Resume

• 2016

  Harvard Institutes of Higher Education Management Development Program

  Harvard University Graduate School of Education

• 1999

  Marymount College of Fordham University

  Tarrytown

  New York

  Teacher

  play director and program head at women's liberal arts college near New York City.

  Director of Theatre

  Marymount College of Fordham University

  Treasurer

  Association for Theatre in Higher Educaiton

• 1995

  Arts Leadership

  London Dramatic Academy

  New York

  New York

  Consultant focused on financial management issues for small and emerging theatre companies; also worked in resource development

  board development

  individual artist budgeting

  etc.

  Principal

  Arts Leadership

• 1992

  Jean Cocteau Repertory

  Denver Center for the Performing Arts

  New York

  New York

  Administrative and production leader and co-artistic leader of mid-sized non-profit professional resident theatre company in New York City.

  Producing/Artistic Director

  Jean Cocteau Repertory

  Nacogdoches

  Texas

  Leader of a faculty and staff of 18 and approximately 175 theatre majors in a NAST-accredited school with three theaters producing 25-30 plays a year and offering BA

  BA with K-12 teacher certification

  and BFA (acting/directing

  design/technology

  stage management concentrations) degrees at comprehensive state university. Served as chair of university Chairs Forum 2015-16.

  Director

  School of Theatre

  Stephen F. Austin State University

• 1988

  Scott

  Shattuck

  Dickinson College

  Texas Shakespeare Festival

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Kilgore

  Texas

  Various responsibilities over the course of seven summers between 1988 and 2006.

  SM

  Director of Production

  Director of Education

  actor

  Texas Shakespeare Festival

  Student recruiter

  artistic/academic coordinator

  faculty leader

  and teacher at professional acting program for American Students in England.

  Artistic Director

  London

  United Kingdom

  London Dramatic Academy

  Carlisle

  Pennsylvania

  Taught acting

  directing

  theatre history

  etc. at highly selective liberal arts college.

  Assistant Professor of Theatre

  Dickinson College

  Nacogdoches

  Texas

  Coordinator of student success

  institutional assessment

  faculty tenure & promotion

  and cultural programming efforts. Assist the dean with resource development

  facilities design

  and other projects. Serve as a member of the leadership team for the college and act in place of the dean in his absence.

  Associate Dean

  College of Fine Arts

  Stephen F. Austin State University

  Denver

  Colorado

  Assisted the Equity stage managers and producing director of Colorado's Tony Award-winning regional theatre company.

  Production Assistant

  the Theatre Company

  Denver Center for the Performing Arts

• 1985

  Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

  Directing

  The University of Texas at Austin

• 1978

  Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  Speech and Theatre Arts

  Colorado State University

• The Director's Vision

  Featured I hope this blog will be a source of information for and a venue for conversation among directors of dramatic stories. In particular I want it to be useful to students of stage directing and early-career theatre directors

  but mid-career and master directors

  as well as directors of screen media

  audio media

  and interactive media

  are more than welcome.

  The Director's Vision

  Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts

  The SFA College of Fine Arts is a model of excellence

  offering accredited programs to students seeking careers in the visual arts

  music

  and theatre.

  Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts

  Teaching

  Non-profits

  Curriculum Development

  Plays

  Nonprofits

  Fundraising

  Acting

  Directing

  Grant Writing

  Curriculum Design

  Higher Education

  Producing

  University Teaching

  Leadership

  Performing Arts

  Theatre

  Public Speaking

  Event Planning

  Art

  Stage Management

  The Director's Vision (2nd Edition)

  Louis E. Catron

  Standard college-level textbook for use in play directing courses.

  The Director's Vision (2nd Edition)