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ANTHONY R. HAIGH
Professor of Theatre
Centre College
College Address
Centre College
600 West Walnut Street
Danville, KY 40422
859 238 5428 – office
859-238-5448 – fax
[email protected]
Home Address
516 East Main Street
Danville
KY 40422
859 236 5294 - home
859 583 7050 - cell
[email protected]
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education:
Ph.D.
Contemporary English Theatre
M.A.
English Theatre Studies
Diploma Theatre and Education
Michigan State University
University of Lancaster, England
Rose Bruford College, London
1985
1980
1969
Research interests:
Community Development Through the Arts
Contemporary English Theatre
Shakespeare – acting from the Folio text
Early Theatre in Kentucky
Humanities Curriculum Development
Teaching Across the Curriculum
Teaching interests:
Theatre: Acting, Directing, Playwriting, History, Literature, Theory and Criticism
Literature: Shakespeare, Jacobean Theatre, Contemporary English Drama
Humanities: Art, Music, Drama, Literature, WWII Popular Culture
Professional experience:
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PROFESSOR OF THEATRE: 2008 – present
Centre College, Danville, KY 40422
Teaching classes in Acting, Dramatic Literature, Theatre History, Playwriting etc.
Directing mainstage and blackbox productions
Supervising student productions
Supervising exchange program with London college
Representative Member – College Council
Member: Planning and Priorities Committee
Member: Teacher Education Committee
Director: English Regional Theatre tour – Jan ‘09
Director: Centre in London Program – Spring Term 2010
SABBATICAL LEAVE: 2007-2008
Key Practitioner, Rose Bruford College, London, England. Teaching and directing in M.A.
course. Directed two plays by Emily Mann - Still Life and Annulla
Actor – Actors Guild of Lexington, Pines Theatre, Tennessee, Actors Theatre of Louisville
Artistic Director “Shakespeare at Equus Run,” Midway, KY., Director of Loves Labours
Lost (‘07) and Merry Wives of Windsor ‘08 ,
CHAIR OF THE DIVISION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: 2004 - 2007
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Centre College, Danville, KY 40422
Responsible for the leadership of ten academic programs with 45 full time faculty at
nationally ranked, top 50, liberal arts college
Responsible for faculty evaluations, tenure and reappointment reports
Actively involved in all faculty hiring within the division
Budget management for division, plus line-management for three arts programs
Developed marketing and recruitment strategy for Fine Arts Programs
Suggested marketing and recruitment strategy for Languages at Centre College
Involved with Strategic Planning process
Member of the Planning and Priorities Committee of the College during major “College
Center” project - a multi million dollar building venture to expand, renovate, and unify
the main academic facility of the college with a new athletic/recreation facility
Managing transition for faculty into new office building as part of “College Centre” project
Member, Budget Managers Committee
 Member, Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee. Worked, with the aid of a
summer grant, to successfully introduce a major curriculum reform - which included a
reduced teaching load, a revised calendar, a change in the total number of hours
required for graduation and a new Freshman Seminar program
Working with “Institutional Effectiveness” data for SAC
Tactical and strategic planning for successful SACS re-accreditation cycle
Developed a week-long, grant funded, teaching/learning experience for Centre College
Humanities teachers in Rome and Florence – March 2007
Member of the “big picture” strategic planning committee – with license to investigate and
propose any possibility
PROGRAM CHAIR, PROFESSOR of DRAMA: 1991–2004
Centre College, Danville, KY 40422
Program leadership and curriculum revision. Increased faculty by 2 FTE
Liaise with Norton Center for the Arts, the region’s premier performance facility, in
management of shared resources
Recruitment and scholarship development
Increased the number of students graduating in the major
Teaching classes in Theatre: Acting, Directing, History, Playwriting, Dramatic Literature
and Humanities
Directing major productions – regional award from Kennedy Center/American College
Theatre Festival
Managed Production Budgets
Developed new teaching and performance spaces for the program
Supervised student productions in new “Black Box” theatre
Developed student intern opportunities. Increased co-curricular opportunities for students
to make them more competitive at graduation. Student interns placed at Virginia
Stage, Arena Stage, Washington DC, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC,
Berkshire Theatre Festival, Glimmerglass Opera and others
Established close to 100% placement rate for students at graduation for the past five years.
