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<strong>VITA</strong><br />
Allen H. Oster<br />
School of Theatre<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
P. O. Box 6090, SFA Station<br />
Nacogdoches, Texas 75962<br />
(936) 468-4003 (Dept.) or (936) 468-1119 (Off.)<br />
E-mail: aoster@sfasu.edu<br />
Home Address:<br />
Date of Birth:<br />
3008 Chateau Lane<br />
Nacogdoches, Texas 75965-2909<br />
(936) 564-8821<br />
February l3, l949<br />
Educational Background:<br />
M.F.A.<br />
M.A.<br />
B.C.S.<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah,<br />
September 1981 - June 1983<br />
North Dakota <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Fargo, N D<br />
September 1979 - May 1981<br />
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson, N D<br />
September 1967 - February 1971,<br />
March 1979 -May 1979<br />
Job Experience:<br />
Professor, School of Theatre<br />
(changed from Department of Theatre – Fall 2005)<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, TX<br />
August 1999 to Present<br />
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas<br />
August 1993 to 1999<br />
Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas,<br />
August 1988 to August 1993<br />
Administrator, Student-Directed Productions Program<br />
(over 425 full-length and one-act plays including 22 new
scripts), School of Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas, August 1983 to Present<br />
page two<br />
Administrator, SFA High School Summer Theatre<br />
Workshop, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Nacogdoches, Texas, Summer Session II, 1991 to Present<br />
Artistic Director, SFA Summer Repertory Theatre,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas,<br />
1989-90 and 1995- through 2007<br />
Instructor, Department of Theatre<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas,<br />
August 1987 to August 1988<br />
Lecturer, Department of Theatre<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas,<br />
August 1983 to August 1987<br />
Staff, Beginning Acting, <strong>University</strong> of Utah,<br />
Salt Lake City, Utah,<br />
September 1981 - June 1983<br />
Publicity and Marketing Assistant,<br />
Pioneer Theatre Company (Equity House)<br />
and <strong>University</strong> of Utah Department of Theatre<br />
Programs (Babcock Theatre, Young People's Theatre, and<br />
Student Productions), Salt Lake City, Utah,<br />
September 1981 - June 1983<br />
Staff, Fundamentals of Speech,<br />
North Dakota <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Fargo, North Dakota, September 1979 - May 1981<br />
Creative Endeavors:<br />
DIRECTING:<br />
School of Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1983 to Present<br />
A RAISIN IN THE SUN<br />
Lorraine Hansberry
THE ELEPHANT MAN Bernard Pomerance<br />
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE Adapted by Jay<br />
Presson Allen Based<br />
on the novel by<br />
Muriel Spark<br />
BLITHE SPIRIT<br />
Noel Coward<br />
(w/ guest artist, Jamie Couch)<br />
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Tennessee Williams<br />
HAIR<br />
MacDermot, Rado,<br />
and Ragni<br />
page three<br />
MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Kaufman & Hart<br />
(w/ guest artist, David S. Raine)<br />
BACCHAE<br />
Euripides<br />
HAMLET<br />
Wm. Shakespeare<br />
TERRA NOVA<br />
Ted Tally<br />
SUMMER AND SMOKE<br />
Tennessee<br />
(w/ guest artist, Stephanie Cozart) Williams<br />
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON<br />
MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS Paul Zindel<br />
(w/ guest artist, Jean Waldera)<br />
IN A NORTHERN LANDSCAPE Timothy Mason<br />
CHICAGO<br />
Fosse, Ebb,<br />
and Kander<br />
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES C. Hampton<br />
WHO WILL CARRY THE WORD? Charlotte Delbo<br />
MACBETH (with guest artists Wm. Shakespeare<br />
Michael Ouimet & Susan Arnold)<br />
MEDEA<br />
Robinson Jeffers<br />
TALKING PICTURES<br />
Horton Foote<br />
(U.S. <strong>University</strong> Premiere)<br />
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS<br />
Rodgers & Barer<br />
BRECHT ON BRECHT<br />
George Tabori<br />
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Tennessee<br />
Williams<br />
HAY FEVER<br />
Noel Coward<br />
CLOSE TIES<br />
Elizabeth Diggs<br />
THE HOUSE OF ATREUS (Oresteia: Aeschylus<br />
Agamemnon, The Libation<br />
(Adapted by<br />
Bearers, and The Furies) John Lewin)<br />
AS IS<br />
WilliamHoffman
HAIR MacDermot, Rado<br />
and Ragni<br />
SEA MARKS<br />
Gardner Mckay<br />
THE DINING ROOM (ACTF entry) A.R. Gurney, Jr.<br />
TALKING WITH.....<br />
Jane Martin<br />
THE 5TH OF JULY<br />
Lanford Wilson<br />
FOREVER YOURS, MARIE LOU Michel Tremblay<br />
LONE STAR<br />
James McLure<br />
