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Stephen Cross
Artistic Director, Building Company Theater
Associate Professor, Drama, Heiman Chair
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre, Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater, Blue Lake, California, 2004-2007
Stratford Festival Journeyman Actor, Ontario, 1980
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Theatre Arts - Acting Program, Toronto, 1977-1980
Teaching
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor of Movement and Acting, Syracuse University 2007 – present
(duties listed below)
Adjunct Instructor Developmental Performance and Production, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2002-2003.
Guest Speaker, Brecht’s Theatre and Alienation Technique, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, 1999
Guest Teacher, Game Theatre Strategies for the Classroom, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 1997
Adjunct Instructor, Developmental Drama for the Classroom Teacher, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1994
Director and faculty member of Irondale School of Ensemble Theater, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2004 - 2007
Syracuse University
Duties include
Teach full course load for BFA Acting and Musical Theater majors
Head of Movement Area
Design and implementation of four-year movement curriculum
Academic advisement - BFA Acting and Musical theater students, approximately 20 students per semester
Advise students in independent studies
Advise Honor’s program students
Mentor Graduate students
Direct student productions
Contribute to season selection and planning
Faculty advisor for Black Box student productions
Audition and evaluate students for entrance into program
Design and develop new courses for the Drama Department
Service on academic committees
Organize department accreditation materials
Participate in department planning and policy making
Evaluation of adjunct faculty
Courses taught
DRA 125 Freshman Acting, Fall
DRA 126 Freshman Acting, Spring
DRA 125 Freshman Movement, Fall
DRA 126 Freshman Movement, Spring
DRA 273 Sophomore Movement for Actors, Movement Analysis
DRA 274 Sophomore Movement for Actors Commedia dell’arte, classical and contemporary
DRA 373 Clown- Juniors
DRA 374 Solo Creation / Physical Poetry- Seniors
Courses introduced
DRA 125 Freshman Movement, Fall
DRA 126 Freshman Movement, Spring
DRA 273 Sophomore Movement for Actors, Movement Analysis
DRA 274 Sophomore Movement for Actors Commedia dell’Arte
DRA 373 Clown- Juniors
DRA 374 Solo Creation / Physical Poetry- Seniors
Teaching competencies, areas of special interest
Scene Study
Text Analysis
Brecht’s Theater
History of Political Theater
Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed
Improvisation (Spolin emphasis)
Masked Performance
Commedia dell’arte
Personal Clown
Political Clowning
Solo Creation
Arts Based Community Engagement
Tai Chi
Tumbling/Acrobatics
Contact Improvisation
Movement Analysis (Lecoq emphasis)
Committees
Senior Showcase
Sophomore Evaluation
Community Engagement (Chair)
Student Life - University Senate
Promotions and Appointments Procedural – University Senate
Directing
Embracing Arts – College of Visual and Performing Arts
New Playwrights
Curriculum
Dean’s Task Force on Syracuse Stage and VPA Drama relations
Nutrition and Eating Disorders
Various Faculty Searches
Community Teaching, Building Company Theater, Syracuse
CUSEcenter Recovery Center: Ongoing improvisational/game theater workshops 2019 – ongoing
Hillbrook Youth Detention Center, Syracuse: Created and implemented a curriculum designed to teach critical thinking skills, delivered to incarcerated youth, seventeen and under
Onondaga County Justice Center: Facilitation of theater activities with incarcerated youth, 2018 – ongoing
Oasis Seniors Institute: Improvisational six - week course in essential Spolin/Sills technique and games for seniors, 2015 – ongoing
Upstate Medical University Residency Program: Facilitate two workshops per month on “Building Empathy and Being Present” for medical residents, 2012 – ongoing
University of Connecticut Medical Residency Program: Facilitate introductory workshop on “Building Empathy and Being Present”, July 2014
Worker’s Center of Central New York (Advocacy for migrant and undocumented workers): Theater of the Oppressed; Development of Educational Theater teaching worker’s rights
Hopeprint (Advocacy and support for refugee communities): youth programming, inter-cultural summer programs
Community Teaching, Irondale Ensemble Project, Halifax
Between 1990 and 2004, I designed and facilitated hundreds of theater workshops with numerous organizations across Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces, including:
Nova Scotia Department of Labour; Nova Scotia Department of Justice; Nova Scotia Department of Health; Nova Scotia Department of Drug Dependency; Nova Scotia Department of Social Services; Nova Scotia Department of Education; Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development; Nova Scotia Women’s Directorate; Canadian Labour Union; Canadian Union of Public Employees, Canadian Labour Congress; Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance; Halifax City Department of Parks and Recreation; Nova Scotia Department of Tourism; Nova Scotia Department of Culture; Nova Scotia Federation of Black Artists; Black Cultural Centre; Nova Scotia Department of Human Resources; Halifax Regional Municipality School District; Halifax Police Department; Nova Scotia Department of Continuing Education; Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group; Centre for Canadian Studies; Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries, Nova Scotia Food Bank, Cancer Care of Nova Scotia and many more, Nova Scotia Family Violence Prevention Initiative; AIDS Nova Scotia; Dalhousie University; Saint Mary’s University; Mount Saint Vincent University; Saint Francis Xavier University Extension Department; Saint Francis Xavier - Moses Coady International Institute.
