Curricuium Vitq
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Curricuium Vitq

Dave Williams
BA, MFA, PhD
5349 Amesbury Drive, Apt. 1406
Dallas, TX 75206
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EDUCATION:

PhD, Cornell University. Dissertation: The Image of the Chinese in American Drama to 1925
MFA, Acting, Trinity University (The Dallas Theatre Center). Thesis: Dionysus Amplified: The Rock Musical
BA, English, Cornell University

FURTHER TRAINING:

Singing lessons with Carli Mazich-Addice, 8/17-4/18
“Shakespeare II” at Ithaca Shakespeare Company, 4/3/16-4/28/16. Instructor: Steve Ponton
Acting class at Actors Workshop Ithaca (Meisner), 8/15-present. Instructors: David Kossack, Paige Anderson, Katie Spallone. Graduated 5/6/17, continuing to take instruction.
Welding I class at CTEC, 11/13
Teacher training at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 7/25/13-7/30-13
Two weeks study at the Yeats Institute, Sligo, Ireland, 7/29/12 –
8/10/12
Stage Combat Workshop with Gregory Hoffman, Las Vegas NV, 12/29/01 –1/5/02. Received award for best student in beginners group.
Acting Class with Roger Hendricks Simon, New York NY, 1982
Acting Classes at the Boston Arts Group (Teachers: Roger Seaman, William Greaves), Boston, MA, 1977-78
Michael Henry Mime Workshop, Rochester, NY, Autumn 1976

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

1998 - 2015
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (as of September 2004)
The Ohio State University at Newark
1179 University Drive
Newark, OH 43055
Teaching responsibilities include two or three 3- or 5-credit undergraduate courses each semester, various 1- or 2-credit theatre practicums, and honors and summer courses as required.
Course responsibilities included:

Introduction to Theatre
Introduction to Theatre, Honors (at both the branch and main campus) Fundamentals of Acting
Stage Movement
Introduction to Technical Production
America On Stage – created and developed
The Craft of Acting
Movement and Voice

Production responsibilities included:

selecting a season of readings and productions
directing one staged reading per quarter until 2011, for a total of three yearly; from 2011-2015, one per semester, two yearly
directing, designing, and lighting one full production per quarter, for a total of three yearly until 2011; from 2011-2013, one per semester, four yearly
supervising and executing all stage carpentry, rigging, electrics, properties, and scene painting
designing and distributing a yearly brochure and posters and programs for each production
general upkeep of theatre space and equipment
adapting theatre space for outside performers as required

Administrative responsibilities included:

serving on the Academic Affairs Committee
chairing the Service Award Subcommittee of the Professional Standards Committee
coordinating Academic Misconduct hearings
serving on the Selection Committees for Head of Marketing and for Musicology Professor (Affirmative Action Member)
serving on the Task Force for the Center for Emerging Technology
conducting interviews and compiling report on prospective uses of the Reese Center Auditorium
hosting outside speakers (Dr. Bradley Lepper, Dr. David Feldshuh, Rich Orloff)

1995 - 1998
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (under the two-tier Taiwanese system)
Providence University
200 Chungchi Road
Shalu, Taiwan
Republic of China
Teaching responsibilities included up to four 3-, 4-, or 5-credit undergraduate or graduate courses per semester. Course responsibilities included:

Theatre History
Modern American Drama
Selected Readings in Drama
English Oral Training
English Literature
American Literature
Introduction to Poetry
Composition
Non-Shakespearean Elizabethan Drama (graduate seminar)
The Image of Asians in American Drama (graduate seminar)

Production responsibilities included:

selecting scripts for performance
directing, designing, and publicizing one show per semester, for a total of two yearly
supervising all stage carpentry, rigging, electrics, properties, and scene painting
instructing and supervising student construction and running crews

Administrative responsibilities included:

serving on the Theatre Allocation committee
serving on the Renaissance Festival committee
serving on the Book Selection committee
serving on the Transfer Examinations committee
adjudicating various essay, poetry, and play contests as required

1994 - 1995
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Tompkins-Cortland Community College
170 North St.
PO Box 139
Dryden, NY 13053

Teaching responsibilities included one 3-credit course in English as a Second Language.