Developed a relationship with a London college to provide exchange opportunities for our
students. Plan to use as a model for other program specific overseas opportunities
Developed grant funding to allow 20+ students annually to attend conferences and job fairs
Introduced new senior capstone program as part of outcomes assessment initiative
Presented on new, innovative, senior capstone program to colleagues at Centre, SETC and
ACS
Developed alumni feedback program to validate senior experience – alumni re-presented
their senior presentations, with updates, to current students at a national conference
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International Studies Committee (chair 96 –02), developed new overseas experiences both
in long terms and the short term Winter Term; moved Centre towards 80% student
participation in overseas programs
Other committees include – Curriculum Review and Revision Planning Group, College
Council Executive Committee, Teacher Education Committee, Curriculum
Committee, Academic Standards Committee (chair 97 - 99), Distance Learning
Committee, Teaching Duties Committee, several search (up to vice-presidential
level) and ad hoc committees
J. C. Young (One year funded senior research project) Scholar supervisor
Hosted Kentucky Theatre Association annual conference at Centre College twice
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: (Assistant 1983-5) 1985 - 1991
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Co. 81301
Department Chair 1990 – 1991
Taught classes in Theatre, Television Production and English
Directed major productions
Supervised student productions
Chaired College Curriculum, Theatre Renovation, Faculty Search and Telecourse
Committees
Member: Department Council, Personnel, Telecommunications, and Off-Campus
Experiences Committees
Created and developed television intern program
Produced weekly television news segment for KREZ – TV Durango
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INSTRUCTOR: 1980 – 1982
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan
Taught Instructional Media to education majors
Taught Freshman Composition
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GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT: 1981-1983
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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INSTRUCTOR: 1978.
Michigan State University
Summer High School Theatre Workshops
Summer 4-H Leaders Workshops – “Exploration Days”
LECTURER II: 1973 - 1980
Madeley College, (Now Staffordshire University) Staffordshire, England
One of four faculty in a Drama, Dance and Film Department - taught Drama and Film to
undergraduate and post-graduate trainee teachers, including classes in pedagogy
Responsible for designing curriculum and teaching all graduate courses
Connected student work to (British) National Association for Drama Education and
Children’s Theatre, for which I was vice-president
Taught Theatre and Film
Directed main stage productions
Developed Theatre-in-Education tours
Supervised Teaching Interns
TEACHER: 1971-1973
Wyndham High School, Egremont, Cumbria, England
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Experimental high school based on the principles of John Sharp (author of The Open
School)
Taught Drama and English
VIth form Tutor
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ACTOR: 1969-1971
Polka Children’s Theatre, London England.
Acted in touring plays for children
Wrote “Teachers Notes and Teaching Tips”
Managed touring schedule and transport for the company
Certifications and further education:
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Centre College Humanities Faculty, Study in Italy. 2007
A program led by master teachers to support Humanities common core curriculum
teaching at the college
 “Ayckbourn and the Round 2005” Summer school working with Alan Ayckbourn (One of
the most produced playwrights working in English) at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in
Scarborough, England
 Associated Colleges of the South, Summer Technology Workshop, 2001
 Associated Colleges of the South Summer Workshop – Drama Consortium – New
Directions Grant. 2002 [leader], 2004, 2005 [host]. (The Associated Colleges of the
South is a consortium of 16 private, highly selective, liberal arts colleges and
universities including Davidson, Furman, Trinity, Southwestern, University of
Richmond, University of the South, Washington and Lee.)
