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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES REPORT
FACULTY ANNUAL REVIEW (PARFAR)
for the period of
April 1, 2005 – May 1, 2006
DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES REPORT: MAY 26, 2006
The vice president for academic affairs/dean of the college annually requests that each full-time faculty member complete
a professional activities report which documents the faculty member’s activities and accomplishments in teaching,
scholarship, and service, and an up-dated curriculum vita.
CELLS WILL EXPAND AS YOU TYPE OR PASTE TEXT.
Name
:
David S. Thompson
Rank:
Associate Professor
Department
:
Theatre and Dance
Department Chair? (click in box if “Yes”)
Program Director for:
Theatre
I. TEACHING
A.
# of courses and/or sections taught and number of students per course and/or section. Include Independent Study,
Special Study, Internships, , etc.
Fall 2005
Credit
Hours
Course Name
Course Number and
Section
No. of Students Per
Course/ Section Who
Received a Grade
Broadway and Beyond
4
FYS 190D
16
Directing I
4
THE 326
4
Release for directing THE MISER
Direct involvement by
over 40 students
Spring 2006
Credit
Hours
Course Name
Course Number and
Section
No. of Students Per
Course/ Section Who
Received a Grade
Special Topics in Theatre: Award Winning
Women Playwrights
4
THE 313
15
Directing II
4
THE 327
2
Special Study
4
THE 410
1
Any course that is a new preparation or represents an extra course load?
1. Broadway and Beyond is the first offering of a First Year Seminar by the Department of Theatre and Dance.
2. Directing the fall production is always a new preparation due to the specific demands of research and rehearsal.
3. Award Winning Women Playwrights is a significantly redesigned course; an earlier version was offered six years ago.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES REPORT 2005-2006
ASC courses taught during the summer (either on or off campus)
THE 100 Introduction to Theatre
B. List curriculum and instructional development (development of new course(s), course revisions, new instructional
initiatives, material development, team teaching, interdisciplinary teaching, global connections/awareness programs,
pedagogical innovation, development of new experiments/demonstrations, lab manuals, new technology used in teaching)
1. Broadway and Beyond is the first offering of a First Year Seminar by the Department of Theatre and Dance.
2. Directing the fall production is always a new preparation due to the specific demands of research and rehearsal.
3. Award Winning Women Playwrights is a significantly redesigned course; an earlier version was offered six years ago.
4. Students performed 10-minute plays as part of SpARC presentation.
5. Theatre and Dance self-study process has yielded directions for curricular development.
C.
List on-campus guest lectures
"Fame, Fortune and the Fabulous Invalid." Dean's Colloquium Dinner. 15 Feb. 2006.
II. ACADEMIC ADVISING
A. Number of students advised
Number of students for whom you are
the MAJOR academic advisor
5
Number of students for whom you
are the MINOR academic advisor
2
Number of self-designed majors advised:
Number with
Undeclared Major
16
0
B. List other on-campus advising roles
Faculty Advisor: Blackfriars of Agnes Scott College
Faculty Advisor: Theatre Theme House Application
Faculty Advisor: Studio Dance Theatre
III.
A.
SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarly Publications, Performances, and Exhibitions: PUBLISHED, PERFORMED, OR EXHIBITED
between April 1, 2005 and May 1, 2006. Attach a copy of publication (title page only for books and the
equivalent for software). List below in appropriate full citation style; be sure to include author(s), titles, editors if
a review, publication or press name, date of publication, volume/issue number, and page numbers.
1.
Books
Schenbeck, Lyn and David S. Thompson. Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's Shuffle Along: Critical Edition. In progress
2.
Articles/Chapters in Books
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3.
Refereed articles in periodicals
Thompson, David S. Editorial Board. Southern Theatre 40.2-Present (Summer 1999-Present).
Thompson, David S. “Rants and Raves: A Rush at the Box Office.” Southern Theatre XLVI.3 (Summer 2005): 4.