Tremblay<br />
SFA Summer Repertory Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas,<br />
1989, 1990, 1993, 1995 to 2009<br />
PICNIC<br />
William Inge<br />
DRIVING MISS DAISY<br />
Alfred Uhry<br />
TRIBUTE<br />
Bernard Slade<br />
BONJOUR, LA, BONJOUR<br />
Michele<br />
THE SHADOW BOX<br />
Michael Cristofer<br />
page four<br />
SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM<br />
WAYSIDE SCHOOL (L. Sachar) John Olive<br />
1918 Horton Foote<br />
AND MISS REARDON DRINKS<br />
A LITTLE<br />
Paul Zindel<br />
TALKING WITH<br />
Jane Martin<br />
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Alfred Urhy<br />
TABLE SETTINGS<br />
James Lapine<br />
SEA MARKS<br />
Gardner McKay<br />
LIGHT UP THE SKY<br />
Moss Hart<br />
MARVIN'S ROOM<br />
Scott McPherson<br />
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Neil Simon<br />
LAUNDRY AND BOURBON and James McLure<br />
LONE STAR<br />
ALBUM<br />
David Rimmer<br />
VANITIES (Dinner Theatre)<br />
Jack Heifner<br />
SFA Summer Repertory Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Cherokee Civic Theatre, Rusk, Texas,<br />
1985 -1988<br />
VALENTINE'S DAY<br />
Horton Foote<br />
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING Carson McCullers<br />
COURTSHIP<br />
Horton Foote
I REMEMBER MAMA John van Druten<br />
LIGHT UP THE SKY<br />
Moss Hart<br />
HARVEY<br />
Mary Chase<br />
THE CURIOUS SAVAGE<br />
John Patrick<br />
Flagstaff Festival of the Arts, Northern Arizona<br />
<strong>University</strong>, Flagstaff, Arizona, Summer 1991<br />
TWO BY TWO<br />
Rodgers, Charnin,<br />
and Stone<br />
North Dakota Repertory Theatre, Fargo, North Dakota,<br />
1983 - 1985, 1987<br />
EL GRANDE DE COCA COLA House, Neville-<br />
Andrews,<br />
Shearman, White<br />
and Willis<br />
HAY FEVER<br />
Noel Coward<br />
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK<br />
Neil Simon<br />
THE ODD COUPLE<br />
Neil Simon<br />
Sosondowah Summer Theatre, Dickinson, North Dakota,<br />
1973 and 1984<br />
ROMANTIC COMEDY<br />
Bernard Slade<br />
page five<br />
GUYS AND DOLLS<br />
Burrows, Loesser,<br />
and Swerling<br />
Temblay<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1981 -1983<br />
LA RONDE<br />
Arthur Schnitzler<br />
CLOSE TIES<br />
Elizabeth Diggs<br />
ROCKABYE<br />
Samuel Beckett<br />
BONJOUR, LA, BONJOUR<br />
Michel<br />
THEATRE II<br />
Samuel Beckett<br />
North Dakota <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Fargo, North Dakota,<br />
1979 -1981<br />
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER Tennessee<br />
Williams<br />
BRECHT ON BRECHT<br />
George Tabori<br />
I'M HERBERT<br />
Robert Anderson
THE LOVE COURSE A.R. Gurney, Jr.<br />
THE GREETING CARD (New Script) John C. Murphy<br />
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson, North Dakota,<br />
1979<br />
THE SHADOW BOX<br />
Michael Cristofer<br />
Washburn Community Theatre, Washburn,<br />
North Dakota, 1975 - 1978, 1984<br />
TALKING WITH.....<br />
Jane Martin<br />
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS Paul Zindel<br />
ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON<br />
MARIGOLDS<br />
ANYTHING GOES<br />
Cole Porter<br />
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK<br />
Neil Simon<br />
(Dinner Theatre)<br />
THE LITTLE RABBIT WHO<br />
Nellie McCaslin<br />
WANTED RED WINGS<br />
COME BLOW YOUR HORN Neil Simon<br />
(Dinner Theatre)<br />
Northwest Community Theatre, Lemmon, South Dakota,<br />
1975 - 1977<br />
PLAZA SUITE (Dinner Theatre) Neil Simon<br />
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN,<br />
Clark Gesner<br />
CHARLIE BROWN<br />
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN<br />
Irving Berlin<br />
Los Angeles Dinner Theatre, Inc., Los Angeles,<br />
California, 1974<br />
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Neil Simon<br />
page six<br />
Old Missouri Players, Bismarck, North Dakota, l973<br />
THE GINGERBREAD LADY Neil Simon<br />
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES Moliere<br />
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson, North Dakota,<br />
1969 - 1971<br />
THE SAND BOX<br />
Edward Albee<br />
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST<br />
Nora MacAlvay<br />
(Toured ND)<br />
A CHRISTMAS CAROL<br />
Robert Vance
THE WITCH'S LULLABY Martha Bennett<br />
King<br />
WHITE LIES<br />
Peter Shaffer<br />
ACTING:<br />
Independent Film, Lufkin, Texas, 1998 - 99<br />
BENEATH THE NAKED LIGHT Easy Eddie<br />
Directed by Michael Golembiewski<br />
College of Fine Arts, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Nacogdoches, Texas, 1995<br />
AN ALL COLLEGE FACULTY RECITAL<br />
"Take A Pew" by Alan Bennett from<br />
BEYOND THE FRINGE<br />
Department of Art, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1993,<br />