 Centre College Humanities Faculty, Study in Greece. 1997
A program led by master teachers to support Humanities common core curriculum
teaching at the college
 Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-on-Avon, England. Summer 1995
A summer teaching workshop run by the Roehampton Institute and the University of
Birmingham, England
 Teacher's Certificate - State of Michigan
Elementary - all subjects
Secondary - English and Speech
 Qualified Teacher Status - England and Wales
Awards and Grants:
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Centre College summer research grants 1996-2010
Most recent – a self directed study tour of ancient theatres in Turkey.
Hines playwriting development award – “Dragonfly”
“Kirk Award for Excellence in Teaching.” – Centre College, 2004
Externally funded, annual award for teaching excellence
Kentucky Arts Council Grant to support re-establishment of Kentucky Theatre Association
Vic Hellard Memorial Scholar Award. Kentucky Humanities Council, 1997
Kentucky Colonel – for “Services to Education,” 1992
Phi Kappa Phi - Academic Honor Society. Initiated 1986
Arvon Foundation Grant – to support the work of Master-teachers/mentors. 1978
International experience:
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Director – Centre-in-London program Fall term 1995, Spring term 1996, Spring term 2010
Responsible for classes, tutorials, excursions, etc for 30 students for each of three
semesters
Functioned as Teacher, Academic Dean, Dean of Students, Budget Manager and Tour
Guide
Organizer and Leader: Student Theatre Tours of England. 1984, 1986, 1994, 1999, 2002
2005 and 2009
Organized study tours of England focusing on English Regional Theatre
Booked all accommodations, theatre tickets, self-drive transport, side visits, museums,
meals etc.
For most recent trip we saw 20 plays in three weeks for a total inclusive cost of $2900
and came in under budget despite falling dollar!
Other professional activities and management:
Supervising Master’s Project – Skidmore College
 Supervising student project based on work at the Globe Education Centre – London
Performer: Walden – Earthday Project broadcast over most PBS stations - 2009
Artistic Director – Shakespeare at Equus Run. Summer 2007 & 2008
 Founding artistic director of collaborative project with Equus Run Vineyards and Actor’s
Guild of Lexington.
 Directed opening production of Love’s Labour’s Lost.(’07) Merry Wives of Windsor (’08)
 Built funding and box office base.
 Developed structures for ongoing annual festival
Thesis Advisor – General Theological Seminary, New York City . 2006
 Working with graduate student thesis based on a performance event.
 Co-Advisor, John Westerhoff
President – South Eastern Theatre Conference. 2004-5.
The largest theatre organization in America with a membership of 4500, representing
professional, community, college and university, children’s, youth, and high school
theatre.
 One-year elected position, three year commitment to Executive Committee
 As President-elect was convention director for largest convention in the organization’s
history (Chattanooga 04) to date, with five theatre festivals, 400 workshops, panels
and meetings, professional auditions, college and university auditions, a college fair, a
trade show, three keynote speakers and two keynote performances
 On Executive Committee for six years.
 Responsible for $1m, rising to $1.5, budget
 Member of Endowment Committee managing nine endowed scholarships
 Created two new endowed scholarships for undergraduates
 Created new endowed scholarship working with well known African-American playwright
 Oversight of professional staff of 6
 Introduced sabbatical program for senior staff
 Developed Personnel Policy Manual for professional staff
 Increased membership by 18%
 Leadership of the Organization through committee structure
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Managed Executive Committee of 9 and Board of 24
Began internal study of service to K-12 classroom teachers
Initiated review of liaison relationships with other national organizations
Initiated review of services to underserved sections of the Southeastern theatre community
Responsible for all Committee Appointments – initiated an internal review of entire
committee structure with a view to reforming and rationalizing current practice
Advocacy for Arts
Board Member: Actor’s Guild of Lexington. 2004 - present
 Member Finance Committee
 Member Personnel Committee
 Helped develop “The Horizon Partnership” - a cooperative relationship between AGL and
Centre College that will provided a range of co-curricular opportunities for our students
and professional development opportunities for our faculty
Management Communications Consultant – A.M. Newspapers. 2005
 Worked with senior manager on communication skills, team leadership and group
dynamics
External Reviewer – Fine Arts Conference, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. 2005
 Invited to offer peer review of Drama Program
 As part of review team to offer an evaluation of all the Arts programs at the college
 Three day review visit.