1988-1989
GRADUATE STUDENT / TA
Cornell University
Dept. of Theatre
430 College Ave.
Ithaca, NY 14853

Teaching responsibilities included assisting faculty, creating tests and quizzes, grading papers, and instructing undergraduates. Course responsibilities included:

Directing I
Introduction to Western Theatre
Writing in the Theatre
Classic Comedy
Western Civilization
Man and His Moral Values

1987-1988
FOREIGN EXPERT
Liaoning University
66 Chongshan Zhonglu
Shenyang 110036
Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

Teaching responsibilities included English as a Second Language for both undergraduate and graduate students.

1986-87
GENERAL MANAGER
The Douglas Fairbanks Studio Theatre
432 W. 42nd St.
New York, New York, 10036

Production responsibilities included:

arranged bookings and rentals for theatre companies
assisting in set construction and lighting installation
locating, renting, or constructing stage properties
general upkeep and maintenance

PUBLICATIONS:

BOOKS:

Misreading the Chinese Character, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2000
The Chinese Other, 1850-1925, University Press of America, 1997

ESSAYS AND ARTICLES:

“Peripheral Expressions,” Journal of Beckett Studies, Vol. 19, No. 10, May 2010
“George C. Hazelton and J. Harry Benrimo,” Dictionary of Literary Biography, V. 249, 2007
“An A Vista Flowering Tree,” Stage Directions, (website), January 2007
“The Poet Lore Plays,” Experimenters, Rebels, and Disparate Voices, 2003
“Dodecahedron Delights,“ Stage Directions (website), April 2003
“Greek Drama in Taiwan,” (Dis)Placing Classical Greek Drama, 1999
“Image Shaped by Form,” Journal of the Humanities (refereed serial), June 1998
“Six Shards From a Search,” On the Market, Riverhead Press, 1997
“Give the Ghost a Chance,” Stage Directions, March 1998

BOOK REVIEWS:

What We Do, TR&D, May 2009
Acting the Right Part, Asian Theatre Journal, Spring 2003
Contemporary American Playwrights, Notes and Queries, March 2001
Meyerhold at Work, Theatre Survey, May 1999
Twentieth-Century Irish Drama, Drama (UK), May 1998
Performing Asian America, Theatre Survey, November 1997
Analysing Performance, Theatre Survey, May 1997
Theatre and Drama in Francophone Africa, Theatre Survey, Fall 1996
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage, Essays in Theatre, Spring 1996
Leigh Hunt and the Poetry of Fancy, Notes and Queries, March 1996
The Theatre of Yesterday and Tomorrow, Theatre Studies, Winter 1994
Eugene O’Neill in China, Theatre Studies, Fall 1993
The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama, Theatre Studies, Spring 1993
A Classified Bibliography of the Works of W.B. Yeats, Notes and Queries, Winter 1992
The Celebrated Mrs. Oldfield, Theatre Studies, Winter 1992
Staging O’Neill, Theatre Studies, Winter 1991
Yeats and the Noh, Notes and Queries, September 1991
O’Neill: Son and Artist, ANQ, April 1991

TRANSLATION

Pan Jinlian, by Wei Minglun, Theatre and Society, Haiping Yan, Ed., M.E. Sharpe, 1998

