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Washington University, St. Louis, MO
 

Currently pursuing PhD in Comparative Literature with an Emphasis in Drama  (Degree expected May 2000)

MA, Drama (1996)

Attended Master Classes, Workshops, and Seminars with José Rivera, Anne Bogart, Zoe Caldwell, Holly Hughes, Jane Lapotaire, Kevin Kline, Tony Kushner, Rocco Landesman, Josephine Abady, and The Reduced Shakespeare Company

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
 

BA, Theatre (1993)

BA, English with University Honors (1993)

 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO
 

Recipient, Herbert E. Metz Prize in Literary Criticism—Graduate (1996)

Recipient, Michele and Brian Cohen Scholarship (1996)

KC/ACTF Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition Nominee—THE ILLUSION (1995), ROMEO AND JULIET (1996), CABARET (1997)

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
 

Summa Cum Laude (1993)

University Honors - English (1993)

University Scholar (1993)

Recipient, LeMoine G. Lewis Alpha Chi Honor Society Award (1993)

Dean’s List (1990-93)

Charter Member & Treasurer, Tri-Zeta Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Fraternity (1991-93)

Member, Sigma Tau Delta, National English Fraternity (1991-93)

Recipient, Rebecca McKay Morris Endowed Scholarship for the Performing Arts (1993)

Recipient, Pat and Arradel Powell Endowed Scholarship for the Performing Arts (1992)

USA Today All-USA College Academic Team Honorable Mention (1994)

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1993)

 
 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO—Fall 1994 to Present
 

Graduate Senator, Comparative Literature Department (1998-99)

Graduate Student/Faculty Liaison (1994-98)

Graduate Senator, Performing Arts Department (1994-96)

Departmental Production Selection Committee (1994-99)

Departmental Acting/Directing Search Committee (1997)

Departmental Playwright-in-Residence Search Committee (1994)

Departmental Publicity Committee (1995-96)

 
 

Senior Teaching Fellow, Washington University College of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, MO—August 1997 to Present:  full course instruction/grading responsibilities (course organization; syllabus preparation; lecture/discussion facilitation; supervision of student composition content and style; grading of all class assignments, essays, quizzes, and in-class presentations)
 

DRAMA 226 - Classic Myth and Modern Theatre (Fall 1997)

DRAMA 230 - Out of the Closet and Onto the Stage:  Gay and Lesbian Drama (Spring 1998)

COMP LIT 215C - Beyond 1984:  Dystopia in Literature (Spring 1999)

DRAMA 366C - Theatre Culture Studies IV:  Modernism  to the Millenium (Summer 1999)

COMP LIT 217 (U32 2171) - Ghosts, Goblins, and Angels:  The Supernatural in Literature (Summer 1999)

DRAMA 365C - Theatre Culture Studies III:  Melodrama to Modernism (Fall 1999)

Research/Teaching Assistant, Washington University College of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, MO—August 1994 to Present:  assisted professor in course organization and instruction (prepared course syllabi; organized class meetings; lectured on selected topics; graded essays, exams, and weekly assignments; tutored students on composition style; supervised audio/visual presentations and library reserve materials; prepared class handouts)
 

Guest Lecturer, DRAMA 207 - Introduction to World Theatre I (Spring 1995) / Dr. David Kuhns, Instructor [Lecture Topic:  English Renaissance Drama and Playhouses]

DRAMA 110 - Freshman Seminar:  Shakespeare on Stage and Screen (Fall 1995) / Dr. Henry Schvey, Instructor

DRAMA 207 - Introduction to World Theatre I (Fall 1995) / Dr. Henry Schvey, Instructor

DRAMA 477 - Natural Born Killers:  Violence on Stage and Screen (Spring 1996) / Dr. Henry Schvey, Instructor

DRAMA 336 - Modern Drama II (Spring 1996) / Dr. Henry Schvey, Instructor

Guest Lecturer, DRAMA 208 - Introduction to World Theatre II (Spring 1996) / Dr. Rob Henke, Instructor [Lecture Topic:  Peter Shaffer’s Equus]

Freshman FOCUS 215 - Theatre as a Living Art:  Demons, Dybbuks, and Devils:  The Supernatural in Dramatic Literature (Fall 1996 & Spring 1997) / Dr. Henry Schvey, Instructor

DRAMA 446 - Metatheatre:  Theatre Which Reflects Itself (Fall 1996) / Dr. Henry Schvey, Instructor

Guest Lecturer, DRAMA 336 - Modern Drama II (Spring 1997) / Ann Fox, Instructor [Lecture Topic:  Japanese Noh Drama and Yukio Mishima’s The Lady Aoi]

Guest Lecturer, ENGLISH 395 - Shakespeare (Spring 1998) / Nancy Pope, Instructor [Lecture Topic:  Shakespeare in Performance]

CHINESE 467/COMP LIT 477/DRAMA 465 - Chinese Theatre (Fall 1998) / Dr. Robert Hegel, Instructor