THE CHILTON AFFAIR<br />
Great Krensky<br />
(student-produced film)<br />
Department of Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1998<br />
ACCOMPLICE<br />
Allen Oster<br />
NEXT<br />
Marion Cheever<br />
SPRING AWAKENING<br />
The Masked Man<br />
THE TEMPEST<br />
Prospero<br />
(Toured to Odessa, TX)<br />
SFA Summer Repertory Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Rusk, Texas, 1985<br />
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Grandpa<br />
Vanderhof<br />
Prairie Public Radio, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1984<br />
DAKOTA PORTRAITS<br />
James Foley<br />
page seven<br />
Babcock Theatre, <strong>University</strong> of Utah, Salt Lake City,<br />
Utah, 1982 - 1983<br />
THE RULING CLASS<br />
Tucker<br />
GEORGE AND FREDERIC<br />
Buloz
(World Premiere)<br />
KUER Radio, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982 - 1983<br />
Voice-overs<br />
Lagoon Opera House (Equity), Farmington, Utah, 1982<br />
HIGH BUTTON SHOES<br />
Papa<br />
Lagoon Amusement Park Corporation, Farmington,<br />
Utah, 1982<br />
National Health Training Film actor<br />
Performing Arts Building Lab Theatre,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982<br />
PROMETHEUS BOUND<br />
Hephaistos<br />
Pioneer Theatre Company (Equity), Salt Lake City,<br />
Utah, 1981 - 1982<br />
THE RED SHOES<br />
Snogg<br />
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE<br />
Teddy Brewster<br />
North Dakota Repertory Theatre, Fargo,<br />
North Dakota, 1981<br />
TWO BY TWO<br />
Shem<br />
ANGEL STREET<br />
Detective Rough<br />
6 RMS RV VW Eddie<br />
Fargo - Moorhead Community Theatre, Fargo,<br />
North Dakota, 1980<br />
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON Pseudolus<br />
THE WAY TO THE FORUM<br />
North Dakota <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Fargo,<br />
North Dakota, 1979 - 1981<br />
ENDGAME<br />
Nag<br />
KING LEAR<br />
Gloucester<br />
A SEPARATE PEACE<br />
Patchwithers<br />
GYPSY<br />
Weber<br />
DEATHTRAP<br />
Porter Milgrim<br />
BRECHT ON BRECHT Actor 1
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson,<br />
North Dakota, 1979<br />
BROADWAY'S BEST<br />
Featured<br />
Performer<br />
BRECHT ON BRECHT Actor 1<br />
page eight<br />
Washburn Community Theatre, Washburn,<br />
North Dakota, 1978<br />
ANYTHING GOES<br />
Moonface Martin<br />
Sosondowah Summer Theatre, Dickinson,<br />
North Dakota, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1975<br />
THE MUSIC MAN<br />
Mayor Shinn<br />
ANYTHING GOES<br />
Moonface Martin<br />
TWELFTH NIGHT<br />
Sir Toby Belch<br />
MACBETH<br />
Lennox<br />
THE TEMPEST<br />
Alonso<br />
STOP THE WORLD -<br />
Chorus<br />
I WANT TO GET OFF!<br />
ONLY AN ORPHAN GIRL<br />
Villain<br />
TOM JONES<br />
Justice Dowling<br />
THURBER CARNIVAL<br />
Ensemble<br />
ALL-AMERICAN BRAVE NEW Ensemble<br />
WORKSHOP<br />
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson,<br />
North Dakota, 1967 -1972<br />
NEXT<br />
Marion Cheever<br />
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH Caleb<br />
THE COCKROACH AND THE CAT The Editor<br />
(Toured ND, MT, Saskatchewan, Canada)<br />
LAST OF THE LEPRECHAUNS Sir Blowmuch<br />
MEDEA<br />
The Turor<br />
HELLO, OUT THERE<br />
2nd Man<br />
HELLO, DOLLY!<br />
Vandergelder<br />
THE WORLD OF SHOLOM Rabbi David/God<br />
ALEICHEM<br />
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Whiteside<br />
THE LION IN WINTER<br />
Richard<br />
A CHRISTMAS CAROL<br />
Jacob Marley<br />
THE IMAGINARY INVALID Lawyer Codicle
THE CRYING PRINCESS AND King<br />
THE GOLDEN GOOSE<br />
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Actor 1<br />
SOUTH PACIFIC<br />
Lt. Cmdr. Harbison<br />
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER<br />
THE VALIANT<br />
The Murderer<br />
Father Daly<br />
page nine<br />
FROG PRINCESS AND THE WITCH<br />
A DIFFERENT DRUMMER<br />
THE LITTLE RABBIT WHO<br />
WANTED RED WINGS<br />
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW<br />
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN<br />
THE STUDENT or WHAT COULD<br />
BE WORSE (New Script)<br />
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES<br />
RAMA AND THE TIGERS<br />
The Tzar<br />
Reverend Barnhill<br />
Little Rabbit<br />
Vincentio<br />
Schmidt<br />
Dr. Heartfelt<br />
Emperor<br />
Mappo<br />
Courses Taught: Beginning Acting Intermediate Acting<br />
Advanced Acting<br />
Theatre Speech<br />
Beginning Directing<br />
Advanced Theatre Speech<br />
Audition Techniques<br />
Dialects<br />
Oral Interpretation<br />
Theatre Appreciation<br />
Theatre of the Absurd<br />
Samuel Beckett Seminar<br />
SFA101 Freshman Seminar Fundamentals of Speech<br />
Administrator, Graduate and Undergraduate Student-<br />