 Interview faculty, students, staff and administrators
 Review facilities, including informal health and safety audit
 Review program self-study
External Reviewer – Sweet Briar College, VA.. 2004
 Invited to offer peer review of Drama Program
 Three day review visit.
 Interview faculty, students, staff and administrators
 Review facilities, including informal health and safety audit
 Review program self-study
External Evaluator - Agnes Scott College, Promotions and Tenure Committee. 2000.
 Review tenure file of faculty member
 Outside peer reviewer
 Write recommendation – respond within framework of tenure guidelines
Drama Teacher: Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program, 1992-94, 1997 and 1999
 GSP is a program that brings the best rising senior students from every high school in the
state to study for six weeks in a residential college campus setting
 Responsible for the drama major, and all showcase events
Master Teacher/Guest Artist/Consultant – Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts (summer
program). 1997-1999
 Wrote major review of their drama provision
 Gave master classes in performance
 Worked in all aspects of their Drama Program
 Gave guest artist performance
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Director: Lexington Shakespeare Festival, Julius Caesar. 1998.
Production initiated major increase in audience attendance
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Production garnered best reviews for LSF in the organization’s history
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Judge - New Play Competition
Chattanooga Theatre Center, 2006
West T. Hill Community Theatre. 1993
Purgatory Summer Theatre, 1989
Executive Producer, FLC TV News. 1983 – 1991.
 Arranged with local CBS affiliate to have a weekly 10 minute segment of college news
 Supervised students who wrote, produced, and created packages for this news slot every
week.
 Mentored independent study students who built packages that were aired in the station’s
evening and morning news and in their current affairs programming.
Director: New Plays Project, The War Bride, Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede,
Colorado. 1990.
Executive/Artistic Director: Purgatory Ski Resort 1987-1989
 Coordinator of Summer Arts Events
 Developed a National Playwriting Contest
 Produced a National Theatre Conference
 Producer and Director of a repertory season of plays
 Managed Purgatory Music Festival – Music in the Mountains
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Producer/Director: The Abbey Theatre and "The Company." Durango, CO
1984-1990
Directed productions during the year
Produced the summer season
Developed theatre as a major Tourist attraction in the town
Coordinator: Market Drayton Community Arts Festival. 1975-1978
 Developed community Arts programming
 Obtained grants and supervised budgets the largest community arts festival in the West
Midlands
 Introduced year round programming as well as a week long festival
 Major part of Queen’s Silver Jubilee Celebrations
Professional Director and Actor: Theatre, Film and Television, England and U.S.
Professional service:
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South Eastern Theatre Conference President (’04-05), Festival Coordinator (Chattanooga
’04), Executive Committee - State’s Representative - Board of Directors - Kentucky
State Representative
 Associated Colleges of the South Drama Initiative, Leader
 Board Member – Actor’s Guild of Lexington
 National Endowment for the Arts – Panelist (invited to apply 8/02)
 Kentucky Theatre Association – Past President, President, Vice President
 KTA Conference Chair 1994 and 2001
 KTA High School Festival and Community Theatre Festival Adjudicator
 American College Theatre Festival – Adjudicator/Respondent
 Danville Arts Commission – Founder
 American Association for Theatre in Higher Education
 National Association of Schools of Theatre
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Kentucky Alliance of Arts Educators – Board Member
Society for Educational Film and Television (UK)
Actor's Equity (U.K.). + Screen Actor's Guild - eligible (U.S.)
Publications
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“Jane McCullough: Advice for Acting Shakespeare” – Southern Theatre Magazine, Vol.
