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1 Theatrical Intimacy: July 8, 2020: Laura Rikard and Chelsea Pace HILLARY HAFT BUCS Office Department of Arts and Humanities Western New England University 1215 Wilbraham Road Springfield, MA 01119 [email protected] EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA M.F.A: Master of Fine Arts: 1996 Major field: Performance Masters’ Thesis: Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls: An Actor’s Stanislavskian Approach to a Brechtian Text Dr. Stephen Coleman, Thesis Advisor Northwestern University Evanston, IL B.S. in Speech 1989 Major: Theatre Additional Training: Theatrical Intimacy: July 8, 2020: Laura Rikard and Chelsea Pace, Theatrical Intimacy Education Best Practices Workshop, presented by Laura Rikard and Chelsea Pace of Theatrical Intimacy Education. Six hour Zoom Workshop February 14, 2020, Laura Rikard, Theatrical Intimacy Education – two- hour workshop August, 2019, Intimacy Directors International, Intimacy for the Stage for Directors, 3 hours workshop at ATHE Black Acting Methods: June 19, 2020: Forum on Diversifying Approaches to Acting, Black Acting Methods Studio, June 19, 2020. Zoom Workshop. Improvisation: July 5, 2020: Craig Ulhir, iO Chicago.Long Form Structure, La Ronde. Zoom workshop March 20, 2020: Elana Fishbein of Magnet Theatre, Teaching Short Form on Zoom. March 29, 2020: Elana Fishbeing of Magnet Theatre, Teaching Long Form on Zoom. Feb. 3, 2020: Overcoming The Crash: Advanced Musical Improv Workshop, Happier Valley Comedy, Hadley February, 2020, ImprovBoston’s College Comedy Festival workshops 1 July, 2019 – January, 2020, Musical Improv 102, Jeff Kimball, ImprovBoston/Happier Valley Comedy (monthly 3-hour workshop) April – May, 2019, Zen of Improv Level 4, Pam Victor, Happier Valley Comedy, Hadley, MA (weekly 2-hour class) February, 2019, ImprovBoston’s College Comedy Festival workshops February – April 2018, Musical Improv 101, Jeff Kimball, ImprovBoston/Happier Valley Comedy (monthly 3-hour workshop) September – October, 2018, Zen of Improv Level 3, Pam Victor, Happier Valley Comedy, Hadley, MA Summer, 2017 – Get your Reps with Happier Valley Comedy April – May, 2016 – Advanced Long Form (Form Your Form), Scott Braidman, Happier Valley Comedy April, 2016 - Positivity in Improvisation, guest master teachers - Lisa Rowlands and Ted Desmaisons, Happier Valley Comedy November, 2015 – Zen of Improv Level 1 Six Hour intensive, Pam Victor, Happier Valley Comedy 2014, Mosie McNally, Happier Valley Comedy (weekend workshop) 2014, Will Luera, ImprovBoston (weekend workshop) 2014, Paul Dome, ImprovBoston (College Comedy Festival) 2012, Will Luera, ImprovBoston (weekend workshop) 2008, Will Luera, ImprovBoston (weekend workshop) 2005, Keith Johnstone, Dramaworks, Northampton, MA 2003, Keith Johnstone, Smith College (3 day workshop) 1991-92, Chicago City Limits, NY 1989-91, Second City Training Center, Chicago, IL - Graduate 1990-91, Del Close and Charna Halpern, I.O, Chicago 1990-91, Mick Napier, Annoyance Theatre, Chicago 1989-90, Michael Gellman, Theatre Works, Chicago 1988-89, Players Workshop, Chicago: Acting: August, 2017, Pre-conference workshop: Best Practices” In Applying Acting Pedagogy for the Non-Actor in the Classroom. ATHE conference, Las Vegas. August, 2016, Weekend Pre-Conference training with Jane Drake Brody and Stephanie Daventry French: Exploding the Myths: Science, SuperScenes and Stanislavsky, Acting Studio, Chicago, Il. August, 2012, Michael Royd of Sojourn Theatre, Devising workshop at ATHE conference, D.C. 2012, Kimberly Dark, Solo Performance workshop at ATHE conference, D.C. 2000, Shakespeare and Company Weekend Intensive, Los Angeles 1993, Robert Mooney, Riverside Shakespeare Academy, NY 1992, Gene Feist, Roundabout Theatre, NY, NY 1992, HB Studios, NY, NY Interactive Theatre 2012, Interactive Theatre Pre-Conference, D.C. sponsored by 2 Interactive Theatre SubCommittee of ATHE Directing: 1997, Dr. W. Stephen Coleman, University of Pittsburgh Voice For the Stage: 2007, Richard Armstrong, Roy Hart Theatre, ATHE conference, New Orleans 1993, Nancy Mayans, Riverside Shakespeare Academy (Linklater Technique) SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Teaching Acting in the Face of Covid-19:Designing Instruction for Variable Acting Studios. Hillary Haft Bucs, James Elliot, David Kaye, Matthew Mastromatteo, Tom Pacio, Valerie Clayman Pye, Kim Shively, and Gerritt Vandermeer. Theatre Topics. Volume 30, November 3, 2020. https://www.jhuptheatre.org/theatre-topics Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Transition: Perspectives on Activating the Actor. Valerie Clayman Pye and Hillary Haft Bucs, editors. New York: Routledge, 2019. Bucs, Hillary. 2015. Review of Rehearsing in the Zone: A Practical Guide to Rehearsing without a Director. Maria Cominis Glaudini. Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy. Volume 1:129 – 132. Bucs, Hillary. 2013. Review of Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide. Rose Burnett Bonczek and David Storck. New England Theatre Journal, Volume 24: 128. Bucs, Hillary. 