Directed Productions Program, School of Theatre,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Nacogdoches, Texas,<br />
1983 to Present (over 450 full-length and one-act plays<br />
including 25 new scripts)<br />
Full-Lengths: All's Well That Ends Well, American Buffalo,<br />
Awake and Sing, Beyond Therapy, Blood Moon, Buffalo-Alyce<br />
(new script), A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talkin',<br />
Coyote Ugly, Crimes of the Heart, The Effect of Gamma Rays on<br />
Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, Eleemosynary, Extremities (two<br />
productions), The Fifth Sun, Gemini, Guernica, How I Got That<br />
Story, How I Learned to Drive, The Intelligent Design of Jenny<br />
Chow, I Ought To Be In Pictures, The Killing of Sister George,<br />
The Laramie Project, A Life In The Theatre, Lost in Yonkers,<br />
Lovers: Winners and Losers, LUV, The Maids, Mass Appeal,<br />
Medal of Honor Rag, Miss Margarida's Way, The Misanthrope,
Never in My Lifetime, Night Mother, 1969, No Exit, Oh Dad Poor<br />
Dad Mama's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad, A<br />
Perfect Ganesh, Picnic, The Piano Lesson, The Pizza Man, The Pot<br />
of Gold, Private Eyes, Reynard the Fox, $avior (new script) The<br />
Sea Horse, Shooting Simone, Side Man, Three Days of Rain,<br />
Veronica’s Room, Waiting for Godot, The Weir, Wenceslas Square,<br />
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<br />
One-Acts: All Saints’ Day, American Century, Ancient Boys,<br />
Animal Keepers,Bad Boy Nietzche, Back Bog Beast Bait, The Bald<br />
Soprano, Bargains, Birdbath, Bobby Gould in Hell (two<br />
page ten<br />
One-Acts (cont.):<br />
productions), Botticelli, Bouncers, Boy’s Play, Chamber Music,<br />
Chocolate Cake, Closet Madness,Coffee and John (new script),<br />
Cowboy Mouth, The Death of Bessie Smith, Defacing Michael<br />
Jackson, 'dentity Crisis, Dr. Fish, Do Over, The Dumbwaiter,<br />
The Ex-Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills, Frenzy for Two or<br />
More, The Gas Heart, A Girl's Guide to Chaos, Graceland,<br />
Guernica, Goodbye Oscar, The Hanging of Abner Martin (new<br />
script), Hidden in this Picture, Hopscotch, The Indian Wants the<br />
Bronx, In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes, The Informer, The<br />
Labyrinth, The Lesson, The Love Course, The Love of Don<br />
Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden, Love Lines: a comedy of<br />
bedside manners (new script), Men Without Dates, Nice People<br />
Dancing to Good Country Music, Line, No Exit, Nothing<br />
Immediate, On Tidy Endings, The Open Meeting, The Other Five<br />
Percent, Overruled, Passage (new script), Penguin Blues,<br />
Personal Effects, Picnic on the Battlefield, Porch, Present Tense,<br />
Private Wars (two productions), The Proposal, Quake,<br />
Purgatori, The Red Key, Riders to the Sea, The Rising of the<br />
Moon, Room 17 C, Sarah B. Divine, Self Torture and Strenuous<br />
Exercise, SLAM!, Solitaire, Some Kind of Love Story, Spittin'<br />
Image, Terminal Bar, Thanks, Times Square, Tired Feet and<br />
Dancing Shoes, Titanic, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, The Typists<br />
(two productions), Tone Clusters, The Ugly Duckling, The<br />
Unwicked Witch, The Value of Names, The Vise, The Waiting<br />
Room, The Waste Disposal Unit, The Whole Shebang, Wiley and<br />
the Hairy Man, Wine in the Wilderness, A Woman with 27<br />
Children, Women and Wallace, The Yellow Boa, A Young Lady of<br />
Property.<br />
Studio Hours: The Actor's Nightmare, Ah Eurydice!,<br />
Americansaint, Arabian Nights, The Author's Voice, All On Her
Own, Amicable Partings, Approaching Lavendar, Apres Opera,<br />
Aria Da Capo, At Home, Baby Talk, Bag Lady, Ballerinas, Bar and<br />
Ger, The Bathroom Door, The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes<br />
Me Cry (two productions), Before Breakfast, The Boar, The Boy<br />
in the Basement, Breakfast? (new script), The Brother, Buddies,<br />
Burrough's Readings from the Texts, The Call, Can-Can,The<br />
Catechism of Patty Reed, Catastrophe, Charlie, Chicago, Chug,<br />
Circled in Red (new script), Crawling Arnold, Da’Nile (new<br />
Script), The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Darkness and Windows<br />
and Elvis and God (new script), The Day the Whores Came Out<br />
to Play Tennis, Death Knocks, The Death of Bessie Smith, Degas<br />
C’est Moi (two productions), Design Show, The Devil’s Karma<br />
(new script), Diatribe, Dice and Cards, The Divine Fallacy,<br />
Domestic Bliss, Doublespeak? (new script), The Drowned Man,<br />
Electric Roses, Emotional Baggage, Endgame, Escape by<br />
Moonlight, Extensions, F. M., Favorite Lady, Ferris Wheel,<br />
page eleven<br />
Studio Hours (cont.):<br />
Fiddlers in the Forest, Fin and Euba, Final Placement, Finger<br />
