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Department of Music & Theatre Arts Cameron University 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505-6377 Communications 119
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Department of Music & Theatre Arts Cameron University 2800 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK 73505-6377 Communications 119
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EDUCATION
| School | Location | Years | Degree | Major/Minor |
| Indiana University | Bloomington,IN | 1971-79 | Ph.D. | Theatre/Drama/Comp.Lit |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison,WI | 1966-68 | M.A. | Theatre/Speech |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison,WI | 1961-66 | B.S. | Theatre/Speech |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| School | Location | Years | Position |
| Cameron Univ. | Lawton OK | 1983-99 | Full Professor - Theatre |
| Univ. of Denver | Denver CO | 1980-83 | Asst. Prof. - Theatre |
| C. of Wooster | Wooster OH | 1976-80 | Asst. Prof. - Theatre/Speech |
| U. of Wisconsin | Green Bay WI | 1968-71 | Inst. - Theatre/Drama |
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Theatre
Acting/Directing (also Musical Theatre)
Theatre History/Drama (Greeks - Present)
American Theatre/Drama
American Musical Theatre History
Technical Production
Make-up
Playwriting
Radio Drama
Voice and Diction
Graduate Seminars
Exploring Multiculturalism Through the Arts
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, HONORS,
ORGANIZATIONS, ETC.
Cameron University
Phi Kappa Phi (Pres.-1998-1999/Pres.elect-1997-1998)
Chair of Theatre Arts Department (1983-94)
Faculty Council (Vice-Chair 1994-95/Chair 1995-96)
OSTCA Ruth Arrington Outstanding College Theatre
Educator, 1995
School of Fine Arts Service Award, 1994
Lawton Arts and Humanities Educator of the Arts,
1994
Theatre Panel - OK Arts Institute (1995-98)
Governor's Arts and Education Award (1993)
OCTA Jean Adams Wray Award (1992)
OK State Chair - ACTF (1990-93)
OCTA - Advisor to Board and By-Laws Committee
SWTA - Program Chair for 1989 Convention, By-Laws,
Awards, and Membership Committees
C.U. - Long Range Planning Committee, Student
Affairs, Lectures and Concerts,
Rules Committees and Cameron Council
School of Fine Arts - Music/Theatre Committee
Theatre Dept. - Personnel Committee, Library
Liaison
KCCU - developed and recorded twenty-six hours
of "The World of Musical Theatre"
University of Denver
Head of BFA in Lyric Theatre
Promotion and Tenure Committee
College of Wooster
Campus Council (Faculty Rep.)
Honorary Degrees Committee
Indiana University
Associate Instructor
Production Stage Manager, Brown County Playhouse
(Summer '72, '73)
Doctoral Grant-in-Aid of Research
University of Wisconsin (Green Bay)
Fine Arts Committee
Standard Oil Teacher-of-the-Year Award (Fox Valley
Campus,1969)
Acting study w/ Paul Mann (member of Group Theatre)
for 2 years
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Project Assistant and Teaching Assistant
Other
National Music Camp-Interlocken, MI
Dramaturg-Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival
Musical Theatre Seminar-Goodspeed Opera House,'79
Co-Chair OTA Auditions,'80
Judge-Wayne County Schools OTA High School Play
Festival
Village Heights Elem. School-G & T Program
Theatre Workshop,'82
Judge-OPAL Awards-Lawton H.S. (1984-88)
Judge-Academic Decathlon,'86-88
Judge-High School Play Festival, '87-95
Rotary Club -President, '88-89
CUTT - 3 presentations,'90 & one,'91
FOCUS - one presentation, '93; one present- ation,
'94; acted in two independent films for Cameron faculty
Organizations
ATHE - Association for Theatre in Higher Education
ASTR - American Society for Theatre Research
SWTA - Southwest Theatre Association
OSTCA - Oklahoma Speech, Theatre, Communication
Assc.
