CURTIS KRICK : RESUME :

EDUCATION

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Savannah College of Art and Design

Professor of Media and Performing Arts ­ Fall 2001 to Spring 2002

• Head of directing program.
• Taught directing classes on both the graduate and undergraduate level. 
• Directed and produced mainstage productions.
• Developed and led a graduate acting seminar on creating one-person shows from initial concept through writing, producing, acting and directing.
• Developed and led a graduate acting seminar on the place of ritual in both theatre and everyday life; explored existing rituals from the mundane to the sacred; created original ritual behavior for the exploration of ritual’s function in a variety of social contexts; applied discoveries to a variety of theatre and acting styles.
• Taught graduate-level theatre criticism course utilizing a two-track approach:  practical critique-writing of current theatre and film, as well as in-depth study of historical critical texts and their application to relevant plays from the Ancient Greeks through the Neo-Classicists.
• Advised the development of an original one-act play for competition at the American College Theatre Festival.
• Directed a multi-media project utilizing film, video and complex sound design with a live theatre component concerning Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in collaboration with a student in fulfillment of their senior thesis.

Visiting Professor of Media and Performing Arts ­ Fall 1997

• First professor of newly created Media and Performing Arts minor.
• Developed courses in acting, text analysis, and theatre appreciation for undergraduate non-majors.
• Produced and directed a multi-media workshop production of The Tempest in collaboration with the Film and Video department utilizing multi-media components.

Purdue University

Graduate Instructor in Directing ­ 1995 to 1996

• Taught courses in fundamentals of stage directing for undergraduate theatre majors and non-majors.
• Led beginning directors from their introduction to basic directing concepts through the realization of scenes produced for the public.

Director, Classroom Climate Workshop ­ 1995 to 1996

• Created an interactive theatre workshop for incoming Teaching Assistants in Engineering and Science.
• Used drama to raise awareness of techniques for improving gender equity in the classroom.
• Funded by a Sloan Foundation grant, CCW was a joint project developed by the Purdue Women in Engineering and Women in Science organizations.
• Co-wrote and directed theatrical components of workshop; developed improvisations for interactive teaching model.
• Invited to participate in the Interactive Theatre Institute:  Human Relations Training in Engineering Education at Cornell University, May 1997.
• CCW continues today as an institutionalized part of Teaching Assistant training at Purdue University.

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Academic

Professional

Staged Readings

ACTING EXPERIENCE

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Universal Pictures
Visual Effects Coordinator ­ 1998 to 2001

• Responsible for initial evaluation of visual effects needs for production in the Motion Picture Group.

Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley
Coordinator, Alive Productions ­ 1999 to 2001

• Revitalized theatre ministry.
• Created a monthly staged reading series dedicated to diversity:  diversity of participants, diversity of styles, diversity of subject matter.
• Encouraged a group of people representing various levels of experience and training to participate.
• Developed a loyal core audience exposed to new forms of theatre, new voices and new ideas.
• Winner of MCCV Founders Award for 1999 and 2000.

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