Resume
I am an actor, director, scholar, musician, translator and teacher whose primary research interest has been the intersection of popular culture and modernism. My first book, No Kidding! Clown As Protagonist in Twentieth Century Theater won the American Library Association’s coveted Choice Award in 2004. I have been a member of Actors’ Equity since 1985 and have created theatre in Canada, USA, Australia, Germany, Italy, China and India.
University Experience
Emory University; Associate Professor of Theatre
- Taught acting, theatre and film history, and dramaturgy
- Artistic Director of Theater Emory (2019-2020)
- Directed productions with a merged professional and student cast
- Executive Council Member of Emory College Senate (2014-2017)
- Chair of Arts; University Research Committee (2014-2016)
Franklin and Marshall; Assistant Professor
- Taught acting, theatre and film history, and dramaturgy
- Manager of Roschel Arts Centre (2004 -2006)
- Smith Endowment Coordinator
- Artistic Director of Green Room Theatre
2006 – 2023
1999 – 2006
Performance Skills
Music training: Piano, Flute, Saxophone, Guitar, Harmonica, Voice, Composition, and Theory
Foreign languages: French, Italian
Special skills: Unicycle, Juggling, Clown, Pantomime, Stage Combat, Music & sound design, Photoshop, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro & iMovie editing.
Professional Affiliations: (AEA) Actor’s Equity Association
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BA (With Distinction), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Major: Theatre and Drama. Minor: Italian Studies
Awards
CHOICE AWARD American Library Association, Outstanding Academic Title: No Kidding! Clown as Protagonist in Twentieth-Century Theater, University of Delaware Press, 2003
Junior Faculty Research Grant Franklin&Marshall College, 2002 (Toured a Production to New Delhi, India)
Ferguson Curry Award for ‘Best Production’ in 2017 for The Boys from Syracuse
Atlanta Spotlight Award ” Ten best Shows of 2007-2008 season” for Oh What a Lovely War!
2015 FINE Award for Most Influential Professor (Elected by students)
2012 University Research Grant, Emory University (National theatrical tour of Bolshekivi: A Dead Serious Comedy)
Ferguson Curry Awards for ‘Best Ensemble‘ and ‘Best Production‘ in 2008 for Oh What a Lovely War!
Selected Directing Credits
La Surprise de l’Amour (Marivaux) Melbourne French Theatre
Le Mariage Forcé (Moliere) Melbourne French Theatre
La Candidate (Franco-Mélanie) Melbourne French Theatre
La Voix Humaine (Cocteau) Theater Emory & Melbourne French Theatre
The Infernal Machine (Jean Cocteau: translated by McManus) Theater Emory
Panique au Ministère (Franco-Mélanie) Melbourne French Theatre
The Boys from Syracuse (Rodgers and Hart –after Shakespeare) Theater Emory
Cocks of the Rose (McManus) Theater Emory
Pinter Revue (Pinter) Theater Emory
Comic Mysteries (Fo) Theater Emory
Incredible (Esther Albrecht) part of Theater Emory’s production of 6X6
The Lieutenant of Inishmore (McDonagh) Theater Emory
Miss Julie (Strindberg) Theater Emory
Great Souls, Big Wheels and Other Beats (McManus) Brave New Works: Theater Emory
Arabian Nights (David Ives) Theater Emory
Oh What A Lovely War (Littlewood/Theatre Workshop) Theater Emory
The Trial (Kafka/Barrault/Gide) Green Room Theatre
Of Thee I Sing (Gershwin/Kaufman) Roschel Performing Arts Center
Five Years From Now (Así que pasen cinco años) (Lorca) Roschel Performing Arts Center
The World Fixer (Bernhard) Green Room Theatre
King Lear (Shakespeare) Roschel Performing Arts Center
The Tempest (Shakespeare) Rose Bowl, Dehradun, India
Cyrano on the Moon (DeBergerac/McManus) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
The Gospel at Colonus (Breuer/Sophocles) Green Room Theatre
Man and Gentleman (De Filippo) Green Room Theatre
Canvas and Paint (Meyer)Mulberry Arts Studio
Benjamin an Opera of our Own Invention (Carbon) Barshinger Center for Musical Arts
The Toy Cart (Sudraka)Green Room Theatre
The Lady from the Sea (Ibsen)Green Room Theatre
Mistero Buffo (Fo) Other Room Theatre
The Marriage of Figaro (Beaumarchais)Green Room Theatre
The Flying Doctor (Molière) Other Room Theatre
A Life in the Theater (Mamet) Ann Arbor Performance Network
Anti-Mime (McManus) Ann Arbor Performance Network
Pyramus and Thysby (after Shakespeare) Michigan Renaissance Festival
Aldolino con Bambino (based on commedia models) Michigan Renaissance Festival
Selected Performance credits:
Role Production Producer
Prince of Aragon The Merchant of Venice Melbourne Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare Dir : Ben Margalith
Aldo Magnifico Birth of the Fool Alif (Arab Cultural) Festival
(In Arabic&English) Nabil Bahgat-Ahmed Dir: Nabil Bahgat
Sganarelle Le Mariage Forcé Melbourne French Theatre
(In French) Moliere Dir : Donald Cameron McManus
Yakov Rothschild’s Fiddle Playwrighting Center: Theater Emory
Based on Anton Chekhov Dir: Adam Freidman
Anton Chekhov Cherry Orchard Theater Emory
Anton Chekhov Dir: Tim McDonough
Marc Raymond Bienveillance Théâtre du Rêve
(in French) Fanny Britt Dir: Park Krausen
Jerry Nines Bolsheviki Playwriting Center and US Tour
(in French&English) David Fennario Dir: Lisa Paulsen
Various characters 365 Days/Plays Théâtre du Rêve
(in French) Susan Lori Parks Dir: Joe Knezevich
Herr Gabor/Mask Spring Awakening Theater Emory
Wedekind Dir: Tim McDonough
King Lear King Lear Roschel Center
Shakespeare Dir. Donald C. McManus
Cyrano Cyrano on the Moon India Habitat Centre
McManus/De Bergerac Dir: Donald C. McManus
Prospero The Tempest Rosebowl/Doon School India
Shakespeare Dir: Donald C. McManus
King Lear King Lear Open Theatre Project
Shakespeare Dir. John Russell Brown
Aldo Magnifico The Barber of Seville University of Michigan Opera
Rossini Dir. Hans Niewenhuis
Frosch Die Fledermaus, University of Michigan Opera
Strauss Dir. Brian MacDonald
Theophile The Miracle of Theophile Detroit Institute of Arts
Anon. Dir. Martin Walsh
Aldolino Aldolino Con Bambino Teatro Aperto
Anon. Michigan Renaissance Festival
Woyzeck Woyzeck Ann Arbor Performance Network
Büchner Dir. Robert Knopf
Don Perlimplin The Love of Don Perlimplin U.C. Young Co. (and German Tour)
Garcia Lorca Dir. Herbert Olshock
Harlequin Theatre à la Carte Waterwood Theatre
Dan Wood Dir. Dan Wood
Musician/Narrator Peter and the Wolf Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia
Whitehead Dir. G. Whitehead
Sgt. Trotter The Mousetrap Toronto Truck Theatre
Agatha Christie Dir: Rita Tuckett
