Vita
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Dr. Fenema
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Phone
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| 7311 N.W. Crestwood Drive |
(580) 536-2402 (Home) |
| Lawton, OK 73505-12371 |
(580) 581-2427 (Work) |
Education:
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School
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Location
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Years
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Degree: Major/Minor
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| Indiana
University |
Bloomington, Indiana |
1971-1979 |
Phd. Theatre/Drama/Comp. Lit. |
| University
of Wisconsin |
Madison, Wisconsin |
1966-1968 |
MA Theatre/Speech |
| University
of Wisconsin |
Madison, Wisconsin |
1961-1966 |
BS Theatre/Speech |
Teaching Experience:
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School
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Location
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Years
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Position
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| Cameron University |
Lawton, Oklahoma |
1983-present |
Full Professor (tenured) – Theatre Arts |
| University
of Denver |
Denver, Colorado |
1980-1983 |
Assistant Professor-Theatre |
| College of Wooster |
Wooster, Ohio |
1976-1980 |
Assistant Professor - Theatre/Speech |
Courses Taught:
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Introduction to the Theatre
Acting/Directing (also Musical Theatre)
Make-up
Theatre History/Drama (Greeks to the Present)
American Theatre History/Drama
American Musical Theatre History
Voice and Diction
Graduate Seminars (Univ. of Denver)
Exploring Multiculturalism through the Arts
Introduction to University Life
Fundamentals of Speech
Playwriting
Radio Drama
Technical Production
Make-up
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References:
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| Scott Richard Klein, chair |
Dr. Von Underwood, Dean, School of
Liberal Arts |
| Theatre Arts Department |
Cameron University |
| 2800 W. Gore Blvd. |
2800 W. Gore Blvd. |
| Lawton, OK. 73505 |
Lawton, OK. 73505 |
| (580) 581-2480 |
(580) 581-2491 |
| Email
Scott Klein |
Email Dr. Underwood |
Don Evans, Assistant Professor |
Scott Hofmann |
| Theatre Arts Department |
7109 N. W. Birch Place |
| Cameron University |
Lawton, OK 73505 |
| 2800 W. Gore Blvd. |
(580) 536-0559 |
| (580)581-2428 |
Email Scott Huffman |
| Email Don
Evans |
Administrative Positions:
Chair, Theatre Arts Department Cameron University (1983-1994)
Head of BFA Degree in Lyric Theatre at University of Denver (1980-1983)
Oklahoma State Chair American College Theatre Festival (1990-1993)
Phi Kappa Phi President (1998-99)
Faculty Council (Senate) (1995-1996) (2006-2009)
Southwest Theatre Association: V.P. for Development (1999-2002);
Program Chair – Convention 1989
ACTF Respondent for productions at SWOSU ( Weatherford, OK) 2007 and
NWOSU (Alva, OK) 2008
Judge for High School One-Act Play Contest in Okeene, Fairview and OKC
bi-annually since 2004
Technical Director/Stage Manager OK Summer/Fall Arts Institute
(1999-2004)
McMahon Auditorium Authority Board (2000-2006) Treasurer
Lawton Arts and Humanities Board (2006-present)
KCCU Radio: developed /recorded 26 hours of “World of Musical Theatre”
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Awards and Honors:
Harold and Elizabeth Hackler Teaching Award (2009)
Taught Theatre for Semester at Sea (spring, 2005)
OK Governor’s Arts and Education Award (1993)
Oklahoma Community Theatre Association: Jean Adams
Wray
Award (1992)
Lawton Arts and Humanities Educator in the Arts (1994)
Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association: Ruth Arrington
Outstanding College Theatre Educator (1995)
Cameron University School of Fine Arts: Service Award (1994)
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ORGANIZATIONS:
ASSOCIATION
FOR THEATRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ATHE)
ASSOCIATION
FOR THEATRE RESEARCH (ASTR)
OKLAHOMA SPEECH THEATRE COMMUNICATION
ASSOCIATION (OSTCA)
SOUTHWEST THEATRE FILM ASSOCIATION (SWTFA) Not active at
present
PHI KAPPA PHI HONORARY SOCIETY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (AAUP)
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DIRECTING: (SELECTED TITLES FOR OVER 100 PRODUCTIONS)
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PLAYS:
PLAYHOUSE CREATURES
IPHIGENIA AT AULIS
SHAPE OF THINGS
MY CHILDREN, MY
AFRICA
WIT
OXYGEN
TWELFTH NIGHT
RASHOMON
EVERYMAN
THE LARAMIE PROJECT
CHILDE BYRON
BALD SOPRANO/NO EXIT
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MUSICALS/OPERAS:
IOLANTHE
MY FAIR LADY
NINE
WORKING
KISS ME KATE
SWEENEY TODD
LA CENERENTOLA
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
DON GIOVANNI
ANYTHING GOES
FOLLIES
DIE FLEDERMAUS
THE BOY FRIEND
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PROFESSIONAL SUMER STOCK:
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| Dr. Gerald Lyman in Picnic for
Tibbit’s Opera House, Coldwater, MI |
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, REVIEWS AND PAPERS:
“Teaching Native American Students: Problems in European American
classrooms that create barriers and challenges for the Native American
Student.” GIFT Panel for 2009 OSTCA convention, Ada, OK, Sept. 19, 2009
with Dr. Justin Walton and Dr. Kirsten Underwood.
“Masks as Teaching Tools for the Arts” as part of a panel
presentation: “Exploring Experiential Approaches to Intercultural
Education” for the Central States Communication Association conference
in Indianapolis, IN April, 2006.
“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
“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.
Pre-publication review: Directing for the Theatre for Wm. C. Brown
Company Publishers, January, 1990.
“Outside Peer Review for College and University Faculty.” SWTA
Convention, Oklahoma City, OK, Nov. 1989.
Pre-publication review: The Actor’s Handbook for Wm. C. Brown Company
Publishers, Nov. 1988 and Oct. 1989.
“Psychological Influences of Melodrama.” Texas/Southwest Popular
Culture Association Convention, OSU, Stillwater, OK. Feb. 1988.
“William Crawford: Initial Investigation.” SWTA Convention, San
Antonio, TX, Nov. 1987.
“Edwin Booth and Tommaso Salvini: A Rival’s Friendship.” SWTA
Convention, Little Rock, AR, 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 City, NY, August, 1982.
“The Popular Response to Tommaso Salvini in America.” Theatre History
Studies, Vol. II, 1982, pp. 103-113.
Book Review: The Musical: A Look at the American Theatre by Richard
Kislan. Theatre Journal, Dec. 1981, pp. 549-550.
“The Popular Reception of Tommaso Salvini in America: 1873-74.”
Mid-America Theatre Conference, Minneapolis, MN. March, 1981.
“Salvini’s American Tours in Shakespearean Roles.” Ohio State
University Theatre History Conference, Shakespeare on the Stage, May,
1980.
Book Review: 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.
Dissertation: Tommaso Salvini in America: 1873-1893
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