Acting/Performance… New Directors’ Workshop 3 May 2016 The New Directors' Workshop will perform in the McDade Building, Studio Theatre, on May 12-14. There will be eight 10-minute plays directed by students from Prof. O'Steen's THTR 311/Directing I…
Acting/Performance… University Players on WBRE PA Live! 3 May 2016 Professor O' Steen, Associate Professor of Theatre, was contacted by WBRE and WYOU to do a live spot to speak about and advertise our Scranton Players' production of Big Fish! …
Acting/Performance… New Theatre Production under way 8 Apr 2016 Casting is complete for the upcoming production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Written by Oscar Wilde, directed by Guest Artist Jennifer Rhoads in her Royal Theatre/University Players debut, features…
Amye Archer… Writing center coordinator nominated for Pulitzer Prize 8 Apr 2016 A big CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Writing Center Coordinator, Amye Archer. The author of "Fat Girl, Skinny", was recently nominated for the memoir/ non-fiction Pulitzer Prize. To read more…
Academics… Brian Sibley’s thoughts on business and politics, the arts, the practice of marketing/PR/communications, and other change-related topics 6 Apr 2016 9 Ways a Theatre Degree Trumps a Business Degree Some of you may know this about me, some may not. Despite having spent the last 15 years as a…
Faculty News… Friedman presents paper at annual Shakespeare Conference 4 Apr 2016April 4, 2016 At the Shakespeare Association of America Conference, held March 23-26, 2016 in New Orleans, LA, I presented a paper entitled, “Keep your head”: Almereyda’s Cymbeline and “The Legend of Sleepy…
Michael Friedman… Friedman article accepted by Shakespeare Quarterly 24 Feb 2016February 24, 2016 I just got the news that my latest article, "The Shakespeare Cinemacast: Coriolanus," has been accepted for publication by Shakespeare Quarterly, the top journal in my field. I'll let everyone…
Dawn D'Aries-Zera… Prof. Dawn D’Aries-Zera finalist for 2016 PENN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction 22 Feb 2016February 22, 2016 Congratulations! Adjunct faculty member, Professor Dawn D'Aries Zera, is a finalist for the 2016 PENN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction for her unpublished novel "Earth Teach Me". We wish her the best of…
Faculty News… Boasting about our Lecturer Francisco Tutella’s Writing Promise 19 Feb 2016February 23, 2016 Francisco Tutella is new to our department -- where he's teaching writing classes -- but he's been making his mark in the region for a while now. As a graduate…
Faculty News… What’s In a Name? 18 Feb 2016February 18, 2016 What's In a Name, you ask? On Wednesday, February 17, Dr. Susan Mendez led a discussion of the cultural, historical, and political differences behind the identity labels of Spanish, Hispanic, Latino/a, Chicano/a…
