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Kelly Morgan Professor

Contact Information:
Office: Miller Hall, Room 9
Phone: 978-665-3555
Email: kmorgan@fsc.edu

Office Hours: Fall 2009 ~ Mon 9:30-10:45 & Tue 11:00-12:15

Education:

B.A. Viterbo College, Theatre Arts, Theatre and Philosophy, Cum Laude

M.F.A. Case Western Reserve University, Acting/Performance

Courses Taught:

  • Undergraduate: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Acting; Oral Interpretation; Shakespeare; Dramatic Literature; Stage Combat; Speech; Voice and Diction; Period Movement; Introduction to Theater; Theater History; and Directing.
  • Graduate: Performance Theory (American European and British); Clowning; Greek Chorus; Acting (Brecht, Strasberg, Open Theater, Styles, Grotowski); Chekov, Wilde: Musical Theater; Choreography; Theater Management; Directing; Stage Management; and Audition Technique

Areas of Interest:

Film, Stage, Television Performance, Directing, Ensemble/ Process Production and Non-Traditional Casting.

Professional Affiliations:

  • Founder/Producing Artistic Director-AmeriCulture Arts Festival
  • Directing Medea with Helen Hayes Award Winner-Mary Vreeland
  • Directing-“The Last Yankee” by Arthur Miller in NYC
  • Nathan Cummings Grant for the founding of the Co-Founder of the American Deaf Play Creator’s Festival
  • Founder/ Artistic Director of the Mint Theater in NYC
  • Directing the World Premiere of Uncle Bob by Austin Pendleton in New York and Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago
  • Member of the Presidents Council for Children and Youth
  • Establishing the BFA Program for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
  • Performing the Character of Hamlet for 216 Performances
  • Actors Equity Association
  • Screen Actors Guild