Stephen Cross

Artistic Director, Building Company Theater

Associate Professor, Drama, Heiman Chair

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Syracuse University,

Syracuse, New York

315-***-****

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, adq71g@r.postjobfree.com

Barbara MacKenzie -Wood, Associate

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