Edward Journey
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- School: Alabama A&M University
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- Department: Communication
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4900 Meridian St N
Huntsville, AL - 35811 - Dates at Alabama A&M University: May 2015 - August 2017
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Biography
Alabama A&M University - Communication
Associate Professor at Alabama A&M University; Essayist | Photographer | Editor
Higher Education
Edward
Journey
Huntsville, Alabama
Edward Journey is an artist, educator, and administrator with a broad range of experience in professional theatre and higher education. As a theatre artist/administrator he has worked with professional regional theatres throughout the United States.
As a freelance artist and stage manager, he toured with and directed touring productions. Directing credits feature contemporary and avant-garde works ranging from Gertrude Stein and Samuel Beckett to Sam Shepard and Kia Corthron and also include Shakespeare, Chekhov, musical theatre, and theatre for young audiences.
Since 2002 Edward has been on the faculty of Alabama A&M University. He has taught at Oakwood University (AL); Calhoun Community College (AL); Galveston College (TX); the University of Southern Indiana; Longwood University (VA); The University of Alabama; and other institutions.
He has written and presented critical and scholarly papers and workshops on a number of topics. His articles on artists William Christenberry and Walker Evans are available in the Encyclopedia of Alabama. He has a special research interest in the plays and literary experiments of Gertrude Stein.
Edward is on the editorial board of "Southern Theatre" magazine and his on-line journal, "Professional Southerner," is available at www.professionalsoutherner.com. He has recently been published in Arkansas Review, Southern Theatre, and Theatre Symposium.
Edward holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a concentration in political theory from the University of Alabama. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre (directing) from the University of Alabama.
Specialties: directing; AEA stage manager/actor; teaching; editing and copy writing; event planning; fundraising; arts administration and management
Experience
Freelance
Stage Director
Selected Titles: Action; Ama and the White Crane; Anything Goes; Barefoot in the Park; Breath, Boom; Brewsie and Willie; Bye, Bye Birdie; A Christmas Carol; The Emperor's New Clothes; Fifth of July; Fool for Love; For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf; Holiday; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Nightingale; A Raisin in the Sun; Romeo and Juliet; SALON: Selected Plays by Gertrude Stein; The Seagull; The Taming of the Shrew; Waiting for Godot; Wiley and the Hairy Man; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Southern Theatre, the quarterly magazine of Southeastern Theatre Conference
Editorial Board Member
Edward worked at Southern Theatre, the quarterly magazine of Southeastern Theatre Conference as a Editorial Board Member
Oakwood University
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct instructor: Fundamentals of Public Speaking; Voice and Diction. Instructor for LEAP accelerated adult degree program.
Alabama A&M University
Associate Professor
Teaching in Communication Arts curriculum: Acting for Television and Film I; Advanced Directing; Introduction to Directing; Oral Interpretation; Practicum I; Practicum II; Theatre Appreciation; Voice and Diction
Also taught at AAMU: General Speech; Shakespeareprofessionalsoutherner.com
Essayist / Photographer / Editor
General interest online journal.
Education
University of Alabama
B.A.
political science, major; English, minor
University of Alabama
M.F.A.
theatre -- directing concentration