4.
Non-refereed articles in Journals, Newspapers, Magazines, and other periodicals
Thompson, David S. Qtd. in Rawson, Christopher. “On Stage: It's Hard to Take the Drama out of Tony Predictions.” Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette. 5 June 2005.
[Online version: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05156/514858.stm]
Thompson, David S. “Broadway Wish List.” Knight Ridder News Service. 1 June 2005.
5.
Conference Proceedings
Southeastern Theatre Conference annual convention, Orlando, FL March 1-5, 2006:
- Administrative Vice President
- Chair, Advisory Council
- Member, Endowment Committee
- Member, Editorial Board
- Elected as President-Elect
Southeastern Theatre Conference fall meetings, Charlotte, NC September 9-11, 2005:
- Administrative Vice President
- Chair, Advisory Council
- Member, Endowment Committee
- Member, Editorial Board
6.
Peer Reviewed conference papers
Thompson, David S. “What Price Pulitzer?” Paper Presentation. Theatre Symposium 2007: “Theatre and the Moral
Order.” Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. 1 April 2006.
7.
Non-Peer Reviewed conference papers
Thompson, David S. Local Arrangements Coordinator. Theatre Symposium 2007: “Theatre and the Moral Order.”
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. 31 March – 2 April 2006.
Thompson, David S.“Good Artists Steal.” Presentation. Mississippi Theatre Association 2006 Festival. Mississippi State
University, Starkville, MS. 14 Jan. 2006.
Thompson, David S. “Ten-Minute Play Festival.” Adjudicator. Mississippi Theatre Association 2006 Festival.
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. 14 Jan. 2006.
Thompson, David S. “Careers in the Arts: A Forum.” Panelist. LaGrange College. LaGrange, GA. 1 Nov. 2005.
Thompson, David S. “Interpreting Genius.” Chicago Humanities Festival Summer Teachers Institute. Chicago, IL. 22
July 2005.
Thompson, David S. “Tony Tour 6.“ New York, NY. 16-23 May 2005.
8.
Performances, exhibitions, productions, recitals, etc. List title, date, location, and attach a program if
available
Thompson, David S. Director. The Miser by Moliere. Winter Theatre. Agnes Scott College. 28-30 Oct and 4-6 Nov 2005.
As Supervisor or Advisor:
2006
theatreworks ’06 (“The Problem,” “Sure Thing,” “English Made Simple,” and “The Odyssey”)
2006
10-Minute Play Festival
2006
“Wiley and the Hairy Man”
2005
theatreworks ’05
(“Appearances,” “The Role of Della,” “The Twelve-Pound Look,” and “Striptease”)
9.
Book/Manuscript/Exhibition/Performance Reviews
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Response. I Hate Hamlet. Columbus State University. Columbus, GA. 1
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Oct. 2005.
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Response. The Last Night of Ballyhoo. West Georgia University.
Carrollton, GA. 21 April 2006.
10.
Editorials
11.
Computer software and other non-written works such as film, video, or slide package.
12.
Scholarly works published on a web site
13.
Papers/Posters presented at conferences and meetings. List date, meeting, conference or association name,
location, title of presentation.
14
Professional Reports
Self Study. Theatre Program. Agnes Scott College.
B.
Scholarly Publications ACCEPTED for publication between April 1, 2005 and May 1, 2006.
IV. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A.
Faculty development in research sabbaticals. Describe (1) sabbatical awarded with synopsis of intention or
(2) as completed with synopsis of accomplishment.
(1) Sabbatical Awarded for Spring Semester 2007: Intention to complete manuscript of Shuffle Along: Critical Edition, plus plan
and execute convention of Southeastern Theatre Conference (approx. 5000 in attendance)
B.
List professional meetings attended [no presentation], special study, travel, etc., related to your discipline or to
interdisciplinary work.
