member, Blueprint Committee, 2012-present.
Member, General Committee on Academic Affairs, 2011-present.
Member, Personnel Committee, 2010-present.
Member, College-wide Disciplinary Board, 2010-present.
Convener, Students Affairs Committee, 2006-present.
Coordinator, Women s and Gender Studies Program, 2004-present.
Treasurer, Lycoming Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 2004-present.
Member, Middle States Working Group #4, Administration and Integrity, 2009-2011.
Member, Academic Freedom and Grievances Committee, 2007-2010.
Member, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Committee, 2003-2009.
Member, Communication Curriculum Committee, 2006-2007.
Member, Students Affairs Committee, 2004-2006.
Member, Peer Evaluation Committees, 2011 (Criminal Justice and Communication),
2005 (English and Communication) and 2004 (Business).
Member, Departmental Search Committees: 2008 (Art), 2005 (Chemistry), 2004 (German).
Member, Independent Studies Committee, 2003-2004.
Member, Women s Studies Committee, 2002-2004.
Member, Recycling Committee, 2002-2004.
Member, Fraternal Expansion Committee, 2002-2004.
Faculty Advisor, Creative Arts Society, 2008-present.
Faculty Advisor, Dance Club, 2002-present.
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Forum lecture: The Makings of Machinal, 2008.
Academic Advisor for first-year students until they declare a major.
St. Lawrence University:
Department of Speech and Theatre:
Faculty Advisor, Candle in the Wilderness Players, 2001-2002.
Committee member, two Senior Projects: research paper on the life and work of Ira
Aldridge; the creation and implementation of selected lighting designs.
Coach for student auditions and student-directed productions.
Editor of departmental documents.
Franklin and Marshall College:
Department of Theatre, Dance and Film:
Faculty Advisor, student-produced production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum by the F&M Players, 2001.
Faculty Advisor to students attending the KC/ACTF Region II Festival in 2000 and
supervisor at the festival.
Coach for student auditions and student-directed productions.
Editor of departmental documents.
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COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SERVICE continued:
Franklin and Marshall College continued:
College-wide:
Lunch on the Lam faculty lecture: Macbeth: A Soul Both Foul and Fair, 2000.
Lunch on the Lam faculty lecture: How I Learned to Drive, or Pedophilia Does Not
Mean People Who Love to Bicycle, 2000.
Bucknell University:
Department of Theatre and Dance:
Chair, Play Selection Committee, 1998-1999.
Faculty Advisor, Bucknell Comedy Improv Troupe, 1998-1999.
Creator of Standards of Professionalism document, to be used for all departmental
productions.
Faculty Liaison for guest lecturer June Everett, spring 1999.
Coach for student auditions and student directed-productions.
Editor of departmental documents.
Agnes Scott College:
Department of Theatre and Dance:
Advisor, Blackfriars (student theatre organization), 1993-1995.
Chair, Play Reading Committee, 1993-1995.
Faculty Liaison, Omaha Magic Theatre residency, summer 1995.
Producer, WomanEyes: A Festival of New Plays, fall 1994.
Faculty Liaison, Theodora Skipitares artist residency, spring 1994.
Academic Advisor for theatre majors and minors.
Coach for student auditions and student-directed productions.
Editor of departmental documents.
College-wide:
Member, College Events Committee, 1994-1995.
Member, Women s Studies Program, 1993-1995.
Central Michigan University:
Department of Speech Communication and Dramatic Arts:
Member, Curriculum Committee, 1991-1993.
Member, Personnel Committee, 1991-1993.
Reviewer of productions directed by colleagues, 1990-1993.
Member, Teaching Evaluation Teams, 1990-1993.
Representative, United Way Campaign, 1991.
Member, Task Force for the Teacher Education Program Review Process, 1990.
Academic Advisor for theatre majors and minors.
Coach for student auditions and student-directed productions.
Editor of departmental documents.
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COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SERVICE continued:
Central Michigan University continued:
University-wide:
Chair, Artists Course Committee, 1992-1993.
Secretary, Artists Course Committee, 1991-1992.
Member, Women's Studies Program, Program Committee, 1991-1992.
Member, Women's Studies Program, Centennial Committee for the project, She Made a
Difference : 100 Years of Women's Work at CMU, 1992.
Member, Women's Studies Program, Conference Committee for "Women and Violence:
The Facts of Our Lives" at CMU, March 1991.
Member, Women's Studies Program, Film Committee, 1990-1991.
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
The Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival Meritorious Achievement
Award, Directorial Concept for The Taming of the Shrew, Lycoming College, April 2011.
Lycoming College Professional Development Grant for my sabbatical project, traveling to
London to view theatre and compose an essay based on my experiences, 2010.
The Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival Meritorious Achievement
Award, Directing for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Lycoming College, October
2008.
The Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival Meritorious Achievement
Award, Ensemble Acting for Lysistrata, Lycoming College, April 2006.
The Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival Meritorious Achievement
Award, Ensemble Acting for Hedda Gabler, Lycoming College, November 2003.
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