Guest Lecturer – DRAMA 229 – Theatre Culture Studies II (Spring 1999) / Dr. Rob Henke, Instructor [Lecture Topic:  Japanese Noh Drama and Kan’ami’s Matsukaze]

 
 

Comparative Drama Conference XXXI, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (March 27-29, 1997)
 

“An Exile at the Altar of the Pine:  The Sanctity of Setting in Sophoclean Greek Tragedy and Japanese Noh Drama”  Click HERE to read the Abstract

Central New York Conference on Language and Literature VIII, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY (October 18-20, 1998)
 

Chair, Contemporary Drama Panel

“'Nobody Sings About It':  In Defense of the Songs in Caryl Churchill's Vinegar Tom”  Click HERE to read the Abstract

Washington University Comparative Literature Graduate Student Symposium, St. Louis, MO (May 20, 1999)
 

“An Exile at the Altar of the Pine:  The Sanctity of Setting in Sophoclean Greek Tragedy and Japanese Noh Drama”  Click HERE to read the Abstract

 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO—Fall 1994 to Present
 

THE ILLUSION	Alcandre
ANATOL (Class Project)	Max
MARAT/SADE	Marquis de Sade
ROMEO AND JULIET	Capulet
THE BALTIMORE WALTZ (Class Project)	Third Man
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST	Lady Bracknell
CABARET	Herr Schultz
THE FANTASTICKS	Henry
MACHINAL	George H. Jones
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Spring 1999)	Henry Liddell/White Knight

Saint Louis Shakespeare Company, St. Louis, MO—Summer 1996
 

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA	Launce
HENRY V	Fluellen

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX—January 1990 to June 1994
 

CYRANO DE BERGERAC	Comte de Guiche
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940	Ken de la Maize
OTHELLO	Doge of Venice/ Officer
EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL	Doctor
MAN OF LA MANCHA	Governor/ Innkeeper
SCAPINO!	Geronte
INDUSTRIAL AGE, PART ONE	Animatronic Narrator
JO!	Chorus
TWELFTH NIGHT	Malvolio
BLACK COFFEE	Edward Raynor
BIG RIVER	Duke
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR	Arnold Wiggins
THE WINTER’S TALE	Leontes
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS	Doctor/Chorus
A CELEBRATION IN SPAIN:  A CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER	Torquemada
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND	Papa Ge
THE GOOD DOCTOR	General Brasshilov, Kistunov, The Voice
ROBIN HOOD:  BEWARE THE BOW	Prince John
INTO THE WOODS	Mysterious Man
AS YOU LIKE IT	Jaques

Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston, TX—1993 Texas Playwrights Festival
 

CRAZY CHANGES

Walter

 
 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO
 

MARAT/SADE Commercial (Director:  Chris Kuefler)	De Sade/Voiceover
ROMEO AND JULIET Commercial (Director:  Chris Kuefler)	Capulet/Voiceover
THE PROMISELAND (Student Film—Director:  Pamela Sloane)	Grandma Bev

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
 

BORED (Student Film Short—Director:  Benjamin Badgett)	Driver/Renfield
FACES OF DYING (Student Film Short—Director:  David Stotts)	Killer Mime #1

 
 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO—Production Dramaturg:  Fall 1994 to Present
 

THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov	Dir. Annamaria Pileggi
THE ILLUSION by Pierre Corneille/ Tony Kushner	Dir. Jeffery Matthews
MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss	Dir. Jeffery Matthews
STORIES FROM GENERATION X(Y,Z...) by Joan Lipkin	Dir. Annamaria Pileggi
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare	Dir. Henry I. Schvey
THE FANTASTICKS by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt	Dir. Jeffery Matthews
MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell (Assistant Dramaturg)	Dir. Henry I. Schvey
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Adapted from Lewis Carroll) [Spring 1999]	Dir. Jeffery Matthews

ACU Starlight Summer Theatre, Abilene, TX—Production Dramaturg:  June 1992, 1994
 

TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare	Dir. Adam Hester
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare	Dir. Adam Hester

Alley Theatre, Houston, TX—Dramaturgy/Literary Intern:  May 1993 to August 1993
 

Dramaturgical research for productions in the Alley’s 1993-94 season—CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Dir. Gregory Boyd), DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Dir. Michael Wilson), and ORPHEUS DESCENDING (Dir. Michael Wilson)

Prepared production study guide for educational distribution—CYRANO DE BERGERAC

Evaluated script submissions to the Literary Office

Participated in preliminary conceptual rehearsals for Robert Wilson’s tentative production of Jean Genet’s THE BALCONY

 
 