Selection of Workshops and Residencies, Irondale Ensemble Project Canada
Initiated and directed Irondale’s long - term partnership with Cancer Care Nova Scotia and the Dalhousie University School of Medicine in the ongoing integration of theatre into medical education and Nova Scotia’s Community Capacity Building program, 2002-2005
Partnered with Cancer Care Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University School of Medicine to develop and pioneer a program of theatre workshops as an accredited professional development module for oncological professionals across Nova Scotia, 2002-2004
Initiated and directed Irondale’s work as an arts organization in residency at Saint Patrick’s Alexandra school in Halifax. The company worked on a daily basis with teachers, staff and students integrating theater techniques into daily curriculum and school programs through a process of Arts Infusion. Also used theatre as an outreach mechanism to connect the school more closely to the surrounding inner-city community, 1998-2004
Led a group of Youth in Care (fostered youth) through the development and presentation of a new theatre piece illustrating the Youth in Care system of Nova Scotia’s Department of Community Services. This work emphasized the common hopes and dreams of young people living in care and was presented in local schools and at the Second Annual People’s Theatre Festival in Halifax, April 2000
Co-ordinated a Peer Education Program at JL Ilsley High School in Halifax, that addressed teen health issues through theatre. An exciting two - year program that helped high school students develop workshop and performances for younger students in junior high schools, 2000-2001
Conceived and directed the development of a new theatre work sponsored by the Nova Scotia Women’s Directorate, for a national conference on Gender as a Determinate of Health. The theatre work, titled The Women and the Dam, is a fable based on the invisibility of the negative effects of industrial development on the lives of women, 1999
Conceived and directed Irondale’s third educational play on HIV/AIDS in collaboration with AIDS Nova Scotia. Substance Abuse and AIDS was a show and workshop addressing the co-factors surrounding youth decision making: drinking, drugs, peer pressure and body image. The show toured Nova Scotia high schools, 1998-2000
Conceived and directed the development of Theater as Therapy in collaboration with and sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Justice. This project was proposed by the ensemble as a response to violence against women and children. The company developed an original educational play and accompanying two-day workshop designed to transfer theater as therapy skills to professionals who work with victims and survivors of abuse, 1996-1998
Conceived and directed a unique artist in community residency in response to the collapse of the east coast fishing industry in 1992. Ensemble members billeted in the fishing community of Sheet Harbour for several months and worked with the community to develop a new play titled The Mystery on the Eastern Shore. This was presented at the Eastern Front Theatre’s, On the Waterfront Festival, and at the Liverpool International Theatre Festival, 1992
Designed and directed an arts-in-education program as part of the national Stay In School Initiative. Trained the ensemble members to integrate theatre learning strategies into eleven Halifax area junior high schools over a sixteen-month period. The residencies provided skill development for educators and students, 1992
Invited by Department of British Overseas Development to participate in a residency in Fiji and Vanuatu. Led Irondale company through two weeks working in the South Pacific training community arts organizations in the use of theatre in education strategies. We worked in Port Via, Vanuatu and Suva, Fiji, 1995
Developed theater programming for Youth Detention Centers at Waterville and Shelburne, NS. 1991-1994
Community Teaching, Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, 1987-1990
The Irondale Ensemble Project, founded in 1983, is a professional theater company based in New York City. Through the power of the ensemble process, Irondale continues to create and present compelling theater performance and education programs
As a teaching artist I taught game theater strategies for the classroom on a daily basis throughout the academic year in all five boroughs of NYC. My work was based largely on Irondale’s research into learning processes and Viola Spolin’s works Improvisation for the Theater and Improvisation for the Classroom. I taught all grade levels in various New York City public schools, and in the New York State Department of Corrections Alternative High School, Young Offenders Program, Riker’s Island Jail, 1987-1990
Theater Experience
Founder and Artistic Director, Building Company Theater, Syracuse, NY, 2012-present
In 2012 I founded Building Company Theater, a professional, not-for-profit organization, in Syracuse, NY to introduce ensemble theater practice to the Central New York arts community. This past season, 2018-19, Building Company Theater was nominated for two SALT Awards: Best Direction of a Play; and Best Set Design.
