Daydrie A.

Hague

932 Park Lane Rd. (334) 707-0479

Auburn, AL 36830 hagueda@auburn.edu

PRESENT POSITION

Professor of Theatre, Auburn University; Auburn, AL.

Head, Performance Program.

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Acting (1980) Professional Actor Training Program,

University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

B.M. (1976) Music Education (K-12) Voice; Minor in Theatre Arts, Crane School of
Music, New York State University, Potsdam, New York.

National Certification (2003) Fitzmaurice Voicework®.

MBSR Phase 1 (2014) University of Massachusetts Medical Center Training.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Actors Equity Association (1983)

Screen Actors Guild (1984)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (1987) (SAG-AFTRA)
Alabama Conference of Theatre and Speech (1999)
Voice and Speech Trainers Association (2000)
Southeastern Theatre Conference, Voice Division (2000)
International Dialects of English Archive, Research Associate (2000)
Certified Associate Teacher, Fitzmaurice Voicework (2003)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (2004)
Theatre Communications Group (2007)
Alabama Association of Higher Education Diversity Officers (2011)
Fitzmaurice Institute, Research Division (2015)
Voice Foundation (2017)
Association for the Contemplative Mind in Higher Education ( 2019)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

UNIVERSITY TEACHING POSITIONS

 Auburn University (2012- present) Professor of Theatre.
Responsible for teaching studio acting and voice classes in the Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Fine Arts performance programs, as well as serving as director
and voice and dialect coach for university productions.
Head, Performance Program.
Coordinator of Advising.

Auburn University (2004- 2011) Associate Professor of Theatre.

Responsible for teaching acting, voice, and on-camera classes in the Bachelor of
Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts performance programs, as well as serving as
director and voice and dialect coach for university productions.
Head, Performance Program.
Coordinator of Advising and Scholarship Programs.

Auburn University (1999-2003) Assistant Professor of Theatre.

Responsible for teaching Introduction to Theatre, acting, voice, and on-camera
classes in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts performance programs, as
well as serving as director and voice and dialect coach for university productions.

Auburn University (1996-1999) Adjunct Professor of Theatre. Instructor of

Introduction to Acting and Stage Dialects. Voice and dialect coach for Tartuffe,
The Rimers of Eldritch, and Dancing at Lughnasa.

New York University (1990) Instructor of Effective Speech. Designed and taught
beginning lab course in vocal production, General American speech, and
presentation techniques.

City University of New York, Hostos Community College (1990) Instructor of

Voice and Speech Production. Designed and taught voice/speech course in English as
a Second Language, Rassias Method.

University of Washington (1978-1980) Graduate Teaching Assistant.

Responsible for teaching speech classes (Lessac) and singing tutorials to first
year M.F.A. candidates in the Professional Actor Training Program.

UNIVERSITY GUEST ARTIST/TEACHER POSITIONS

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1987,1989) Equity Guest Artist/Teacher.

Responsible for teaching workshops in dialects and audition technique.

University of the South (1987-1988) Equity Guest Artist. Responsible for teaching
acting techniques as a guest artist in two productions: A Doll's House
and When You Comin’ Back to The Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean?

RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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 Kennedy Center Partners in Education (1997-2000) Visiting Director. Dark of
the Moon, The Compleat Works of Wllm. Shakespeare Abridged, and Scenes from
American Life. Opelika Center for the Performing Arts.

Small Time Outreach Productions (1995-1998) Auburn, Alabama. Assistant

Director of Auburn Youth Shakespeare Project, a grant driven enrichment program
for
area youth. Directed Talking With and Mother Hicks.

Auburn University Outreach Program Office (1995-1996) Elderhostel instructor.

Designed and taught introductory theatre courses for non-traditional students.
Pat
Wingfield, Director.