Tony Tour. New York, NY. May 2005: Attended Doubt; Monty Python's Spamalot; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang; Shockheaded Peter; The Pillowman; The Light in the Piazza; Glengarry Glen Ross; Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Southeastern Theatre Conference Executive Committee Meetings. Orlando, FL. June 2005.
Chicago Humanities Festival. Chicago, IL. July 2005.
Southeastern Theatre Conference Fall Board Meetings. September 2005.
Southeastern Theatre Conference Executive Committee Meetings. Greensboro, NC. December 2005.
Mississippi Theatre Association Festival. Starkville, MS. January 2006.
Southeastern Theatre Conference Annual Convention. Orlando, FL. March 2006.
Theatre Symposium. Agnes Scott College. Decatur, GA. April 2006.
Suzi Bass Awards. Judge 2005-2006. Attended: Bad Dates, Horizon Theatre; Big Bang, Horizon Theatre; Bluish, Alliance
Theatre Company; A Broadway Christmas Carol, ART Station; Bus Stop, Theatre in the Square; Charley’s Aunt, Theatre in the
Square; A Christmas Carol, Alliance Theatre Company; Come on in My Kitchen, 7 Stages; Cotton Patch Gospel, Theatrical
Outfit; Cymbelline, Shakespeare Tavern; Defy You Stars, Alliance Theatre Company Collision Project; The Fantasticks,
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Shakespeare Tavern; The Glass Menagerie, Shakespeare Tavern; The Immigrant, Theatrical Outfit; Intimate Apparel, Alliance
Theatre Company; Jelly’s Last Jam, Alliance Theatre Company; Kimberly Akimbo, Actor’s Express; Love, Jerry, Actor’s
Express; The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Tavern; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare Tavern; Moonlight and
Magnolias, Alliance Theatre Company; The Nerd, Aurora Theatre; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Dad’s Garage; Our Town,
Georgia Ensemble Theatre; Permanent Collection, Horizon Theatre; A Piece of My Heart, Theatre in the Square; Pride and
Prejudice, Alliance Theatre Company; “…,” said Said, Alliance Theatre Company; Sins of the Father, Alliance Theatre Company;
Sleuth, Georgia Ensemble Theatre; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Alliance Theatre Company; The Story,
Theatre in the Square; This is Our Youth, Theatre in the Square; Wait Until Dark, Aurora Theatre; Women + War, Synchronicity
Theatre; A Year With Frog and Toad, Aurora Theatre; Yellowman, Theatre in the Square
C.
Professional Awards and Recognition (from city, state, national or international professional organizations
including fellowships, memberships, tenure, promotion)
Award
Membership
Membership
From Whom?
Outstanding Young Men in America
Who's Who in Entertainment
For What?
V. SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE, STUDENTS, AND PROFESSION
A. List committee work, activities related to Admission (help with recruitment and admission), student-related activities
such as FYI groups, etc.
Presidential Search Committee
Classics Search Committee
Committee on Committees
Admission Volunteer
Commencement Planning Committee
B. Professional activities for non-college audiences or organizations (judging, juries, consulting, organizing events, etc.)
Adjudicator, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Adjudicator, Ten-Minute Play Festival, Mississippi Theatre Association Festival
C. Service to the Profession: (Offices held in professional associations)
President Elect, Southeastern Theatre Conference
Administrative Vice President, Southeastern Theatre Conference
D. List workshops attended, panels chaired or participated in, etc.
Panel Chair, Theatre Symposium, Agnes Scott College.
E. Community Service
F. Summer collaborative research
VI. FACULTY EXTERNAL GRANTS
Received:
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$ Amount
$80,000
From Whom?
National Endowment for the
Humanities
For What?
Shuffle Along
Date Begin/End
9/1/04 - 9/1/06
Requested:
$ Amount
From Whom?
For What?
Application Pending
or Denied?
Date of
Notification
VII. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AWARDED (List and describe)
Catherine Sims Fund Grant; Tony Tour 2006; Broadway Travel and Interviews; $2285
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