Mission Statement:
Building Company Theater engages local communities in theatrical processes, workshops, residencies, and performances to enhance the quality of life and appreciation for the art form. The company researches and develops new ways of making theater and presents original works of theater, with a critical eye towards accepted social mores.
New Theater Works
Surface Tension, Co-Writer/Director new full length comedy that takes a look at how white males have destroyed the planet.
Re: Constructing America, Co-Writer/Performer radio play based on the social constructs initiated from colonization through today, Spring 2021
The Apprentice-White House, Conception/Director/Co-Writer street theater piece based on Trump’s transformation of the White-House into a reality tv show, Fall 2020.
Not Normal – Art in the Age of Trump, Producer, third annual presentation of local activist performance artists, Fall 2019
Immigration Dialogue, Conception, Co-writer, Director ensemble piece exploring the divisive nature of the national debate on immigration, Spring 2019
Fragile White Guy, Conception, Writer, Performer, solo physical theater piece exploring white fragility - why white people have a difficult time talking about race, Winter 2019
Prognosis: Poor Conception, Co-writer, Director - ensemble adaptation of the book by the same title. It deals with the trauma many young doctors experience during medical residency, Fall 2018
Military Monday Radio Hour, Conception, Co-writer, Director, Performer - original theater work designed to sensitize medical residents to the specific culture and needs of veterans and active military personnel. Presented twice monthly at the Syracuse, VA Hospital, throughout the fall and spring, Fall 2016-ongoing
Transition- Position, Conception, Creation and Direction - devised ensemble physical theater work exploring the nature of Israel/Palestine relationship, Fall 2016
Metal Meddle - Substance meets Form, Conception and Direction - physical theater performance, Syracuse, NY, Fall 2015
The Farm Worker, Director/Writer - Forum Theater play performed at Central New York dairy farms for Latin American workers, Summer 2015
Frackenstein, Co-creator - two clowns wander a Post Afrackalyptic landscape in search of water, Syracuse Fringe Festival, June, 2014
Walls of Palestine, Walls of Belfast, Director, co-production of Building Company Theater and Irondale Ensemble Project Canada, Syracuse, NY, March 2013
Café Surreal, Co-creator, Performer – co-production of Building Company Theater and Cirq-O-vation Theater offering circus and lattes, Syracuse, NY, September 2012
Founder and Artistic Director, Irondale Ensemble Project Canada, Association 1990- 2004
In 1990 I founded the Irondale Ensemble Project Canada, Association, a not - for - profit professional theatre company located in Halifax, Canada. It has been serving Nova Scotia audiences, youth and communities for twenty-eight years although since 2004 its members come together only periodically. Its mandate was to create original theatre and dance theatre works; to explore the processes of intuitive learning with a permanent corps company; to explore new ways of making theatre; and to use theatre as a catalyst for educational and social reform. It did this through main stage performances for the general public, Education Through Theatre Arts (ETTA) programs, Youth Performance Programs (YPP), and a variety of theatre initiatives towards community development.