Auburn University Theatrefest (1994) Instructor. A joint program sponsored

by the Outreach Program Office and the Auburn University Theatre Department.
Collaborated on the design and instruction of a two-week intensive theatre
workshop for high school students from the southeastern United States.

Kennedy Center Partners in Education (1994-1997) Drama Enrichment

Instructor/Guest Artist, Opelika Public Schools. Designed and implemented an
after school theatre program to enhance creative and cooperative skills in
selected elementary school students. Betty Wingo, Coordinator.

Lee County Boys and Girls Clubs Theatre Workshop (1992-1993) Project
Coordinator. Responsible for administration, curriculum design and implementation,
budgeting, staff supervision, instruction and play direction. Ages: 11-17. Funding
from
Alabama Governor’s Arts and Humanities Grant.

Private acting, voice, and speech coach (1998-Present) Devise individual

tutorials for actors, models, public speakers, and broadcast journalists in New
York and other cities throughout the country. (WABC, WSFA, NPR)

DIRECTING (1996-Present)

Telfair Peet Theatre

The Three Sisters by Anton Chekov
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
Speak Truth to Power, Voices from Beyond the Dark by Ariel Dorfman
The Shape of Things by Neil La Bute
Deadwood Dick or the Game of Gold by Tom Taggart
Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
Women & Love: (various authors)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rebecca Sheinkin
La Bete by David Hirson

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 She Loves Me by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
On the Verge by Eric Overmeyer
Playhouse Creatures by April de Angelis
The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin, Don McKellar, Lisa Lambert and Greg
Morrison
Antigone by Jean Anouilh
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, adapted as Holiday Memories by Russell
Vandenbroucke.
Marion Bridge by Daniel MacIvor (Online staged reading for AU Theatre)

The Theatre Upstairs

Lovers by Brian Friel
Arabian Nights by David Ives
What She Found There by John Glore
A Way With Words by Bertolt Brecht, David Ives, Tanya Palmer

Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts

Philadelphia by David Ives

Opelika Center for the Performing Arts

The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) by Long, Singer, Borgeson
Scenes from American Life by A.R. Gurney
Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson and William Berney

Not for Profit Theatre- Small Time Outreach Productions

Talking With by Jane Martin
Mother Hicks by Suzan Zeder

AU Touring Productions
Words, Words, Words by William Shakespeare (adapted by Daydrie Hague)
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Suess
The Lorax by Dr. Suess
Poetry Alive (A Poetic Anthology)

DIALECT COACH/ VOCAL DIRECTOR (2000-Present)

Arcadia, Assassins, The Comedy of Errors, Tartuffe, The Rimers of Eldritch,
Our Country’s Good, Noises Off, Trojan Women, Metamorphoses,
You Can’t Take It With You, A Flea in Her Ear, A Shayna Maidel,
The Laramie Project, The America Play, Defying Gravity, Brighton Beach Memoirs,
The Crucible, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Birthday Party, The Light
In the Piazza, Cabaret, Intimate Apparel, The Taming of the Shrew,
Lysistrata, Elephant’s Graveyard, Venus in Fur, Desdemona- A Play

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 About a Handkerchief, Sylvia, Season’s Greetings, Lady Windermere’s Fan,
Frankenstein, Playhouse
Creatures, The Foreigner, Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Belles Stratagem, Blithe Spirit.

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE (Acting)

Auburn University (2002-2007) Equity Guest Artist. Auburn AL. Strange Fruit,
Trojan Women (Hecuba), Metamorphoses, (Aphrodite).

Small Time Outreach Productions (2000) Equity Guest Artist. Auburn, AL.
Agnes of God, (Dr. Livingstone).

Theatre by the Grove (1987, 1989) Equity Guest Artist. Indiana University
of Pennsylvania. Talley’s Folly, See How they Run, Born Yesterday.

University of the South (1987-1988) Equity Guest Artist. Sewanee, TN.

A Doll’s House
When You Comin’ Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean?

Alley Theatre (1986, 1982-1984) Houston, Texas.