Food (two productions), Flop Cop, Forever Judy, Fugue,<br />
Funeral Tea, A Game, Gander Sauce, Getting Away with Murder,<br />
Graceland, Gray Matter, Grief, Haiku, Half-Time at Halcyon<br />
Days, Hallie Flanagan: Dynamo (new script), Happy Mug, The<br />
Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From (two<br />
productions), Hello Out There, Here We Are, How He Lied to<br />
Her Husband, I Bring You Flowers, I Can’t Remember<br />
Everything, Ikke, Ikke, Nye, Nye, I Cuba Si, I Rise in Flames Cried<br />
the Phoenix, In Place, It Is There, The Jewish Wife, A Kind of<br />
Alaska, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion, Laundry and Bourbon,<br />
Lemonade, Life Support, Life with No Joy in It, Lip Service, Little<br />
Red Riding Hood, Look Who's Playing God, Lord Byron's Love<br />
Letter, Losing Faith (new script), The Lost Girl, The Love Course,<br />
Love Poem #98, Loyalties. Ludlow Fair, Lunch or Something,<br />
Lunch with Ginger, Lush Life, The Madness of Lady Bright (two<br />
productions), The Maker of Dreams, The Male Room (new<br />
script), The Man Who Couldn’t Dance, The Man With the Flower<br />
in His Mouth, Married Bliss (two productions), Medea,<br />
Medusa's Tale, The Mid-Life Crisis of Dionysus (two<br />
productions), Mime for Three Players, Minnesota Moon, (two<br />
productions), Monica, The Moon Please, The Mystery of<br />
Twicknam Vicarage, My Two Loves, Naomi in the Living Room<br />
(two Productions), New York Actor, Next, Noodle-Doodle Box,<br />
No One Will Be Immune, Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They
Appear (new script), Oedi, Ohio Impromptu, The Old Lady<br />
Shows Her Medals, Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall be<br />
Unhappy, Open Admissions, The Open Road, Overtones, Patio,<br />
The Parkbench, Perchance, Personal Addiction (new script), Postits,<br />
Prague Summer, Present Tense, The Problem, The Prodigal<br />
Son, The Potboiler, Rain, The Real Tale of Jack and Jill, The Red<br />
Coat (two productions), Reverse Transcription, Righteousness<br />
(new script), The Rising of the Moon, The Role of Della (two<br />
productions), Rumple Schmumple, The Salmon Tribunal, The<br />
Secret (new script), The Sandbox, Sexual Perversity in Chicago,<br />
Shakespeare and Mushrooms, The Shooting Gallery, Scooter<br />
Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World, Silence, The Sniper, The<br />
Social Event, Sorry Wrong Number, Sparks in the Park, Stag,<br />
Steps Must Be Gentle, Stones and Bones, Success, Summer at the<br />
Lake, Thoughts on the Instant of Greeting a Friend on the Street,<br />
Tape, 10,000 Cigarettes, Throwing Things Away (new script),<br />
The Tiger, Time Flies, The Tiny Closet, Toe the Line (new<br />
script), Success, The Unknown General, The Valentine Fairy<br />
(two productions), Variations of the Death of Trotsky, Vivien,<br />
Welcome to the Moon, What Are You Doin Here?, What She<br />
Found There, What We Do With It, When Shakespeare’s Ladies<br />
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Studio Hours (cont.):<br />
Meet, When You Were (new script), Where Have All the<br />
Lightning Bugs Gone?, The Whole Shebang, White Lies, Woody<br />
Allen: Paperback Writer, Write Me A Love Letter, The Zoo Story.<br />
Professional Service: SCHOOL OF THEATRE:<br />
Member, Search Committee for Adjunct Faculty (Theatre<br />
Appreciation), <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 2009<br />
Member, Search Committee for Director of School of<br />
Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 2007<br />
Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of<br />
Acting/Voice/Performance, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, 2001 and 2004<br />
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of<br />
Scenic & Lighting Design, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, 2004<br />
Member, Sub-Committee for NAST (National Association
of Schools of Theatre) Re-Accreditation Report<br />
SFASU, 2002-03<br />
Adviser, Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Fraternity,<br />
Department of Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Nacogdoches, Texas, Fall 1999 to Present<br />
Recruitment, at TETA - Texas Educational Theatre<br />
Association, various cities in Texas, January, 1986 to 2006<br />
Recruitment, Texas Thespian Festival. Corpus Christi, TX,<br />
November 1999<br />
Recruitment, Dallas and Houston Art Fairs, Fall 1997<br />
Recruitment, Texas Thespian Festival, Abilene, TX,<br />
November 1998<br />
Coordinator, THEATRE DAY AT SFA (hosting area high<br />
school students and their teachers who visit out facilities<br />
and campus, attend a theatre class, view a major<br />
production, meet faculty and students, and audition for<br />
