JAMES CRAWFORD AEA SAG-AFTRA Division of Theatre 7045 Southridge Drive Meadows School of the Arts Dallas, Texas 75214 Southern Methodist University
[email protected] PO Box 750356 214-868-6691 Dallas, Texas, 75275 214-768-3649 January 11, 2016 TEACHING EXPERIENCE: SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Dallas Head of Acting, April 2012- present • Facilitated curriculum review retreat with Evan Yionoulis of the Yale School of Drama. • Taught Dramatic Arts Today, course for first-year theatre students in the BFA program that introduces students to artistic critical thinking and the foundation of an acting process. Course includes Stanislavski’s An Actor Prepares, Peter Brook’s The Empty Space, Meisner on Acting, action exercises, text analysis, monologue work and introductory process-oriented scene study focused on contemporary American plays. • Taught courses in Advanced Acting and Improvisation for third year MFA students, tackling scenework from Chekhov, Tennessee Williams and non-realistic plays. • Taught The Art of Acting for non-theatre majors at the SMU Taos Campus. • Re-launched the New York City MFA Actor showcase to great success. We partnered with UNC Chapel Hill, cut the budget in half, and quadrupled the professional response. • Oversaw monthly acting faculty meetings, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Reconfigured the content and sequence of courses to better integrate the training we provide. • Tended to the ongoing relationship with the Dallas Theater Center, including making sure that our MFA actors are given appropriate professional opportunities on stage. • Instituted new procedures for recruiting MFA Actors, putting new emphasis on proactive outreach to dozens of universities in our own region, in addition to national URTA auditions.