the festival since 1989, directing The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pericles, Hamlet , and Romeo and Juliet . Other recent work includes Company at Insight Theatre Company, Eleemosynary at Mustardseed Theatre Company, and Time Stands Still at New Jewish Theatre. Long associated with New Jewish Theatre, Doug’s directing projects for the company include The Sunshine Boys , The Whipping Man , Via Dolorosa , Lost in Yonkers , Lebensraum , and Way to Heaven . In 2008, he won the Kevin Kline Award for Best Director of a Play for New Jewish Theatre’s Kindertransport . Doug has directed around the country for Court Theatre in Chico, CA, Evidence Room in Los Angles, Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Belfry Theatre in Lake Geneva, WI, New American Theatre in Rockford, IL, and Madison Rep in Madison, WI. Doug started his career in Chicago. From 1983–88, he served as Associate Artistic Director to Robert Falls and Richard E.T. White at Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, where he directed Painting Churches, The Immigrant, ‘Night Mother, Hunting Cockroaches , and Circe & Bravo . Doug received the 2018 William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching at Webster University. Renee Garcia ( she/her ) › Assistant Professor, Costume Design › BA, Florida State University › MFA, University of Missouri–Kansas City
were on display in 2022 in the Vestuario a Escena MX, AC’s international exhibit, Exposición Vestuario para la Escena 2022, at the National Center for the Arts in Mexico City. Her awards include the USITT Fellows Early Career Member Mentoring Assistance Award, and both the USITT Ezekiel Board Choice Winner and the USITT Ezekiel Award of Outstanding Achievement for her costume designs in As You Like It .
Gary Glasgow ( he/him ) › Professor, Acting
› BA, Vanderbilt University › BFA, Webster University › MFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
› At Webster since 1993 › glasgoga@webster.edu
Gary Glasgow has been a faculty member in the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University since 1993, where, in addition to Second-Year Movement, he teaches the Second-Year Acting sequence. As an actor, he has worked extensively in St. Louis and throughout the country. St. Louis venues include The Municipal Opera of St. Louis (more than 43 productions), the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis (16 seasons), The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Mustard Seed Theatre, The New Jewish Theatre, and the Variety Children’s Theatre. Regional credits include work at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Wisconsin Shakespeare Company, and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. In Chicago, he has worked with The Apple Tree Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Repertory, Lifeline Theatre, and Pegasus Players. He has developed several new plays for the former St. Louis One-Act Play Festival. He is a recipient of the William T. Kemper Excellence in Teaching Award and a graduate of Webster University’s Global Leadership Academy (2016). Gary is a current member of Actor’s Equity. He obtained his certification in Pilates through Pilates Unlimited in 2006, and in 2019, he completed the prestigious National Alliance of Acting Teachers-Teacher Development Program.
› At Webster since 2022 › reneegarcia@webster.edu
Renee has designed the costumes for more than 30 theatre, dance, and film productions. She has designed costumes for Charleston Stage Company, Lake Dillon Theatre Company, the Riverside Theater Shakespeare Festival, Unicorn Theater, the Coterie Theater, Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble, and portOPERA. Her costume designs for As You Like It were displayed in the USITT-USA National Exhibit in the 2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. Her designs for As You Like It
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