Actors Renaissance Theatre, St. Louis, MO—Summer 1999
 

RAISED IN CAPTIVITY

Nicky Silver

 
Washington University, St. Louis, MO—August 1994 to Present
 

THE SEAGULL (Assistant Director)	Anton Chekhov
THE POET AND THE RENT (Touring Children’s Production)	David Mamet
ON TIDY ENDINGS (Class Project)	Harvey Fierstein
VINEGAR TOM	Caryl Churchill
MARISOL	José Rivera

ACU Theatre, Abilene, TX—January 1992 to May 1993
 

ROUNDABOUT	Robert L. Neblett
SHAW SHORTS:  AN EVENING OF G.B.S.	George Bernard Shaw
A CELEBRATION IN SPAIN:  A CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER (Assistant Director)	Robert L. Neblett

 
 

ACU Theatre, Abilene, TX—December 1991 to May 1993
 

NEW FACES 1991:  FA-LA-LA-LA-LA—A CHRISTMAS REVUE

ROUNDABOUT

A CELEBRATION IN SPAIN:  A CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER

A WRINKLE IN TIME (Based on Madeleine L’Engle’s Novel)

Washington University, St. Louis, MO—May 1993
 

LUMP’S KINGDOM (In-Class Staged Reading)

 
 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO—Fall 1994 to Present
 

Sound Design	VINEGAR TOM MARISOL
Assistant Scenic Design	MACHINAL
Props Construction	THE POET AND THE RENT THE SEAGULL VINEGAR TOM MARISOL
Scene Painting/Construction	THE POET AND THE RENT VINEGAR TOM CABARET MARISOL MACHINAL
Poster/Program Design	THE POET AND THE RENT AN EVENING OF ONE-ACTS:  VINEGAR TOM AND HAMLETMACHINE MARISOL

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX—January 1990 to June 1994
 

Sound Design	SHAW SHORTS TWELFTH NIGHT AS YOU LIKE IT
Props Design/ Construction	THE BOYS NEXT DOOR ONCE ON THIS ISLAND THE WINTER’S TALE THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL MAN OF LA MANCHA ROUNDABOUT SHAW SHORTS
Scenic Design	SHAW SHORTS ACU Student Activities Coffee House (Fall 1992)
Lighting Design	ROUNDABOUT SHAW SHORTS
Program Design	AS YOU LIKE IT ROUNDABOUT SHAW SHORTS 1990-94 UIL 2A Regional One-Act Play Competition
Poster Design	ROUNDABOUT AS YOU LIKE IT SHAW SHORTS
Scene Painting/ Construction	CYRANO DE BERGERAC THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 OTHELLO EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL MAN OF LA MANCHA SCAPINO! JO! TWELFTH NIGHT BLACK COFFEE BIG RIVER THE WINTER’S TALE ROUNDABOUT MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS SHAW SHORTS ROBIN HOOD:  BEWARE THE BOW A CELEBRATION IN SPAIN:  A CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER INTO THE WOODS
Stage Management	ROBIN HOOD:  BEWARE THE BOW 1990-94 UIL 2A Regional One-Act Play Competition
Makeup/Hair Design	INTO THE WOODS BIG RIVER A CELEBRATION IN SPAIN:  A CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER
Costume Construction	SCAPINO! TWELFTH NIGHT ROBIN HOOD:  BEWARE THE BOW A CELEBRATION IN SPAIN:  A CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER

 
 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO—Fall 1994 to Present
 

Training

Attended Washington University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Internet Publishing Workshop ("Using the Web as a Teaching Tool")—Summer 1998

Internet Web Page Design

Personal Web Page (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlneblet/) Original 1997 Performing Arts Department Home Page (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~pad/oldpages/)    Chinese 467/Drama 465 [Chinese Theatre] Course Web Page (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rhegel/chtheater/)  Comp Lit 215 [Beyond 1984:  Dystopia in Literature] Course Web Page (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlneblet/dystopia/) Drama 321 [Staging "Alice in Wonderland"] Course Web Page (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~pad/ alice)

 
 

Coordinated Fundraising and Lectures for Visiting Artists to the Washington University Performing Arts Department
 

José Rivera	Post-Show Discussion with Cast and Crew of MARISOL Formal Lecture Guest Lecture for Drama 226 Class (Fall 1997)
Holly Hughes	Lecture and Master Class (Spring 1997)

Copy Editor and Concept, Washington University Performing Arts Department 1998-99 Season Brochure—Spring 1998

Interim Secretary, Washington University Performing Arts Department, St. Louis, MO—Summer 1997

Office Staff, Abilene Christian University English Department, Abilene, TX—Summer 1991 to Fall 1993

Macintosh Writing Lab Assistant, Abilene Christian University English Department, Abilene, TX—Fall 1991

Co-Editor, Pickwicker Literary Magazine, Abilene Christian University English Department, Abilene, TX—Fall 1991

ACU Dinner Theatre—Waitstaff, House Staff, Assistant House Manager:  December 1989 to December 1993

Alley Theatre, Houston, TX—House Staff, Box Office Staff:  May 1993 to August 1993
 
 
 

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