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

MATC Conference, March 5, 2010, Cleveland, OH. “Peripheral Expression: Marginal Drawings in the Manuscripts of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
Masks of Transformation (October 5-9, 2005, Carbondale, IL). “Adjusting to the Mask”
28th Comparative Drama Conference (April 29-31, 2004, Columbus, OH). “Playwright At The Gates”
The Flesh Made Text (May 14-18, 2003, Thessaloniki, Greece). “Performance and the Racialized Body”
Theatre East and West Revisited (April 3-6, Claremont, CA). “Unwitting Pioneers.” Selected for inclusion in volume of conference proceedings.
MATC Conference (March 7-10, 2002, St. Louis). “David Henry Hwang’s Flawed Rewriting of History in The Dance and The Railroad”
First Annual Conference on American Drama (May 22-25, 2000, Malaga, Spain). “The Ebb and Flow of Asian-American Drama”
New York Conference on Asian Studies (October 14-16, 1999, Hobart & William Smith College). “The Chinese Shanghaied in the Service of the Past”
Millennium Responses: (Dis)Placing Classical Greek Theatre (September 18-22, 1998, Thessaloniki, Greece). “Greek Drama: The View From Taiwan.” Selected for inclusion in volume of conference proceedings.
Third Annual Symposium on Theatre in Academe (October 22-24, 1997, Washington & Lee University). “Eastern Actors, Western Words”
ECTC Conference (Feb. 14-16, 1997, Baltimore MD). “Post-Performance Taiwanese Theatre Customs””
Conference on the Pedagogy of English and American Literature (April 27, 1996, Kaohsiung, Taiwan). “Tangents and Byways.” Selected for inclusion in volume of conference proceedings.
ECTC Conference (Feb. 17-19, 1995, Wilmington DE). “Total Eclipse of a Playwright”
“Art, Glitter, and Glitz” (November 3-5, 1994, Hofstra). “The Poet Lore Plays: A New Chinese Voice . . . But How New?” Selected for inclusion in volume of conference proceedings, Greenwood Press, 2003





PRODUCTIONS:

READINGS – (DIRECTOR AND PERFORMER):

Richard Thompson’s Song Lyrics OSU-Newark 2015
The Poetry of W.B. Yeats OSU-Newark 2014
Al Stewart’s Lyrics OSU-Newark 2013
Stories From Dr. Seuss OSU-Newark 2012
Feeding Frenzy by Paul Dexter OSU-Newark 2012
Blake's Poetry OSU-Newark 2012
Woody Allen's Short Stories OSU-Newark 2012
Bob Dylan's Lyrics OSU-Newark 2011
Lewis Carroll’s Poetry OSU-Newark 2011
Dave Barry’s Newspaper Columns OSU-Newark 2011
The Poetry of R.W. Davies OSU-Newark 2010
Selections From Beowulf OSU-Newark 2010
Five Dark Tales OSU-Newark 2010
Richard Armour’s Poetry OSU-Newark 2009
The Devil’s Dictionary OSU-Newark 2009
Anne Sexton’s Poetry OSU-Newark 2009
Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses OSU-Newark 2008
O Holy Cow OSU-Newark 2008
Edna St. Vincent Millay OSU-Newark 2008
The Poetry of Richard Wilbur OSU-Newark 2007
Charles Bukowski’s Poems OSU-Newark 2007
Robert Herrick’s Poems OSU-Newark 2007
Ogden Nash’s Poems OSU-Newark 2006
Brecht’s Poetry OSU-Newark 2006
Florence King’s Essays OSU-Newark 2006
The Poetry of Kipling OSU-Newark 2005
Selections from the Poetry
of Philip Larkin OSU-Newark 2005
Piet Hein’s “Grooks” OSU-Newark 2005
America’s Founding Documents OSU-Newark 2004
Selections from Byron’s “Don Juan OSU-Newark 2004
Selections from “Archy And Mehitabel” OSU-Newark 2003
Selections from Dave Barry OSU-Newark 2003
Plato’s Symposium (abridged) OSU-Newark 2003
No in Thunder OSU-Newark 2002
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner OSU-Newark 2002
The Poetry of Rock OSU-Newark 2002
A Celebration of Cats OSU-Newark 2001
Thurber Pieces OSU-Newark 2001
Selected Poems of T.S. Eliot OSU-Newark 2001
The Rape of the Lock OSU-Newark 2000
Gems of Poetry OSU-Newark 2000
Selections From Monty Python OSU-Newark 2000
and Firesign Theater
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight OSU-Newark 1999
Helen OSU-Newark 1999
Macbeth OSU-Newark 1999
The Importance of Being Earnest OSU-Newark 1998