Duties as Artistic Director of Irondale Canada
Determined the artistic vision, performance style, and operational structure of the Irondale Ensemble
Recruited and trained an ensemble of artists, including actors, choreographers, dancers, designers, musicians and administrators who continued to work on a daily basis in new theatre creation, community outreach programs, in a theatre research laboratory setting designed to grow a common and extensive ensemble, rehearsal and performance vocabulary
Designed the ensemble’s yearly programming ensuring that productions and projects supported the company’s artistic and social mission
Provided artistic leadership through day - to - day operations and decision making
Conceived, directed and co-wrote over thirty original theatre works and adaptations of existing works of literature as well as scores of original, client specific community development theatre works
Conceived, co-wrote and directed numerous productions for young audiences
Edited numerous texts for theatrical adaptation. Led the acting company through the text analysis, scene study, character development and structural analysis and construction of new works of theater
Constructed and facilitated an actor training and ensemble skill development program based on ongoing and open - ended daily work in a variety of styles and disciplines. This daily practice discipline is the foundation of my approach to ensemble art
Performed in selected Irondale main stage productions and community development theater projects
Worked closely with the administration team in the daily operation of the company
Worked closely with the administration team on the design of the yearly budget
Conducted ongoing research and development of funding opportunities through grant writing and applications to arts councils and foundations
Responsible for communicating Irondale’s vision to the general public, press, business community, community organizations, and all levels of government
Reported directly to the Irondale Board of Directors on a monthly basis
Selected Directing Credits, Irondale Ensemble Project Canada:
Life Is A Miracle, Dance Theatre Work, Halifax Dance Young Company. Based on a section of the plot of King Lear, in which Edgar teaches his father, Gloucester, that life is not predictable, and subsequently miraculous. Inspired by Wendell Berry’s book, Life is a Miracle, Spring 2003
The Frogs, Aristophanes, Irondale Ensemble Project, Spring 2002
A Loosely Veiled Allegory, staged adaptation of the company’s CBC radio play The Harry Ferguson Story, Irondale Ensemble Project, Fall 2001. An original work satirizing the sell- out of the CBC
Bouffe, adaptation of Bouffe - Mystere, by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Irondale Ensemble Project, A combination of street theatre and site-specific theatre. Play begins as a political action by a revolutionary group, “The Red Wolves” transitions into a bourgeoise restaurant at Bob and Laurie’s, Gottingen Street, Spring 2001
Irondale Dance Chronicled, Irondale Ensemble Project. Tenth anniversary celebration of a decade of Irondale Dance works presented at the Sir James Dunn Theater, Winter 2001
The Promise and the Wilderness, adaptation and collision of Exodus and The Grapes of Wrath, Irondale Ensemble Project. A multi- narrative telling of the story of the Joad family, Fall 2000
A Patriotic Play, adaptation of the Prince of Homburg by Heinrich Von Kleist, Irondale Ensemble Project. A one - woman show decrying the US-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement, Spring 2000
The Good Society, company written play based on the Antigonish Co-operative Movement, Irondale Ensemble Project. Created in the form of a symphony in five movements incorporating music, song, sound poems, and audience interaction,
Spring 1999
Critical Mass, company written musical, based on the Antigonish Co-operative Movement, Irondale Ensemble Project, Winter 1998
The Life of Galileo, Bertolt Brecht, Irondale Ensemble Project, Fall 1997
Brecht’s Memory, based on Brecht's life and work, Irondale Ensemble Project. A multi- narrative collision work incorporating Klaus Mann’s Mephistopheles; the worker’s play Eight Men Speak, the history of Brecht’s last few years in Berlin, and an auto-biographical story about a revolutionary theatre company in Halifax, Spring 1997
Blue Angel-Kabaret, original, full length dance - theatre work, based on Berlin in the early 1930’s. Irondale Ensemble Project, Winter 1997
An Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen, Irondale Ensemble Project. An exploration of Brecht’s alienation technique intended to offer a closer look at the forces behind the Westray Mine Disaster, Spring 1997
The Visions of Simone Machard, original dance theatre work based on Brecht’s play, Irondale Ensemble Project. Full length work styled after Brecht’s notes on Noh Theatre. Winter 1996
