PROFESSOR OF THEATRE/ACTOR/DIRECTOR

Education

PhD, Wayne State University  2002

Detroit, MI

Theatre with an emphasis in directing and scholarship, cognate

 

Dissertation:

Infantryman in Dramatic Literature 1924-1985

 

MFA, Michigan State University 1989

East Lansing, MI

 

B. A. University of Texas at Dallas 1984, Cum Laude

Richardson, TX

Theatre, Interdisciplinary minor

 

Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework 2004

 

Teaching Experience

 

Alma College, Alma MI, Fall 16-Present

Professor of Theatre, Chair of The Department of Theatre and Dance

THD 125, Introduction to Acting, THE 361, Great Ages of Theatre I; THD 150, Theatre Company

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Westminster College New Wilmington, PA Fall 01-Spring 16

Assistant/Associate and Professor of Theatre, Chair Department of Communication Studies Theatre and Art,

Director of Theatre

SPE 111 Introduction to Public Communication; THE 101 Introduction to Theatre; THE102 Introduction to Acting; THE/COM151 Voice and Diction; THE 202 Acting II; THE 220H Introduction to Performance Studies (Honors); THE 225 Theatre and Social Engagement; THE/COM 251 Oral Interpretation; THE 351 Theatre History; THE 370 Theatre History I - Greeks to 18th Century; THE 371 Theatre History II - 18th Century to the Present; THE 404 Directing for the Theatre
 

University of Michigan – Flint Fall 00 – Winter 01 

Flint, MI - Adjunct Lecturer in Theatre,  THE 100: Introduction to Theatre.

 

Wayne State University 1997-2000

Detroit, MI  - Adjunct Lecturer of Theatre and Communication

THR 1010, Introduction to Theatre; THR 1040: Introduction to Acting; SPB 1010, Oral Communication: Basic,  

Teaching Assistant THR 2110 & 2170, Voice Lab I & II, THR 5050, Play Direction

 

University of Michigan – Flint 1995

Flint, MI - Adjunct Lecturer in Theatre, THE 100, Introduction to Theatre

 

Mott Community College 1992-2001

Flint, MI - Adjunct Instructor for Theatre and Communication

THR 101: Introduction to Theatre; THR 151, 152, 251, 252: Theatre Practicum Progression (As part of the Practicum Progression, I usually directed two shows per year); THR 256 Introduction to Acting, COMM 131: Fundamentals of Communication

 

Michigan State University 1986-89 

E. Lansing, MI  - Graduate Instructor Introduction to Acting, Intermediate Acting 

 

Representative Directing/ Production Experience

 

May 4th Voices: Kent State 1970            Director                                     Theatre Westminster

Home M(Ade)                                           Director                                     Theatre Westminster

Northanger Abbey                                   Playwright/Adapter                 Theatre Westminster

Snakes Butterbeans and the

  Discovery of Electricity                        Director/Lead Devisor             Theatre Westminster

Stop Kiss                                                   Director                                      Theatre Westminster

Crimes of the Heart                                Director                                      Theatre Westminster

Rabbit Hole                                              Director                                      Theatre Westminster

Pride and Prejudice                                Director                                      Theatre Westminster

Once Upon A Mattress                           Director                                      Theatre Westminster

All My Sons                                              Director                                      Theatre Westminster

L'Histoire du Soldat                               Stage Director                             Westminster Music Dept.

Kiss Me, Kate                                           Director                                        Theatre Westminster

Out of the Fire: Holocaust                    Director, Author,                         Westminster College/Hoyt

   Survivors Speak                                  Scene Design                                     Institute of Fine Art

Bigfoot Stole My Wife                           Director/Producer                       Baghdad, Iraq

The Baker From Madrigal                    Director                                        Theatre Westminster

The Laramie Project                              Director                                        Theatre Westminster

The Importance of Being Earnest       Director                                         Theatre Westminster

The Shepherds' Christmas                   Stage Director                              Opera Westminster

Your Cheatin’ Heart                             Stage Director                               Opera Westminster

Suzanna’s Secret                                   Stage Director                               Opera Westminster

Coffee Cantata                                       Stage Director                               Opera Westminster

Barefoot in the Park                             Director                                          Mott Community College

The Hot L Baltimore                            Director                                           Mott Community College

All My Sons                                           Director                                           Mott Community College

The Crucible                                         Director                                           Mott Community College

The Subject Was Roses                        Director                                          Wayne State University

Lost in Yonkers                                    Director                                           Flint Community Players

Rumors                                                  Director                                          Mott Community College

Born Yesterday                                     Director                                          Mott Community College

Spoon River Anthology                       Director                                          Mott Community College

 

Representative Performance Experience       

 

Motion Picture/Television           

Nobody Knows                              Agent A                            Destination Earth

The Initiation                                Inmate                             Lansbury-Gaynor

The Adventures of Superboy      Soviet Soldier                  Lowery Production

 

Industrial Films                                                                                              

Chrysler Customer Questions    Dakota Buyer                  Ross Roy

Chrysler CIM C.A.R.S.                  Customer                         Ross Roy

INA Health Care Plan                  Patient                             INA Health Care

Winning Tradition                       Nephew                           Austin Industries

 

Commercials

Colortyme TV Rental                   On Camera                        Colortyme         

Mercury Tracer                            Voice over                          Young & Rubicam

Farmer Jack                                  On camera                         W.B. Doner

New York Carpet World              Customer                          NYCW

Chrysler 300M                              Technician                         Chrysler

 

Theatre

Other Desert Cities                       Lyman Wyeth                   New Castle Playhouse, PA

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof                   Big Daddy                         New Castle Playhouse, PA

All My Sons                                    Joe Keller                          New Castle Playhouse, PA

The Pajama Game                         Max                                   New Castle Playhouse, PA

Arsenic & Old Lace                       Mortimer                          New Vic, Flint, MI

The Nerd                                        Axel                                   New Vic, Flint, MI

Alfred Hitchcock:                          Director                            Universal Studios, FL 

The Art of Making Movies            

Monster Sound Show                    MC                                    Disney/MGM Studios

Murder On The Nile                      Simon                              New Vic, Flint, MI

 

Professional Memberships
Association of Theatre in Higher Education; Screen Actors Guild; American Federation of Radio and Television Artists

Chair, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

 

Professional Presentations and Publication

Pataki, S. & Mackenzie S. Modeling social activism and teaching about violence against women through theatre education. Psychology of Women Quarterly, December 2012

 

Panelist, Devised Theatre Panel, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II, Indiana PA, Thursday, January 12, 2012

Association of Theatre in Higher Education conference New York, NY August 8-11, 2009

 

Panel:  Using Community-Based Performance and Devising Strategies for Production and Course Development. I contributed my paper, Derived Drama to Devised Theatre:  First Steps toward Community Based Theatre in a Liberal Arts Curriculum

 

Response Workshop: a training session for regional faculty in evaluating and providing feedback to College and University theatre productions. 2008-2009 at the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

 

Creating Theatre in a Theater of War, or What I Did On My Summer, (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer ) Vacation, Westminster College, 30 August 2006

 

So What’s With All The Shaking: An introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II 9 Jan 2004, Allentown, PA

 

Awards

 

Region II, ATHE/KCACTF Prize of Innovative Teaching in Theatre - 2014

 

Kennedy Center Gold Medallion – 2009

 

Certificate of Appreciation from the Theatre Arts Guild of the United States Military Academy at West Point for facilitating the USMA’s entry into KCACTF

 

Commendation from the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees of Westminster College for producing and directing Bigfoot Stole My Wife in Baghdad, Iraq in February 2006