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NAME Rodney Cottier PROFESSION Associate Director of London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts (LAMDA); recent Head of School at LAMDA
SPECIAL NOTES Over 40 years of experience as a stage director and educator teaching courses in stage combat, acting, and text analysis. Cottier has also directed over 25 plays from Shakespeare’s canon. VISIT DETAILS Nov. 12 – Facilitated a three-hour workshop on King Lear and offered students an in-depth look into LAMDA’s prestigious program offerings. NAME Brant Russell PROFESSION Associate Professor and Chair of the Acting Program at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Stage Directing from Northwestern University-Evanston SPECIAL NOTES Founding Artistic Director of the CCM Playwrights Workshop and Editor of The Cincinnati Review VISIT DETAILS Dec. 13-14 – Led a theatre workshop focusing on monologues and oversaw college auditions for CCM.
Rodney Cottier
Brant Russell
NAME Kirsten Kelly PROFESSION Documentary filmmaker
EDUCATION Master Directing Program at The Juilliard School SPECIAL NOTES Co-founder of Spargel Productions and former Senior Producer at Transform Films/Odyssey Impact VISIT DETAILS Jan. 13-16 – Kelley gave a master class and feedback to theatre students on their One-Act play scripts.
Kirsten Kelly
NAME Jamal Howard and Sue Pak PROFESSION Co-Artistic Director of New American Folk Theatre and Associate Company Member with TUTA Theatre; 2023-2024 BIPOC Resident Playwright at Strawdog Theatre Company
EDUCATION Loyola University Chicago; JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
VISIT DETAILS March – Howard and Pak directed the premiere of The Great MC , an action-packed production as part of the Theatre for Young Audiences BIPOC Superhero Project.
Jamal Howard Sue Pak
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