University Teaching
Course Titles 1980-2018
CSLA 50th Anniversary
Josh Grobin as Woody
Finian's Rainbow
Luckman Fine Arts Complex 1998
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE
CSLA
Tenured / Full Professor
1989-2018
ACTING
MFA Acting for the Stage
Acting for the Camera
Classical Performance
Games and Exercises
Improvisation
Scenework
Studio I B Beginning Acting
Studio II B Intermediate Acting
Studio III B Advanced Acting
Viewpoints
ARTS MANAGEMENT
Arts Management
(Non-Profit Theatre & Profit Film Corporations)
Theatre Management
COMMUNICATIONS
(Cross-Listed with Theatre Arts and Dance)
Performance and Social Change
Theory and Method in Performance
Theories of Oral Interpretation
(Graduate Performance Studies)
DIRECTING
Directing I
Directing II
Directing III
PLAYS DIRECTED
Quilters ‘ 90 / Music Hall
Carnival ‘ 91 / State Playhouse
Othello ‘92 / State Playhouse
Measure For Measure ‘ 93 / State Playhouse
Black and White and Somewhere in the Shade of Grey ‘94 / State Playhouse
Los enemigos ‘95 / State Playhouse
Don Juan ‘96 / State Playhouse
The Tempest ‘ 97 / Luckman Patio
Finian’s Rainbow ‘98 / Luckman Complex
Antony & Cleopatra '99 / State Playhouse
All’s Well That Ends Well ‘ 00 / Luckman Complex
A Map of the World ’01 / Luckman Complex
The Threepenny Opera ‘03/ State Playhouse
A Midsummer Night’s Dream ’04 / State Playhouse
Mine': A Name For Herself '05 / Arena Theatre
Dracula ’06 / State Playhouse
Faust ’07 / Site-Specific
State Playhouse + Music Patio + Arena Theatre
Bless Me, Ultima ’08 / Music Hall
Maritare ’10 / Luckman Intimate Theatre
Arcadia '11 / State Playhouse
The Winter's Tale '13 / State Playhouse
Clybourne Park '15 / State Playhouse
Performance Salon '16-18 / Arena Theatre
Hamlet '18 / Intimate Theatre
MOVEMENT
Theatre Movement
Period Styles
PERFORMANCE STUDIES
Performance and Social Change
Praxis: Theory and Practice in Performance
THEATRE GENERAL EDUCATION
LOWER/UPPER DIVISION THEMES
Analysis of Drama and Theatre
Creative Experience
Emotions in Theatre and Film
Living Theatre
Multicultural Arts
Staging Violence in World Theatre
Theatre History I
Theatre HIstory II
Theatre Portfolio
VOICE TRAINING
MFA Voice
Voice and Speech
(Skinner, Rodenberg)
Vocal Production
(Linklater, Lessac)
Breath, Movement, Voice
(Yoga, Feldenkrais, Alexander)
GRADUATE TRAINING
Graduate Seminar in Acting Theories
Graduate Seminar in Theories of Oral Interpretation
(Performance Studies)
Graduate Seminar in Avant-Garde Theatre
Graduate Seminar in Agitation-Propaganda Theatre
MFA Acting For The Stage
MFA Voice for Actors
SHAKESPEARE
Classial Performance
Shakespeare as Living Theatre
Shakespearean Performance
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
1986-1989
DIRECTING
Directing Plays
Directing I
Directing II
Directing III
Directing Shakespeare
Directing Absurdism
Directing Performance Art
Directing Monodramas
Film Directing
SCRIPT ANALYSIS
First Folio Analysis
Development of the New Play
Monodramas
(One Person Shows)
Women in Popular Culture
Lifestories
Performance Lectures
ACTING
MFA Acting Techniques:
Classical Acting Styles
Improvisation
Introductory Acting
Intermediate Acting
Advanced Acting,
Stanislavskian Technique
Characterization
Neo-Classical Techniques
Comedy of Manners
Modern / PostModern Acting Techniques
Performance Art
Interdisciplinary Acting for TV & Film
Shakespearean Performance
Inter-Disciplinary/Multi Media Performance
VOICE
MFA Voice Production
(Linklater & Berry)
MFA Voice
(Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced)
MFA Diction
MFA Diction & Dialects
MFA Dialects for the Stage Actor
MFA Dramatic Structure
MOVEMENT
MFA Movement for Actors
MFA Physical Characterization:
Ballet
Modern Dance
MFA Musical Comedy
Performance Styles
Body Alignment
Yoga
Feldenkrais
Alexander
Deep Relaxation Techniques
PLAYS DIRECTED
Not About Heroes / Studio Theatre ‘88
America Hurrah / Studio Theatre ‘88
Aunt Dan and Lemon / Studio Theatre ‘88
The Winter’s Tale / State Theatre ‘87
The Robber Bridegroom / State Theatre ‘86
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY at CARBONDALE
Visiting Assistant Professor
1984-1986
ACTING
Professional Auditioning
Improvisation
MFA Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Acting
Stanislavskian Technique: Characterization
Acting for Adults (Beginning & Intermediate)
Acting for TV & Film
Shakespearean Performance
Classical Acting Styles
Neo-Classicism
Comedy of Manners
Inter-Disciplinary/Multi Media Performance
DIRECTING
Directing I
Directing II
Directing III
Directing: Classical Styles
One Person Shows