Resident member of the Equity Company, 3 years.
The Rivals
The American Dream
The Visit
Cloud 9
Scenes from American Life
Crimes of the Heart
What the Butler Saw

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (1986) St. Louis, MO. The Foreigner.

Vineyard Theatre Lab (1986) New York, NY. Multiple roles in workshop
productions of emerging playwrights.

Equity Library Theatre (1986) New York, NY. Three Sisters.

Theatre Virginia (1985) Richmond, VA. Cloud 9.

George Street Playhouse (1984) New Brunswick, NJ. The Taming of the Shrew.

Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round (1983) Scarborough, England.

The Temptation Texas Radio Revue. (Alan Ayckbourn, Artistic Director).

Dorset Theatre Festival/ Writers Colony (1981-1982) Dorset, VT.

God

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 Feiffer’s People
The Passion of Dracula
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Four of a Kind
You Never Know
Harvey
Gorilla (John Patrick Shanley – Premiere)

Provincetown Playhouse (1981) New York, NY. Four of a Kind by John

Nassivera. (NY premiere).

New Dramatists (1981) New York, NY. Premiere, John Patrick Shanley’s
Americana (Welcome to the Moon, The Red Coat).

Globe Theatre (1979) Odessa, TX. Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Acting)

Television (1980-1990)
All My Children, Loving, Ryan’s Hope; ABC-TV.
Search for Tomorrow; NBC-TV.
The Equalizer; CBS-TV.

Feature Films (1980- Present)

Hannah and Her Sisters, Woody Allen, dir. Orion Pictures Corp.
Awakenings, Penny Marshall, dir. Columbia Pictures Corp.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, John Hughes, dir. Paramount Pictures Corp.
Fletch, Michael Ritchie, dir. Universal Pictures.
Ishtar, Elaine May, dir. Columbia Pictures Corp.
Radio Days, Woody Allen, dir. Orion Pictures Corp
She Devil, Susan Seidelman, dir. Orion Pictures Corp.
Perfect, James Bridges, dir. Columbia Pictures Corp.
The House on Carroll Street, Peter Yates, dir. Orion Pictures Corp.
Alice, Woody Allen, dir. Orion Pictures Corp.
FX, Robert Mandell, dir. Orion Pictures Corp.
Just Act Normal, Holly Lavenstein, Dir.

SAMPLE OF EQUITY ROLES PLAYED

Dr. Livingstone, Agnes of God

Nora, A Doll's House
Billie Dawn, Born Yesterday

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 Sally Talley, Talley's Folly
Bianca, Taming of the Shrew
Edward/Victoria, Cloud 9
Babe, Crimes of the Heart
Lydia Languish, The Rivals
Imogen, Cymbeline
Wilhelmina, The Passion of Dracula
Nurse Kelly, Harvey
Mommy, The American Dream
Natasha, The Three Sisters
Catherine, The Foreigner
Geraldine Barclay, What the Butler Saw
Charmian, Antony and Cleopatra
Hilde Wangel, The Master Builder
Lizzie, The Rainmaker
Mary, Vanities
Lady Windermere, Lady Windermere's Fan
Hecuba, Queen of Troy, Trojan Woman
Aphrodite, Metamorphoses

DIRECTORS

Cliff Fannin Baker, Joan Vail Thorne, Pat Brown, John Vreeke, Scott Phillips,
Bill Glover, Craig Turner, Jack Sydow, Robert Loper, Beth Sanford,
Paul Lazarus, Jim Nicola, Pat McCorkle, Susan Gregg, Ed Stern, Michael Wright,
Jill Charles, Edgar Lansbury, Anthony Cornish, Roy Steinberg, Tom Markus, Gail
Garrison, Dyann Robinson, Rhett Leudtke, Lisa Channer, Robert Hobbs,
Sanford Robbins, Richard Ramos, Jeff Steitzer, Jack Glover, Clayton Corzatte
Jonathan Bloom, John Patrick Shanley, John Morrison.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Singing:
Robert Coller, NY, NY.
Jay and Gloria Hilborn (Metropolitan Opera) NY.
Victor Byrd, NY, NY.
Anitra Lynch, Floyd Callahan- Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam, NY.