47, Issue 3
“Acting? It’s not the Only Theatre Career” – Southern Theatre Magazine, Vol. 46, Issue 5
“Learning from the Master at Summer Camp” – Southern Theatre Magazine, Vol. 46,
Issue 5
English Regional Theater: A Traveler’s Guide – Web site under construction with funding
support from the Associated colleges of the South and Centre College –
http://www.colleges. org/~drama/engreg.html
The Queens English. Written and performed for Kentucky Horse Park’s “All the Queens
Horses” event – Summer 2003
“English Regional Theatre.” – Southern Theatre Magazine Vol. 44, Issue #2
“Humana Festival of New American Drama “03” Review – Southern Theatre Magazine.
Vol.44, Issue 3
“Joe Orton: A casebook.” – Book review for New England Theatre Journal. 2003 (Vol 14),
pp145-147
“It’s Behind You! Oh No It Isn’t! Oh Yes It Is!” The English Pantomime Tradition. Paper
submitted for publication in book on English Humor – publication pending
Samuel Drake – Original Play - Chautauqua Performance for Kentucky Humanities
Council – Vic Hellard Memorial Scholar, 1997-9
“Brian Freil” in Encyclopedia of British Humorists, Garland Publishing, 1997
A Kentucky Portion, a full-length play written with members of the 1992 Governor's
Scholars Program Drama Class. Performed July 1992
“Home Alone: Pinter without a Director” Article for The Pinter Review: Annual Essays
1994
“Dramatic Learning” in Insights: The Journal of the Kentucky Associations of Schools
Councils, Issue #3, May 1993
“Samuel Drake”, 1500 word entry in The American National Biography, OUP
“Frances Ann Denny” 1000 word entry in The American National Biography, OUP
“George Horton Barrett”, 1000 word entry in The American National Biography
A Kentucky Song, a full-length play written with the members of the 1993 Governor's
Scholars Program Drama Class. Performed July 1993
"Arnold Wesker: Revelations and Reality" – Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University
Playwriting:
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Dragonfly
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Fishcake in the Handbag
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The Queen’s English
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The Shining Men
Full length play about Alberto Santo-Dumont – supported by
grant from Stephen Hines
Full length play about the relationship between adult children
of elderly parents. (Summer 2009 development grant) – in
progress One act version submitted for competition
Kentucky Horse Park. Written and performed for
Kentucky Horse Part’s All the Queens Horses event
In workshop – Full length play researched and written
during sabbatical year. Set during the English Civil War it
explores the relationship between religious zealotry and
uncontrolled military power
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Samuel Drake
Chester Mystery Cycle
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A Kentucky Portion
A Fine Adventure
A Kentucky Song
Billy’s Bubble
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The Light Show
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Kharis
Kentucky Humanities Council. Toured for two years
Adapted for Centre College tour. Visited churches, Louisville
Cathedral, colleges, schools and other locations
Governor’s Scholars Program
Governor’s Scholars Program
Governor’s Scholars Program
Durango Co 9-R School District – Theatre-in-Education piece
toured schools
Durango Co 9-R School District – T-I-E piece commissioned
by school district
Madeley College – a Science Fiction Musical – mercifully,
only performed for one season
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The Road to Euromos: Presentation on discoveries made during visit to classical era
theatres in Turkey – 2010. Give at Middleton Cheney (UK), Centre College
Parent’s Weekend, and to Centre College Friday Faculty Hour
“Arcadia”- an Introduction: Kentucky Theatre Association Meeting. 2010
Shakespeare Decoded: Workshop for Kentucky Theatre Association, 2010
Powder and Power: Macbeth in Context: 4 day seminar, Royal Palm Players, Boca