Theatre Scholarships for the next school term.<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>. 1994 to 2002<br />
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of<br />
History/Theory/Criticism, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, 1998<br />
Member Search Committee for Assistant Professor of<br />
Lighting/Scenic Design, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, 1997<br />
Coordinator, Freshman and Transfer Students<br />
Orientation to Department of Theatre, <strong>Stephen</strong> F.<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1996 to 2000<br />
Adviser, Freshman and Transfer Students Orientation<br />
Sessions, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
1993 to 2007<br />
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Acting Coach, URTA – <strong>University</strong> Resident Theatre<br />
Association, Students auditioning for graduate schools<br />
and theatre companies : Marjorie Kammerlohr, Heaven<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong>s, Sara Grigsby, Justin Ryan, Richard Robichaux,<br />
Stephanie Cozart.<br />
Editor, Dept. of Theatre Student Handbook,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1994 to 2005<br />
Chair, BFA Review and Re-Structure Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1993 to 1996<br />
Chair, BA Teacher Certification Curriculum Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1993 - 1995<br />
Chair, SFA '98 Document Implementation Process<br />
Committee, SFASU, 1993-94<br />
Chair, Development of the Theatre Internship<br />
Program Committee, SFASU, 1993-94<br />
Member, Merit Assessment Committee<br />
SFASU, 1993 to 2006<br />
Administrator, Departmental Scholarship Auditions<br />
SFASU, 1993 to 2005<br />
Chair, Sub-Committee for NAST (National Association<br />
of Schools of Theatre) Re-Accreditation Report<br />
SFASU, 1992-93<br />
page fourteen<br />
Stokes Foundation Scholarship Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1984 -1986,<br />
1988 to 2004<br />
Member, Student Productions Advisory Committee<br />
SFASU, 1991 to Present<br />
Member, Student Productions Advisory Committee to
Re-Design the Policy and Procedures of the Student-<br />
Directed Productions Program and initiate S.P.A.C.,<br />
SFASU, 1990 - 91<br />
Department of Theatre Representative to the Fine Arts<br />
Council, SFASU, 1987-89, 1991-93, 1995-96, 1997-98, 99-00<br />
Chair, Committee to Re-Structure the B.F.A.<br />
Theatre Degree Program, SFASU, 1988<br />
Committee to Re-Design the Summer Theatre Program,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1988<br />
Department of Theatre Scholarship Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1988 to 2006<br />
Workshop Instructor, UIL One-Act Play Clinic,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1984 to 2006, 2009-10<br />
Graduate Oral and Comprehensive Exams Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1986 to 2002<br />
Editor, SFA Student Productions Handbook, <strong>Stephen</strong> F.<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1983 to Present<br />
Graphic Design for SFA Department of Theatre<br />
Production Posters, (over 40 including TERRA NOVA,<br />
CABARET, SUMMER AND SMOKE,, AH. WILDERNESS, A<br />
VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, INTO THE WOODS, ,<br />
ACCOMPLICE, EFFECT/MARIGOLDS,KING LEAR, IN A<br />
NORTHERN LANDSCAPE, NOISES OFF, AMERICAN<br />
PLAY READING FESTIVAL, MEDEA, GYPSY, THE<br />
MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, THE MERCHANT OF<br />
VENICE, THE DRESSER, CHICAGO, CAT ON A HOT TIN<br />
ROOF, BRECHT ON BRECHT, WHO WILL CARRY THE<br />
WORD?, TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, A<br />
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, LES LIAISONS<br />
DANGEREUSES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING<br />
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EARNEST, ROMEO AND JULIET, A MAN FOR ALL<br />
SEASONS, MAJOR BARBARA, LOVERS AND OTHER
STRANGERS, TALKING PICTURES, HOME FIRES,<br />
Summer Repertory Theatre<br />
UNIVERSITY:<br />
Keynote Address<br />
Teaching Excellence Convocation, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, April 4, 2000<br />
Chair, 1999 - 2000<br />
Member, Teaching Excellence Committee, 1997 - 99<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1997 - 2000<br />
Contest Manager, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League -<br />
One Act Play Contest, Region III, Conference A,<br />
Turner Auditorium, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
1997 – 2004, 2006. 2010<br />
Contest Manager, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League –<br />
One Act Play Contest, Region III, Conference A,<br />
Nacogdoches High School, Nacogdoches, TX 2007 - 09<br />