FULL PRODUCTIONS – (DIRECTOR, SET DESIGNER, LIGHTING DESIGNER, AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (and occasional PERFORMER):

Too Much Light Makes the Baby
Go Blind OSU-Newark 2015
The Midnight Hour (world premiere) OSU-Newark 2013
‘night, Mother OSU-Newark 2013
Goat Song Revel (world premiere) OSU-Newark 2012
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me OSU-Newark 2012
Too Much Light Makes the Baby
Go Blind OSU-Newark 2012
Play It Again, Sam OSU-Newark 2012
A Girl's Guide to Chaos OSU-Newark 2011
Art OSU-Newark 2011
Rich’s Shorts OSU-Newark 2011
Proof OSU-Newark 2010
Too Much Light Makes the Baby
Go Blind OSU-Newark 2010
Psych OSU-Newark 2010
Painting Churches OSU-Newark 2009
Romantic Fools OSU-Newark 2009
The Indian Wants the Bronx / Line OSU-Newark 2009
Post Mortem OSU-Newark 2008
Baby With the Bathwater OSU-Newark 2008
Too Much Light Makes the Baby
Go Blind OSU-Newark 2008
Fool For Love OSU-Newark 2007
Who’ll Save the Plowboy? OSU-Newark 2007
Another Antigone OSU-Newark 2006
Endgame OSU-Newark 2006
Fallen Angels OSU-Newark 2005
Witchcraze (US premiere) OSU-Newark 2005
Three Radio Plays OSU-Newark 2005
Naked Mole Rats in the World
of Darkness OSU-Newark 2004
Laughing Wild OSU-Newark 2004
The Mandrake OSU-Newark 2004
Dimetos OSU-Newark 2003
Mrs. Sorken OSU-Newark 2003
English Made Simple OSU-Newark 2003
Dr. Fritz OSU-Newark 2003
Sure Thing OSU-Newark 2003
The Problem OSU-Newark 2003
The Mound Builders OSU-Newark 2003
Burlesque Humor Revisited OSU-Newark 2002
American Buffalo OSU-Newark 2002
The Misanthrope OSU-Newark 2002
Birth and After Birth OSU-Newark 2001
Academia Nuts OSU-Newark 2001
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern OSU-Newark 2001
Are Dead
The Gin Game OSU-Newark 2000
Deliver Us Not! OSU-Newark 2000
Sure Thing OSU-Newark 2000
The Philadelphia OSU-Newark 2000
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre OSU-Newark 2000
Words, Words, Words OSU-Newark 2000
Brights OSU-Newark 2000
Time Flies OSU-Newark 2000
The Universal Language OSU-Newark 2000
The Robber Bridegroom OSU-Newark 2000
Beyond Therapy OSU-Newark 1999
The Midlife Crisis of Dionysus OSU-Newark 1999
Born Yesterday OSU-Newark 1999
The Whole Shebang Providence 1998
Tartuffe* Providence 1997
The Sandbox* Providence 1997
Hold For Three* Providence 1997
Play* Providence 1997
Mrs. Sorken* Providence 1997
Boy Meets Girl* Providence 1997
Unprogrammed* Providence 1997
Sure Thing* Providence 1997
The Greatest Event in Life* Providence 1996
(in both Chinese and English)
Blithe Spirit* (touring production) Providence 1996
Our Town* Providence 1995
Squirrels George St. Playhouse 1984
At the Hawk’s Well Lycoming College 1982

*not lighting designer

ACTOR (Selected: completed listing available upon request):

Member of improv troupe IthacaFLOPs from 6/16 to present: 2-4 performances monthly at various Ithaca venues.