Grande, Florida. Jan 2005
Respondent, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Irene Ryan Awards,
Palm Beach, Florida Feb. 2005
Demystifying Shakespeare: A textual approach to acting Shakespeare. Workshop for
Florida Theate Conference, West Virginia Theatre Conference and Kentucky
Theatre Association, Nov 2004
Samuel Drake: Kentucky’s Theatrical Pioneer - the problems of scholarship. Paper
for “Theatre Symposium” University of Memphis, April 2004
Theatre Faculty Exchanges: Workshop Leader for ACS, Summer 2002 – Southwestern
University
Shakespeare in Performance, KTA, 2001
Outcomes Assessment: A Creative Approach 2004/5 Centre College Faculty Forum,
ACS Residential Workshop, and SETC
Ayckbourn and the Round, Centre College Faculty Forum, 2005
The Renaissance of English Regional Theatre, Centre College, Faculty Forum 2002
Historical Drama: Competing Imperatives, Centre College, Faculty Forum 2000
Writing Historical Drama, SETC, 2001-4
Developing Chautauqua Performances, SETC, Jacksonville, 2000
Drama as Historical Research, SETC, Norfolk, VA, 1999
Samuel Drake. Midway College Honors Convocation Program, 1999
Shakespeare and Text: Issues of Ownership. ATHE Conference, Chicago, August
1997
Site Director, Governor’s School for the Arts – Regional Workshop 1997, 1998
Conference Director - Kentucky Theatre Association, Annual Festival, Centre College,
Nov. 1993 and 1998
Director, American College Theatre Festival, State Finals, Centre College, 1994
Classroom Drama, Paper for Kentucky Theatre Association Workshop, 1998
Drama as a Teaching Tool, Paper for the KERA and Drama Conference, Centre
College, Nov 5, 1993
Drama Assessment and KERA, Paper for the Kentucky Alliance of Arts Educators,
Speed Art Museum, April 1993
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Issue Raising in Education, Workshop/Paper for the 1993 Governor's Scholars
Program Spring Retreat.
Productions directed include:
Arcadia
Major Barbara
Love’s Labours Lost
Fair Maid of the West
Time and the Conways
Richard III
Duchess of Malfi
The Mill on the Floss
Godspell
1940's Radio Hour
Cabaret
Miss Julie
As You Like It
Much Ado About Nothing
Woman in Mind
Bedroom Farce
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Wally's Cafe
Hamlet (scenes from)
Oh What a Lovely War!
Shakespeare's Women
The Ringleader (Original Script)
Representative acting roles:
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Joshua
Falstaff
Uncle Nick
The King
Andre Hugenet
Charles Dickens
Samuel Drake
Robert
Scrooge
Hogan
Reporter
Henry VIII
Gant
Lloyd
George
Little Li
Odysseus
Yergenov
Anton in Showbusiness
MerryWives of Windsor
Still Life/Anulla
Henceforward…
Joe Egg
Scenes from an Execution
Blithe Spirit
A Christmas Carol
She Stoops to Conquer
Julius Caesar
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Treasure Island
12th Night
The Taming of the Shrew
Absurd Person Singular
Chocolate Cake
Beggar's Opera
The Card
The Drunkard
Macbeth (scenes from)
The Chester Mystery Cycle
The Warbride (Original Script)
The Beloved
Community (Original Script)
Evita
Play
Author
Walden (PBS TV)
Michael Johnathon
Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
John Detreich
The Underpants
Steve Martin
Entrances and Exits
Athol Fugard
Christmas at Dingley Dell
Mary Hall Surface
Samuel Drake
Anthony Haigh
Betrayal
Harold Pinter
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Eugene O'Neill
The Abduction of Kerry
Swenson
(CBS TV)
A Man for All Seasons
Robert Bolt
Look Homeward Angel
Ketti Frings
Noises Off
Michael Frayn
Wreckers
David Edgar
Fanshen
David Hare
The Odyssey
Richard Gill
The Horse Stealers
(Ind. TV)
Anton Chekhov
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Personal:
Born: Stockport, England, Permanent Resident Status USA.
Married, two children.
Active member (Lay Eucharist Minister) Trinity Episcopal Church
Interests include Music, Painting (oil and watercolour), Walking, Cooking,
Skiing, Reading, Traveling, hanging about in museums and remembering when
I used to climb mountains seriously.
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