OCTA - Oklahoma Community Theatre Association
PHI KAPPA PHI - Honorary Fraternity
HEACO - Higher Education Alumni Council of Oklahoma
ACTING/DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
College
| Director | Actor/Singer/Dancer | |
| 1994-98 | Importance of Being Earnest
Sweeney Todd (musical) Arcadia The Adding Machine La Cenerentola (opera) Private Lives The Pirates of Penzance Radio Play Taking Steps |
OK and Indian Territories-
On the Border of Law & Order - Hero |
| 1983-93 | Dancing at Lughnasa
Rashomon Something's Afoot Christopher Columbus Shakespeare Workshop (scenes) Other Places You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Anything Goes She Stoops to Conquer Don Giovanni (opera) Oklahoma Amahl and the Night Visitors (opera) Childe Byron As You Like It Bald Soprano No Exit Man of La Mancha Twin Menaechmi H.M.S. Pinafore Extremities Pippin Oedipus Rex Barefoot in the Park South Pacific |
Sentimental Journey: War-time Memories
(Lindsay, Watonga, and Lawton, OK) Love Letters (Cameron University; OU-Norman-Summerwind Festival; USAO-Chickasha) Gatherings Miracle Worker |
| 1980-83 | The Good Doctor
Die Fledermaus (operetta) Follies The Diviners The Boy Friend The Rake's Progress (opera) |
Ah, Wilderness |
| 1976-80 | Marriage of Figaro (opera)
Most Happy Fella Harvey Count Dracula |
Raisin in the Sun |
| 1972-76 | She Loves Me | Engaged |
| 1966-72 | South Pacific
Under the Gaslight Wonderful Town J.B. Three Cuckholds Iolanthe (twice) Picnic Male Animal Ghosts (twice) |
Hamlet
Mame Beggar's Opera Noah Student Prince Home of the Brave |
| Professional Summer Stock | ||
| 1988 | Tibbit's Opera House
Coldwater, MI |
Bus Stop-Dr. Gerald Lyman |
| Community Theatre | ||
| 1987-99 | Romantic Comedy | Sentimental Journey: Wartime Memories
Twleve Angry Men - Juror #4 The Long Night of Medea Love Letters (Watonga, Okema, Hobart, Lindsay, OK) Deathtrap - Porter Milgrim The Shameful Shooting of Shelly Sibbering |
| 1969-75 | Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
How Was the Trip? Adaptation Sound of Music |
Winnie, the Pooh |
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND PAPERS
Article
"The Popular Response to Tommaso Salvini in America." Theatre History Studies, Vol. II, 1982, pp. 103-113.
Dissertation
Tommaso Salvini in America: 1873-1893.
Melodrama
"Oklahoma and Indian Territories-On the Border of Law and Order." Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Assoc./ACA Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 24-27, 1999.
Panel
"Outside Peer Review for College and University Faculty." SWTA Convention, Oklahoma City, OK, Nov. 1989.
Papers
"Edwin Booth and Tommaso Salvini: Their Bi-lingual Performances of Othello and Hamlet." Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communications Association Conference, Edmond, OK, Sept. 10, 1994.
"Transferring Teaching Techniques Across Disciplines." Co-presented with Dr. Barbara Scott, National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Florida Community College, May 11-14, 1991.
"William Crawford: Initial Investigation." SWTA Convention, San Antonio, TX, Nov., 1987.
"Edwin Booth and Tommaso Salvini: A Rival's Friendship." SWTA Convention, Little Rock, Arkansas, Oct.,1985.
"The Development of Tommaso Salvini's Othello" for "Othello on the Gilded Stage: Russia, Italy, Germany and the USA." ATA National Convention, New York, N.Y., August, 1982.
"The Popular Reception of Tommaso Salvini in America: 1873-74" at the Mid-America Theatre Conference, Minneapolis, MN. March, 1981.
"Salvini's American Tours in Shakespearean Roles" at the Ohio State University Theatre History Conference, Shakespeare on the Stage, May, 1980.
Paper Presentations
"Psychological Influences of Melodrama." Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Association Convention, OSU, Stillwater, OK, Feb., 1988.
Pre-publication Review
Directing for the Theatre for the Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, January, 1990.
The Actor's Handbook by Donna Tollefson and Fred Fate for Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, Nov.,'88 and Oct.,'89.
Reviews
The Musical: A Look at the American Theatre by Richard Kislan. Theatre Journal, Dec. 1981. pp. 549-550.
Jule: The Story of Composer Jule Styne by Theodore Taylor and The Street Where I Live by Alan Jay Lerner. Theatre Journal, Oct., 1980, pp. 409-410.