Film Directing and Producing
SCRIPT ANALYSIS
First Folio Analysis
New Works
VOICE
Voice Production
(Linklater & Berry)
Voice
(Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced)
Diction
Diction & Dialects
Dialects for the Stage Actor
MOVEMENT
Movement for Actors
Clowning / Musical Comedy/ Cabaret
Feldenkrais / Alexander
THEATER
Graduate Seminars: Acting Techniques
MFA Acting, Directing, Movement, Voice
PLAYS DIRECTED
Summerfolk / '86
Miss Julie / '86
The Three Sisters / '86
The Importance of Being Earnest '86
Carousel / ' '85
Rashomon / '84
VIDEO
The Work / '86
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Undergraduate Instructor
1980-1983
Graduate MFA Teaching
Acting Undergraduate Acting
PLAYS DIRECTED
Strange Snow ' 83
Shakespeare's Women / '82
The Shadow Box / '80
ADJUNCT TEACHING
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Core Adjunct Professor
1984 to 2011
Onsite Teaching Sites
Los Angeles. Sherman Oaks, Thousand Oaks, Costa Mesa, Orange, Garden Grove, Riverside, San Bernardino, Vista, San Diego, La Jolla, San Jose.
Satellite Campuses
Abbott Vascular, City of Compton, Headstart (Inglewood), Pitchess Detention Center, San Jose Marriot, Van Nuys Airport.
Discipline Areas / Course Titles
(Over 350 Courses Titles Taught)
Onsite / Online Training (Spectrum)
COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA STUDIES
Democracy in the Information Age
(Onsite, Offsite, and Online. Representative Site: Pitchess Detention Center-Saugus)
Communications 100
Communications 103
Effective Communications 200
Oral Communication
Tale, Text, & Hypertext
(Online)
BUSINESS
Executive Business Presentations
Effective Business Presentations
ENGLISH
Argument and Persuasion
Effective College English I
Effective College English II
Introduction to Literature
Information Literacy and Report Writing (Representative Site: City of Compton)
HUMANITIES
Comparative Religions
Environmental Ethics
Ethics
Expressive Integrative Arts
(Onsite and Online: Representative Site:
Headstart & VPA-LAUSD)
Introduction to Music
Fundamentals of Music
(Onsite and Online)
Film as Art
History through Theatre
(Cross Listed with History)
Introduction to Art History
(Onsite and Online)
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Theatre Arts
(Onsite and Online)
Modern Art
Modern Times I & II: War in the 20th Century
Music of the World
World Music
(Onsite & Online: Representative Site: Headstart-Inglewood; Santa Monica College-Bundy Campus)
Portfolio Project Professional Dossier
Preparation: Business, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies
Twentieth Century Art
Visual Arts
HISTORY
Cultural Diversity I
Cultural Diversity II
City as Cultural Carnival
History Through Theatre
SOCIOLOGY
Introduction to Sociology
Contemporary Pop Culture
Contemporary Social Problems
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Pluralism in American Society
Culture and Socialization
Culture, Technology and Society
Film and Society
Marriage, Sex, and Family
Power and Social Change
Principles of Sociology
Television and Contemporary Society
The Adult Experience
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Introduction to American Government and Politics
U. S. Constitution
(LAUSD Teacher Certification Course)
AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Faculty
1999–2007
Outstanding Professor 2005
(General Education)
Outstanding Professor 2002
(Business)
ART
Art Appreciation
(Onsite and Offsite: Representative Site: Department of Water and Power)
Introduction to Art
HUMANITIES
Cross-Cultural Relations
Global Cultural Relations
SOCIOLOGY
Introduction to Sociology
BUSINESS
Portfolio Business International Technology
Business Communications
Entrepreneurship
Intermediate Advertising
International Marketing Management
Global Advertising
Global Marketing Management
Global Strategic Management
Personal Financial Management
Personal Selling
Principles of Advertising
Professional Business Development
Public Relations
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE
Adjunct Faculty
2002-2007
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications I
Communications II
ENGLISH
Women’s Studies in Literature
WRITING
Writing for Human Services
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
Visiting Guest Faculty
2006
AEMBA
Graduate Advanced Marketing
BROOKS COLLEGE
Adjunct Faculty
2001-2003
Oral Communication
History of Fashion I
History of Fashion II
Advertising
BERLITZ, School of Languages
ESL Instructor
1983-1984
(Pasadena, City of Orange)
English as a Second Language
Arcadia, 2011