The Taming of the Shrew - Pedant ISC 2018
Canadian Tuxedo — Lou AWI showcase 2018
The Fall of the House of Usher — Cherry Theatre 2018
Foley effects and Voice-Over
The Spot – Wagner AWI showcase 2017
I, Carpenter – Scott AWI showcase 2017
The Loser Inside – Coach AWI showcase 2017
Desire, Desire, Desire – Big Daddy AWI showcase 2016
New Year’s Eve – Mr. Hollis AWI showcase 2016
The Happy F&*#@! Blind Guy – Larry AWI showcase 2016
Driving Green – Tom AWI showcase 2016
The Imaginary Invalid – Neoclassic
Expert AWI showcase 2016
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Encore Players 2016
Liberty Valance
Good Question – Alan AWI showcase 2015
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind –
Ensemble Member OSU-Newark 2015, 2012, 2010, 2008
Goat Song Revel – Satan OSU-Newark 2012
Play It Again, Sam – Bogie OSU-Newark 2012
Rich’s Shorts – Professor/Penguin/Dean/
Director OSU-Newark 2011
Proof – Robert OSU-Newark 2010
Painting Churches – Gardner Church OSU-Newark 2009
The Indian Wants the Bronx – Gupta OSU-Newark 2009
Line – Fleming OSU-Newark 2009
Fool For Love – Old Man OSU-Newark 2007
Another Antigone – Professor Harper OSU-Newark 2006
Endgame – Hamm OSU-Newark 2006
The Mandrake – Nicia OSU-Newark 2004
Dimetos – Danilo OSU-Newark 2003
Mrs. Sorken – Mrs. Sorken OSU-Newark 2003
American Buffalo – Teach OSU-Newark 2002
Birth and After Birth –Nicky OSU-Newark 2001
Tartuffe – Tartuffe Providence 1997
Dr. Faustus – Dr. Faustus Providence 1996
The Importance of Being Cornell 1993
Earnest – Jack Worthing
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Cornell 1982
Are Dead – Hamlet
Oklahoma! – Ali Hakim Hackmatack Playhouse 1981
Little Mary Sunshine – Captain Jim Hackmatack Playhouse 1980
The Robber Bridegroom – Little Harp Lycoming College 1982
Line – Stephen Cornell 1974

FILM:

Black Sheep - Doctor Ithaca College 2018
Inferno - Ronald Ithaca College 2018
Hielo - Jim Ithaca College 2018
Poor Epiphany – Priest Ithaca College 2017
Memory Lane – Sir Lawrence Glover Ithaca College 2017
Project Horizon – Paul Halsey Ithaca College 2017
Absolved – Priest Ithaca College 2017
Memory Lane – Sir Lawrence Glover Ithaca College 2017
The Hitched Hiker – Johnny Ithaca College 2017
Room 208 – Frank Ithaca College 2017
Impact – Doctor Ithaca College 2017
In Character – Professor Vlotnick Ithaca College 2017
The Blue Period – Dr. Landry Ithaca College 2017
Give Me Your Heart – Creepy Landlord Ithaca College 2017
Things We Have Forgotten – Liam Ithaca College 2016
Snowblind – Confidant, Mr. Samson Ithaca College 2016
(VOs only)
Orange You Glad? – Creepy Tourist Ithaca College 2016
Just Dessert – Husband Ithaca College 2016
Lost in the Spotlight – Prof. Price Ithaca College 2016
Moonstruck – Cosmo Ithaca College 2016
Dog Days – Husband Ithaca College
Love Along the Way – Mr. Warren Ithaca College 2016
The Outside Step – Walter Ithaca College 2016
Darkwood – Mr. Larson Ithaca College 2016
Abandoned – Store Owner Ithaca College 2016
The Rabbit Hole – Man Ithaca College 2016
Running on Empty – Mr. Phillips Ithaca College 2016
Anomie – Mr. Hudson Ithaca College 2016
Days Gone By – Dave Ithaca College 2016
The Session – Tom Ithaca College 2015
How To Spell Love – Father Ithaca College 2015
In Case of Apocalypse – Bill McAdams Ithaca College 2015