Acting:
Robert L. Hobbs, PATP University of Washington.
Jeff Steitzer, Clayton Corzatte, Seattle, Washington.
Allan Schoerr, Actor’s Institute, NY, NY.
Kevin O’Connor, Corner Loft, NY, NY.

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 Voice/Speech:
Will York (Lessac) University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Cecil MacKinnon, Natsuko Ohama, (Linklater) NY, NY.
5-Day Intensive, Fitzmaurice Voicework®: Catherine Fitzmaurice
(Voice) Dudley Knight (Speech) David Howie (Text), UNC Greensboro, 2002.
Fitzmaurice Certification Program: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Dudley Knight, Joan
Melton, Donna Snow, Lynne Innerst, Paul Backer, Lynn Watson. NY, NY.
Voice Methods Intensive, College of William and Mary: Catherine Fitzmaurice
(Fitzmaurice Voicework®) Louis Colaianni (Linklater Technique) Nancy Krebs
(Lessac Technique).
Fitzmaurice Mastery Workshops, 2005, 2007 NY, NY. Catherine Fitzmaurice,
Lynne Innerst, Donna Snow, (Temple University) Phil Thompson (U. C. Irvine).
Patsy Rodenburg, Voice and Text. 2009 NY, NY.

Movement:
Craig Turner (LeCoq Masque), David Boushey (Combat).

Archetypes of Voice/Myth:
Frankie Armstrong, Janet Rodgers Hereford, England.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Techniques:

Lynn Koerbel, Carolyn West, Center for Mindfulness U. Mass Medical Center.

COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT

AUBURN UNIVERSITY B.F.A. PROGRAM

Studio Voice 1 (Fundamentals of Vocal Production and Speech)

Studio Voice 2 (Voice, Text and Acting)
Studio Voice 3 (Shakespeare and Heightened Texts)
Studio Acting 4 (Musical Theatre/Singing for the Actor)
Studio Voice 5 (Stage Dialects)
Studio Acting 6 (Professional Preparation/ Audition Technique)
BFA Junior Performance Studio (Fitzmaurice Voicework)
BFA Senior Studio (Phonetics, Dialects & Style)

AUBURN UNIVERSITY B.A. PROGRAM

Beginning Acting /Acting 1(Stanislavski)

Advanced Acting / Acting II (Acting Methods)
Intermediate Voice (Voice and Text)
Introduction to Theatre
Performance Techniques for the Camera
Summer Theatre Ensemble

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 Applied Acting

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

The Human Odyssey

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Effective Speech

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Voice and Speech Production for Speakers of English as a Second Language

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Voice and Speech, Singing for the Actor

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS/ PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, ADJUDICATIONS

AND CONSULTING

“Confronting Performance Anxiety”: Research Paper Presentation

Fitzmaurice Research Summit (Virtual) August, 2020.

“Anxiety and the Performer- A Case History” Research Presentation

Association for the Contemplative Mind in Higher Education.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. November, 2019.

“Anxiety and the Performer” Research Presentation with Andrew Papa

University of Detroit, Mercy, Voice and Speech Trainers Association /Pan
American
Vocology International Conference, Seattle, Washington. August 2018.

“Empowering Women to Act”- From Ivory Tower to Social Action, a

Social Justice Panel in Honor of International Women’s Day- Auburn
University, March, 2018.

“Evaluating the Effects of Stress Reduction Techniques and Fitzmaurice

Voicework® on Physiological Markers and Mental States Related to
Performance Anxiety.” Research Presentation at the 47th Annual Voice
Foundation- Care of the Professional Voice. Philadelphia, PA June, 2017.
Dr. Mary Sandage, Co-Presenter.