2008. Review of An Actor Rehearses:What To Do When and Why. By David Hlavsa. Theatre Topics, Volume 18 Number 2: 247-248. Bucs, Hillary. 2003. About the Play: Dramaturgical Notes on The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. By Charles Busch. New Century Theatre Playbill. UNIVERSITY TEACHING Western New England University Springfield, MA Department of Arts & Humanities Associate Professor (tenure awarded Dec. 2012) 2013 - Present Assistant Professor 2007 – 2013 Senior Lecturer 2003 - 2007 Courses taught: Acting I Acting II Playwriting as a Writing Intensive Credit Improvisational Comedy I Improvisational Comedy II Improvisational Comedy III Theatre Appreciation Playwriting for Social Change The Plays and Films of Woody Allen Musical Theatre 3 Stageless Players for 1 credit Independent Studies in Directing, Playwriting, Auditioning, Professional Development in Theatre, Marketing Yourself as an Actor, and Film Production Smith College Northampton, MA Department of Theatre 2002 - 2003 Adjunct Lecturer 2005 – 2006 Courses Taught: Acting I Special Studies in Improvisation Comedy Interterm Improvisational Comedy Workshop Substitute Instructor for Improvisation for the Theatre: Taught the four final classes of Dr. John Hellweg while he was on medical leave Eastern Connecticut State University Willamantic, CT Adjunct Lecturer 2002-2003 Courses Taught: Introduction to Acting University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Adjunct Faculty 1997-1998 Courses Taught: Introduction to Performance Acting One Acting Two University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Instructor 1993-1996 Courses Taught: Introduction to Performance Acting I Teaching Assistant Introduction to Theatre Arts PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, ADJUDICATION, AND RESPONDING Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Professional Service: Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) August, 2020 Co-Chair, ATHE Covid-19 Recommendation Task Force –Report published, August 4, 2020 https://www.athe.org/news/520133/ATHE-Urges-FacultyStaffStudent-Choice-for- TeachingLearning-Options-During-Pandemic.htm June 26, 2020 ATHE Acting Program Midsummer Covid Response Forum • YouTube presentation on Working with Livestream Theatre for Acting II Spring 2020, Western New England University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=040ClnncgYM&t=3s 4 • Moderated discussion of one of the break-out rooms August 2019 – Present Acting Program Focus Group Secretary August 2017 – 18 Acting Program Focus Group Social Chair August 2014 - 2016 Acting Program Focus Group Co-Conference Planner for Chicago 2016 August 2014 - 2015 Acting Program Focus Group Co-Conference Planner for Chicago 2016 and Las Vegas 2017 August 2012 - 2014 Member, Membership and Marketing Committee by the Governing Council August 2012 – 2014 Member Services Coordinator and Executive Board Member, Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group for a two-year term August 2010 – 2012 Executive Board Member and Pre-Conference Coordinator, Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group Association for Theatre in Higher Education August 2014 Respondent, The Adjudicated Panel for Debut and Adapted Acting Exercises March 2012 Co-Adjudicator, The Adjudicated Panel for Debut and Adapted Acting Exercises External Reviewer Fall, 2017 – External Reviewer for the Tenure application for Dr. Matt Fotis, at Albright College. I was chosen for my expertise in Improvisational Comedy Western New England Community Theatre Festival August, 2003 Adjudicator and Respondent EDITING August, 2016 – 2018, Editorial Board of The Players Journal, an on-line peer-reviewed journal on Acting Pedagogy. January 2015 – April 2015 Technical editor, The Comedy Improv Handbook by Matt Fotis and Siobhan O’Hara August 2010 – 2013 5 Associate Editor, the Players Journal, an online, peer reviewed journal on the pedagogy of Acting PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS, MODERATING, AND SESSION COORDINATION AT THE ASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ATHE) 2020, Virtual Conference on Zoom Session Coordinator, Moderator, and Presenter: Sustaining and Stretching Stanislavski : Variations on Teaching Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics. July 24, 2020. Panelist for the Roundtable, In the Drivers Seat: Directing in a Small Theatre Program. July 25, 2020. 2019, ORLANDO, FLORIDA Chair, Session Coordinator and Presenter, Best Practices for Advising the Student-lead Production Company or Drama Club. Presentation title: The Role of the Student Producing Club in a Minor Only Program. Panelist, Roundtable: Making the Invisible Work of Improvisation Visible: Advising, Refining and Defending the Value of Improvisational Performance with Campus Improvisation Groups to Foster Positive Change. 2018, BOSTON, MA, WESTIN
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