SERVICE AND RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Responsible for bringing the following speakers to campus:

Dan Borengasser, playwright (Autumn 2012)
Rich Orloff, playwright (Winter 2011)
Mike Folie, playwright (Autumn 2004)
Dr. Bradley Lepper, archaeologist, (Spring 2003)
Tim Mooney, playwright and actor, (Autumn 2002)
Dr. David Feldshuh, playwright (Autumn 1999)

Committee work:

Student Affairs Committee, 2014-2015
Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Mary Lightbody, September 2012
Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Damin Wu, August-September 2011
Professional Standards Committee, Service Award Subcommittee Chair, 2010-2012; Scholarly Achievement Subcommittee member, 2010-2011; Teaching Excellence Award Subcommittee, January 2010-January 2011
Search Committee to select new art gallery curator, Summer 2010
Promotion and Tenure Subcommittee for Professor Rob Cook, Summer 2010
Professional Standards Committee, 2010-2011, Chair
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, August 27, 2009
Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Melissa Jungers, Spring 2009
Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Rob Cook, (fourth-year review)
Autumn 2008
Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Julie Hupp, Autumn 2008
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, August 6, 2008
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, May 28, 2008
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, April 18, 2008
Academic Affairs Committee, January-December 2008
Student Matters Committee, January-December 2007; Chair, January-December 2008
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, July 20, 2007
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, April 27, 2007
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, March 28, 2007
Promotion and Tenure Committee for Professor Dan Leavall, Autumn, 2006
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, June 23, 2006
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, April 7, 2006
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, March 3, 2006
Committee on Academic Misconduct panelist, January 13, 2006
Search Committee for Writing Lab Assistant Coordinator (Affirmative Action Officer), 2005
Library Committee, 2004-2005
Search Committee for Musicology Professor (Affirmative Action Officer), 2002

Responses to productions at other universities for the Kennedy Center. This task included travel, oral comments immediately following the performance, and subsequent, longer written responses.

Miami University, Better Living, October 29, 2011
University of Akron, A Mouthful of Birds, April 23, 2011
Cedarville University, See How They Run, April 17, 2011
University of Findlay, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, February 26, 2011
Cedarville University, The Importance of Being Earnest, October 2, 2010
Miami University, The Arabian Nights, April 25, 2010
University of Findlay, The Pajama Game, February 20, 2010
Miami University, Hedda Gabler, December 5, 2009
University of Toledo, The Doctor In Spite of Himself, October 17, 2009
University of Bowling Green, Burning Patience, October 3, 2009
University of Toledo, Macbeth, April 18, 2009
Sinclair Community College, Taking Steps, February 28, 2009
Miami University, Hotel Cassiopeia, February 22, 2009
Cedarville University, An Ideal Husband, October 11, 2008
Heidelberg College, Medea, April 12, 2008
Cedarville University, The Glass Menagerie, March 31, 2007
University of Toledo, The Misanthrope, February 24, 2007
Miami University, All’s Well That Ends Well, November 18, 2006
Miami University, How I Learned to Drive, February 26, 2006
Muskingum College, Waving Goodbye, October 22, 2005
Ohio Northern University, Miss Julie, February 12, 2005
Heidelberg University, Tartuffe, April 26, 2004
Wright State University, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, January 24, 2004


After creating the improv troupe “Outside the Box” in 2006, I trained my actors and rehearsed with them weekly: it was another class in all but name. All performances were on campus except where otherwise noted. I emceed and performed with the troupe on the following dates:

April 28, 2015
Co-emceed and performed with “Fishbowl Theater,” the improv troupe from OSU’s main campus, March 11, 2015
December 7, 2014
April 24, 2013
Arranged group workshop between “Outside the Box” troupe and visiting “Mission Improvable” troupe, February 27, 2013
December 6, 2012
June 6, 2012
March 14, 2012
December 7, 2011
June 8, 2011
March 16, 2011
December 8, 2010
June 9, 2010
March 17, 2010
December 9, 2009
June 9, 2009
December 12, 2008
March 18, 2009
Family Fun Day, May 12, 2008
June 4, 2008
March 12, 2008
Nov. 30, 2007
Jono’s Coffee House, Dec. 1, 2007
June 6, 2007
March 14, 2007

I have acted as Graduate Field Representatives for the following PhD candidates on OSU’s main campus.

Christine Moreno, November 29, 2012
Chris Potratz, May 24, 2010
Seok Yoon, October 8, 2008
Kevin Gerrity, May 12, 2007
Juna A. Kollmeier, June 23, 2006
Judit Bach, May 18, 2005

In addition to presenting productions in the Black Box Theater, I have also taken on further responsibilities for its upkeep and for one-off productions as follows:

Prepared theater space and lighting for cello/kora concert, March 11, 2013
Ran light and sound boards for one-woman show by Lorna Lable, Emma Goldman: My Life, February 26, 2013
Created, painted, and mounted two large masks and improved signage in Black Box Theater lobby, September-October 2011
Made plexiglass cases for models in Black Box Theater lobby, August 2011
Presented Black Box Theater to architecture students, May 5, 2011
Arranged for display cases for posters to be mounted outside Black Box Theater, Autumn 2010
Made Black Box Theater available for poetry reading, October 28, 2010
Made Black Box Theater available for community theater auditions, October 25, 2010
Reconditioned cable and lighting instruments for Black Box Theater, Summer 2010
Hosted visit to the theater by children from the Newark Campus Child Care Center, May 5, 2010
Spoke before group of professors emeriti invited to special performance of Psych, March 11, 2010
Made theater available for repeat performance of one-person show, “An Evening with Julia Marlowe,” and ran lights, November 28, 2008
Made theater available for film auditions, October 1, 2008
Made theater available for law enforcement group, August 15, 2008
Made theater available for one-person show, “An Evening with Julia Marlowe,” and ran lights, August 16, 2008
Made the Black Box Theatre available for Newark Catholic High School productions, Autumn 2000
Gave free performance of The Robber Bridegroom to nursing home residents, February 22, 1999

I have evaluated the written, artistic, and pedagogical work of my colleagues as follows:

Served as peer reviewer for “Becoming the Object: Commoditization and the Hyper-Capitalist Complex of Murakami,” for Mosaic, October 2013
Served as judge for Beverly Seaton Essay Contest judge, April 2013
Performed peer evaluation of Dr. Lucy Murphy, Feb. – March 2013
Served as peer reviewer for revised article “The Gilded Age in Ah Sin by Mark Twain and Bret Harte” for Mosaic, September 2012
Served as peer reviewer for “The Gilded Age in Ah Sin by Mark Twain and Bret Harte” for Mosaic, May 2011
Served as classroom observer for Professor Peter Hennen, April 18, 2011
Served as judge for Seaton Essay contest, Spring 2010
Summarized discursive student evaluations for Sociology Professor Angela Harvey, December 23, 2009
Served as outside evaluator for the directing work of Professor Cornel Gabera at the University of Toledo, November 16, 2009
Provided classroom evaluation for Dr. Dana Muteanu, November 3, 2009
Served as peer reviewer for “American Capitalism and Chinese Morality in Ah Sin” for British Journal Patterns of Prejudice, August 2009
Summarized discursive classroom evaluations for Art Instructor Jack Richardson, July 7, 2009
Performed class evaluation for Professor Kate Ivanova, May 3, 2009
Evaluated Art Instructor Chris Taylor for purpose of promotion, Oct. 1, 2007
Performed classroom visitation for Theatre Department for Professor Joseph Fahey at Muskingum College, November 17, 2005
Served as judge for Beverly Seaton Essay Contest, Spring 2005
Evaluated productions at Licking County Players for distribution of Falcon Awards, Sept. 2001-present
Performed outside evaluation for Denison University productions for tenure review for Professor Peter Pauzé: set and directing (Fall 1999); costumes, (Spring 2000)