Irondale tells About Everyman, adaptation of the medieval morality play, Irondale Ensemble Project. Styled after Augusto Boal’s experiments with a people’s theatre and his Joker System of Theatre, Fall 1995
Duties as Executive Director of Irondale Canada
Oversaw the day- to- day operations of the ensemble, working in close association with the Company Manager and Financial Manager to ensure a strong company administration
Wrote grant requests for various government human resource departments, arts councils, and foundations. Led fundraising initiatives towards special project development
Reported monthly to the Irondale Board of Directors regarding overall goal achievement and operational status
Past President and current Member at large, the Irondale Ensemble Project Board of Directors
Duties as Director of Education and Community Outreach Programs, Irondale Canada
Since its origins Irondale Canada integrated community development and outreach as an essential element of its work. For many years Irondale was the resident arts organization at the Halifax inner city school, Saint Patrick’s Alexandra. The ensemble artists worked there with the administration, staff, parents and students on a daily basis to incorporate the performing arts and related educational programs into the regular school day curriculum
Developed and maintained community partnerships and worked as a liaison to collaborate on community programs
Identified areas of community need and designed outreach services to meet these needs. Developed the scope of these community arts practice services through ongoing market and community analysis. Services could be new plays, game theatre or popular theatre workshops, street theater, political theater, guerrilla theater, guest artist residencies, lectures and so on. Identified new partnership opportunities; advocated on behalf of the arts as an effective agent for positive social and economic growth
Sought out community initiatives and funding resources and designed programs that utilized the various performance and communication skills of the ensemble to achieve client objectives
Led the new work intake procedure assisting clients in determining which Irondale outreach service best suited their program or project needs, tailoring services, determined staffing, scheduling, fees, and budget
Established Irondale’s position as a close ally of the Nova Scotia Labour Movement, resulting in collaboration on regional and national educational initiatives including national tours of labour shows, educational conference organizing, labour schools and more
Directed the development of new client specific theatre works
Prepared the Irondale artists for the facilitation of the Arts Infusion Programs (arts in long term educational residencies) for elementary through high school grades
Prepared the Irondale artists for facilitating or performing in various styles and formats of community outreach projects
Co-chair of the Inner - City Initiative Youth Work Group, fostering strong relationships with key youth service organizations in the Uniacke Square community
Worked closely with Provincial and Federal Departments of Education; Health; Drug Dependency; Recreation; Justice; Women’s Directorate; Community Services; Family Violence Prevention to integrate Irondale’s theatre in new and existing programs
Initiated the Irondale Open Night Workshop, which for fifteen years made Irondale’s unique approach to learning through theatre available free of charge to the Halifax community on a weekly basis
Pioneered the work of Viola Spolin and Improvisation for the Theatre as a catalyst for the enrichment of community development programs within the Health and Education sectors of Nova Scotia. This meant guiding professionals and their clients through theatre workshop experiences
Created a new popular theatre form called Study Club Theatre based on the adult education model developed by the Antigonish Co-operative Economic Movement active between 1930 -1940
Created an original outreach theatre form called Podium Theatre, which reduced rehearsal time for client specific performances subsequently increasing outreach service capacity. Initially developed for the Canadian Union of public Workers (CUPW) labour schools
Founded and organized the Nova Scotia chapter of the Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance, to raise the profile of Popular Theatre forms in Nova Scotia through advocacy and community initiatives such as the annual People’s Theatre Festival
Founded and organized the Nova Scotia People’s Theatre Festival. This event ran for three years as a platform for Community Arts Practice performances, promotion and networking
Contributed scholarly articles on theatre through journals, periodicals, cultural panel participation, conference participation, and focus groups
Actor - Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, 1987-1990.