Contest Manager, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League –<br />
One Act Play Contest, Region III, Conference A,<br />
McMichael Middle School, Nacogdoches, TX 2005<br />
Contest Manager, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League -<br />
One Act Play Contest, Region III, Conference A,<br />
T. J. Rusk Middle School, Nacogdoches, TX 1996<br />
Contest Manager, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League -<br />
One Act Play Contest, Area 2, Region III, Conference A,<br />
Turner Auditorium, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
1994 - 1996<br />
Vice-Chair, College of Fine Arts Council<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1995-96<br />
Chair, College of Fine Arts Council<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1992-93<br />
Member, College of Fine Arts Council<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1987-89,
1991-93, 1995-96, 1997-98, 99-00<br />
page sixteen<br />
Lyceum and Faculty Programs Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1992 - 93<br />
Fine Arts "<strong>University</strong> Scholar" Scholarship Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1984, 1987 - 91<br />
Ad Hoc Committee on an Honors Program,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1988 - 1990<br />
<strong>University</strong> Affairs Committee,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1988<br />
Committee to Revise Turner Auditorium<br />
Operating Policy,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 1987<br />
COMMUNITY:<br />
Contest Manager, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League<br />
One-Act Play Contest:<br />
Region III, Conference A,<br />
Nacogdoches, TX, 1996 -2009<br />
Area 3, Region III, Conference A, SFASU,<br />
Nacogdoches, TX, 1992 - 96<br />
Critic Judge, <strong>University</strong> Interscholastic League<br />
One-Act Play Contests, <strong>State</strong> of Texas:<br />
Clear Creek High School (2 Zones) 2010<br />
Abbott High School 2009<br />
Frost High School 2009<br />
Mt. Vernon High School 2009<br />
Midlothian High School 2008<br />
Paris Junior College 2007<br />
Langham Creek, Houston 2006<br />
Summit High School 2006
Katy High School, Houston 2005<br />
Plano East High School, Dallas 2005<br />
Price Middle School 2004<br />
Bay City High School (2 Zones) 2004<br />
Centerville High School 2004<br />
Hamshire-Fannett High School 2003<br />
Connally High School, <strong>Austin</strong> 2003<br />
Madison High School, Houston 2002<br />
page seventeen<br />
St. Phillips College, San Antonio 2002<br />
Pasadena High School, Houston 2001, 2002<br />
Stratford High School, Houston 2001<br />
Zone A and B<br />
Crowley High School 2001<br />
East Chambers High School, Winnie 2001<br />
Atlanta High School 2000<br />
Pine Tree high School, Longview 2000<br />
Cypress Creek High School, Houston 2000, 2003<br />
Eustace High School 2000<br />
Northbrook High School, Houston 1999<br />
W.T. Whitehouse ISD, Dallas 1998<br />
Sinton High School 1998<br />
LaPorte High School 1997<br />
Robert E. Lee High School, Tyler, 1997<br />
Pharr San Juan Alamo High School 1996<br />
Athens Middle School 1994<br />
Edna High School 1994<br />
Mt. Pleasant High School 1994<br />
Cushing High School 1994, 1998<br />
Madisonville High School 1993<br />
Port Arthur High School 1993, 1997<br />
Lincoln High School, Port Arthur 1999<br />
Port Arthur Middle School 1995<br />
Oakwood High School 1993<br />
Panola Junior College 1992, 1994,<br />
2010<br />
Groesbeck High School 1992<br />
Kilgore College 1991<br />
Evadale High School 1991, 1995<br />
1998, 1999<br />
San Benito High School 1991<br />
Hughes Springs High School 1991
Jacksonville Middle School 1991<br />
Hull - Daisetta High School 1990<br />
Columbus High School 1990<br />
Liberty City High School 1990, 2001<br />
2008<br />
Cleveland - Tarkington High School 1989<br />
Hardin - Jefferson High School 1989<br />
Angelina College 1989, 1995<br />
1998, 2005<br />
2006, 2007<br />
Clear Creek High School 1989<br />
Texas A & I <strong>University</strong> 1989<br />
Sabine Pass High School 1988, 1992,<br />
1993, 1996<br />
page eighteen<br />
Nacogdoches High School 1984, 1985,<br />
1988, 1990<br />
UIL-OAP Critic for Play Festival for 4A and 5A High<br />
Schools, Houston, TX March 2004 - 2008<br />
Director, THE SHADOW BOX, Humanities Perspective<br />
Forum on Death and Dying with Dr. J.B. Watson, Professor<br />
of Sociology and members of the East Texas Hospice, SFA<br />
Summer Rep, July 9, 2005<br />
Director, WHO WILL CARRY THE WORD?, Humanities<br />
Perspective Forum on the Holocaust with Michael Jacobs,<br />
a Holocaust survivor; Dr. Jere Jackson, SFA Professor of<br />
History; and two actresses in the production, SFASU,<br />
March 2, 1995.<br />
Informance Speaker, Performing Arts Series,<br />
<strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
A RAISIN IN THE SUN, 2010<br />
THE ELEPHANT MAN, 2009<br />
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, 2008<br />
BLITHE SPIRIT, 2007<br />
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, 2006<br />
HAIR, 2004<br />
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, 2004
BACCHAE, 2003<br />
HAMLET, 2001<br />
TRRA NOVA, 2001<br />
SUMMER AND SMOKE, 2000<br />
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-<br />
MOON MARIGOLDS, 1999<br />
WHO WILL CARRY THE WORD?, 1995<br />
LES LIAISONS DANGEREURSE, 1995<br />
Workshop Instructor, One-Act Play Workshop for High<br />
Schools from Center, Timpson, and Tenaha, Tenaha, TX,<br />
1989<br />
Director, CLOSE TIES, Humanities Perspective Forum on<br />
Problems of the Aged and the Aging Process, SFASU,<br />
Nacogdoches, Texas, 1988<br />
page nineteen<br />
Dialect Coach, La Porte High School, La Porte, Texas<br />
MY FAIR LADY 2004<br />
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 2003<br />
GUYS AND DOLLS 2001<br />
ME AND MY GIRL 1994<br />
TOM JONES 1990<br />
NOISES OFF 1988<br />
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1987<br />
OLIVER 1985<br />
Director, AS IS, Humanities Perspective Forum on the<br />
AIDS Crisis, SFASU, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1987<br />
Instructor, "Acting Process Workshop," North Dakota<br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Fargo, North Dakota, 1983 and 1984<br />
Director, CLOSE TIES, Humanities Perspective Forum on<br />
Problems of the Aged and the Aging Process,<br />
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982
Director, THE SHADOW BOX, Humanities Perspective<br />
Forum on Death and Dying, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1979<br />
Director, Creative Dramatics Workshops for<br />
Underprivileged Children; Center, Hensler, McClusky,<br />
Turtle Lake, Underwood, and Washburn, North Dakota,<br />
1971<br />
Honors and Awards:<br />
Faculty Achievement Award in Teaching by SFASU<br />
Foundation, Inc. at <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Nacogdoches, TX, 2008<br />
Distinguished Alumni Fellow<br />
for the Department of Fine and Performing Arts<br />
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson, ND, 2008<br />
Piper Professor of Texas<br />
Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation<br />
San Antonio, TX, May, 2006<br />
<strong>University</strong> Teaching Excellence Award,<br />
SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX, April 16, 1996<br />
College of Fine Arts Teaching Excellence Award,<br />
SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX, April 16, 1996<br />
page twenty<br />
SFA 10 and 20 Year Faculty Service Award, 2003 & 1993<br />
Faculty Development Grant, College of Fine Arts,<br />
Observation and Study with Young People’s<br />
Conservatory under Craig Slaight, Director, and Jack<br />
Sharrar, Registrar, at American Conservatory Theatre<br />
in San Francisco, CA, March 1998<br />
Faculty Development Grant, College of Fine Arts,<br />
Study voice and Observe Meisner Technique with<br />
Trudie Kessler, DePaul <strong>University</strong>, Chicago, IL,<br />
August 1996.<br />
Tenure awarded, <strong>Stephen</strong> F. <strong>Austin</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Nacogdoches, TX, May 1992
Phi Sigma Pi, Honorary Academic Fraternity, DSU<br />
Alpha Psi Omega, Honorary Theatre Fraternity, DSU<br />
Pi Kappa Delta, Honorary Forensics Fraternity, NDSU<br />
Kappi Pi, Honorary Art Fraternity, DSU<br />
Acting Certificate of Merit, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982<br />
Directing Certificate of Merit, BONJOUR, LA, BONJOUR,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982<br />
Outstanding Theatre Graduate Award, Dickinson <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1979<br />
Children's Theatre Award, Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Dickinson, North Dakota, 1970<br />
Best Actor, HELLO, DOLLY!, Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Dickinson, North Dakota, 1970<br />
Best Actor, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY,<br />
Dickinson <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1969<br />
Memberships: SFASU Alumni Association Life Member #7227<br />
Nacogdoches, TX, December 2006<br />
Texas Educational Theatre Association<br />
1984 to Present<br />
TETA UIL One-Act Play Certified Critic Judge<br />
1988 to Present<br />
Theatre Communications Group, Inc.<br />
American Theatre<br />
May 1984 to Present<br />
American Theatre Association<br />
1981 - 1984<br />
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Rocky Mountain Theatre Association<br />
1982 – 1984<br />
First Lutheran Church<br />
Washburn, ND, 1962 to present