Miscellaneous service:

Won the Service Award for 2009-2010
Established OSU-Newark New Play Contest, Autumn 2010: read 276 new scripts, selected and informed winners, arranged for reading of winning play; have in subsequent years to 2015 read a comparable number of scripts yearly, and arranged for performance of some contest winners.
Served as Alternate Ombudsman, 2012-2013
Served as Campus Ombudsman, Sept. 2007 – Sept. 2008
Performed with Mystery Theatre troupe, April 27, 2007
Made production photographs of Romantic Fools available to and wrote letter of recommendation for playwright Rich Orloff to join New Dramatists
Performed voice-over for student’s film project, December 7, 2010
Served as Faculty Advisor for the Newark Tea Party Patriots, 2010-2012
Presented awards at Falcon Awards Banquet, August 28, 2010
Presented awards at Falcon Awards Banquet, Sept. 6, 2008
Presented awards at Falcon Awards Banquet, September 8, 2007
Made production photos of Psych available to Taproot, March 2010
Founded and served as Faculty Advisor for SMAART (Society for Modern Atheists, Agnostics, and Thinkers), Autumn 2009 – present
Served as academic advisor to returning student (Kristen Krueger), Jan. 2008 – November 2008
Speaker at “Lunch For the Brain,” January 31, 2007, “Brander Matthews: Biographer’s Dream, Biographer’s Nightmare”
Represented the Theatre Department at Campus Convocation, September 19, 2006
Prepared report on guidelines to be used for future faculty retreats, Spring 2004
Coordinated graduation ceremony/reception, Spring 2004
Served as discussant on panel for Association for Asian Studies conference, New York City, March 27-30, 2003
Chaired panel at 27th Annual Comparative Drama Conference (Columbus, OH), April 25, 2003
Chaired panel at 26th Annual Comparative Drama Conference (Columbus, OH), April 25, 2002
Conducted mock interviews for undergraduate and graduate students on the main OSU campus, Nov. 26, 2001
Led a group of students on a week-long theatre trip to Dublin and London, Sept. 1-9, 2001
Chaired panel at 25th Annual Comparative Drama Conference (Columbus, OH), April 26, 2001
Chaired panel at 24th Annual Comparative Drama Conference (Columbus, OH), April 28, 2000
Recorded textbook for blind students (1997)
Presented welcoming speech to English Department freshmen at Providence University (Fall 1996)
Tutor, Homework Helpline (1994)
Adjudicator, Heermans-McCalmon Playwriting Competition at Cornell University (1991, 1992)
Member of play-reading committees: Dallas Theatre Center (1979-81), Department of Theatre Arts, Cornell (1990-92)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Actors’ Equity (past member)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) (past member) ?United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) (past member)









REFERENCES:

Dr. Barry Adams Dr. J. Ellen Gainor
PO Box 86 Room 424
Brooktondale, NY 14817 The Schwartz Center
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Dr. Peter Pauzé Dr. Philip Graham
Denison University 161 Granville Street
Granville, OH 40523 Newark, OH 43055
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(OSU-Newark emeritus)
(Dr. Graham does not have email)

Dr. David Feldshuh, MD Paige Anderson
10 Arrowroot Drive 520 Cayuga Heights Road
Ithaca, NY 14850 Ithaca, NY 14850
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John Fracchia Jacob Guss
2735 Slaterville Rd. 408 Linn St.
Brooktondale, NY 14817 Ithaca, NY 14850
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