As an ensemble member I was involved in the research, writing, and development of the following plays and original theater and theater dance works, performing a variety of lead, principal and supporting roles:
Hamlet: Up Close - The Ghost/Claudius (2006) An intimate, 106 - minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale. American Theater of Actors, NYC
Happy End - Bill Cracker (1990) By Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill. New book and music by Michael Feingold. House of Candle, NYC
Outside the Law - Oliver/Oliver North (1989) From Shakespeare's As You Like It and the myth and legend of Pretty Boy Floyd, RAPP, NYC
Peter Pan/Flying Underground - Tom Hayden (1989) From the play by James Barrie and the writings of Abbie Hoffman. Women's-Inter-arts, NYC
The Threepenny Opera - MacHeath (1988) By Brecht and Weill, Performed at SUNY Plattsburgh in conjunction with summer residency with university theater students
Peer Gynt –The Movies – Young Peer (1988), Collision of the play by Henrik Ibsen and the life of swashbuckler Errol Flynn. Adaptation by Irondale. Middle Collegiate Church, NYC
The Crowd – Dancer/Ensemble (1988), Theater-dance, conceived and choreographed by Stephen Koplowitz, with the Irondale Ensemble Commissioned and performed at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC
The Inspector General - Khlestakov (1988) By Nikolai Gogol, Middle Collegiate Church, NYC
Conversations in Exile - Ensemble (1987) By Bertolt Brecht, American Premiere, Middle Collegiate Church, NYC
The Uncle Vanya Show – Ensemble (1987) Improvised "radio/vaudeville" adaptation of the Chekov play. (Film adaptation by Jonathon Demme premiered at The Kitchen in New York City on January 1, 1991.) Originally performed at Middle Collegiate Church, NYC
Selected Acting Credits
Cook – Mother Courage and her Children, Irondale Ensemble Project NYC, 2021
George Antrobus – The Skin of Our Teeth, Hangar Theater, 2020
Edward Murrow – Murrow’s Boys, Irondale Ensemble Project, NYC 2019
Steve Heidebrecht – August, Osage County, Hangar Theater, 2019
Flick Richardson – Fragile White Guy, Building Company Theater, 2019
Ken Spencer – Hook, Line and Sinner, Ship’s Company Theater, 2018
Cyrus Eaton – Pugwash, Ship’s Company Theater, 2017
Dave the Vietnam Vet – Military Monday Radio Hour, Building Company Theater, 2016
Duck – Habit of Murder, Ship’s Company Theatre, 2015
Maugrim, Giant - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Syracuse Stage, 2011
Nazi Officer – The Diary of Ann Frank, Syracuse Stage, 2010
Agamemnon – The Iliad, Dell’Arte MFA Program, 2006
Elliot Rosewater – God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Irondale Ensemble Project, NYC, 2005
Moses Coady – The Good Society, Irondale Ensemble Project Canada 1999
Moses Coady – Critical Mass, Irondale Ensemble Project Canada, 1998
Mauler – Saint Joan of the Stockyards, Irondale Ensemble Project NYC, 1996
Bentley – The Constant Wife, Equity Showcase Theater, 1984
Bruce – Beyond Therapy, South Jersey Regional Rep, 1986
Nimming Ned – Beggar’s Opera, Stratford Festival, Canada 1980
Curtis – Taming of the Shrew, Stratford Festival, Canada, 1981
Robie – The Visit, Stratford Festival, Canada, 1981
Sea Captain – Twelfth Night, Stratford Festival, Canada, 1980
Orsino – Twelfth Night, Young People’s Theatre, Toronto, 1982
Edward Moncrief – On A Clear Day, Falmouth Playhouse, 1983
Big Jule – Guys and Dolls, Falmouth Playhouse, 1983
Kink – T-Shirts, New Vic Theater, NYC, 1982
Don Antonio – The Rover, New Vic Theater, NYC, 1982
Professional Affiliations:
*Canadian Actors Equity Association
*Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists
*American Actors Equity Association
*Nova Scotia Professional Theatre Alliance
*Theatre Nova Scotia
*Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance
*North American Network of Ensemble Theaters
*Associate Member Irondale Ensemble Project New York City
*Center for Community Alternatives, Syracuse
*Hopeprint Refugee Advocacy Center
*Worker’s Center of Central New York
*Faculty Council, LaCasita Cultural Center Project, Syracuse
*Del’ Arte School of Physical Theatre Grad School, Alumni
Honours and Awards:
Celia and Isaac Heiman Chair, Syracuse University, in recognition of work for the College and University, 2018-2020
2005 JBC Watkins Award for International Study, Canada Council
2004 Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor’s Award for Achievement in Theatre
Nominated for the 2004 Siminovitch Award for Directing
Invited to second the nomination of Alexa McDounough, the Federal Leader of the New Democratic Party at Ms. McDounough’s campaign launch during the 2001 Canadian federal election. Spoke as a cultural witness to Canadian Cultural Policy
Spoke as the cultural witness to the effects of privatization and globalization on Eastern Canada’s cultural communities at the 1999 Council of Canadians Cross Country Multinational Agreement on Investment Inquiry
1998 Gerry Gordon Family Services Award for Outstanding Service to Nova Scotian Family Health
Nominated for Best Director at the Nova Scotia Professional Theatre Awards 2000 and 2001
References:
Celia Madeoy, Associate Professor Voice, Syracuse University Drama Department, *******@***.***
Barbara MacKenzie -Wood, Associate
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