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 “Help, Hypotheses, and Hope- Techniques for Addressing Performance
Anxiety in Student Actors.” Research presentation tracing the history of
actor training methodologies which address stage fright and the stress
associated with auditions and performance. With Andrew Papa, University of
Detroit, Mercy, and Amy Chaffee, Tulane University/UCLA. ATHE, Las Vegas
Nevada, 2017.

“Evaluating Stress Reduction Techniques and Fitzmaurice Voicework®

as a Template for Addressing Performance Anxiety and Enhancing Focus in
Student Actors.” Paper presentation examining the history of research protocols
investigating performance anxiety in actors, and proposing MBSR techniques
and Fitzmaurice Voicework® as one possible intervention. Voice and Speech
Trainers
International Conference, Montreal, Canada. 2015.

“Fundamentals of Fitzmaurice Voicework®”, “Vocal Techniques Applied to

Devised Theatre Practice,” “Investigating Rhetorical Clues to Inform Acting
Choices in Moliere’s Tartuffe.” Workshop presentations/guest artist residency
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 2014.

“Rehearsal Hall to Performance Space: Mind the Gap!”

Workshop demonstrating best vocal practices for making the transition
into the performance space for both beginning and experienced actors.
With Lynn Watson, UMBC, Ursula Meyer, UCSD. VASTA International
Conference. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, U.K. 2014.

“Post Tenure Pathways for the Voice Specialist.”

Workshop/Panel for mid-career theatre voice professionals. Voice and Speech
Trainers National Conference, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN. 2013.

“Negotiating Effective and Sustainable Community- University Partnerships.”

Panel presentation with Jennifer Wood Adams, Nan Fairley, Jay Lamar. Imagining
America-Artists and Scholars in Public Life Conference, NYU. NYC. 2012.

“Speaking Truth: Self Advocacy Through Inter-Active Theatre.”

Invited Workshop/Presentation focusing on communication techniques
for self- advocacy and marginalized groups. With David Ley (University
of Alberta) Shannon Vickers (University of Winnepeg.) Voice and Speech
Trainers Association National Conference, Washington, DC. 2012.

“Interdisciplinarity in Local Contexts.” Plenary Response Panel/Research

Presentation. With Jill Dolan, Princeton University, Panill Camp, Washington
University, Christin Essin, University of Arizona, Megan Shea, NYU,
Lionel Walsh, University Of Windsor, Kelly Hoew, North Central College,
Nina Le Noir, Chapman University, Becky Prophet, Alfred University,

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 Chase Bringardner (Panel Chair) Auburn University. Association for
Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Chicago, IL. 2011.

“Research Writing: Goals and Methodology. ” Overview of best practices

for effective writing in voice studies scholarly publications. With Lynn Watson,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Jeff Morrison, Marymount
Manhattan College, Dudley Knight, Editor- in- Chief, Voice and Speech
Review, Voice and Speech Trainers Association Conference, Chicago, IL. 2011.

“Pass It On: Art at the Intersection of Civic Engagement.” Research

Panel on interdisciplinary arts-based research projects designed to support
underserved populations. With Mandy Fox, Ohio State University. Voice and
Speech Trainers Association Conference, Chicago, IL. 2011.

“Lift Every Voice: Vocal Performance and Civic Engagement.”

Peer reviewed paper/presentation. Cuevos/Voice and Speech Trainers
Association International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. 2010.

“The Human Voice: Theatre as A Means of Celebrating Diversity and

Creating
Community." Paper Presentation 10th International Conference on Diversity
in Organizations, Communities and Nations, Queens University, Belfast, Northern
Ireland. 2010.

“Beyond Tenure." Interactive Theatre Presentation and Facilitation.

National Science Foundation: Advance Auburn: Small Wins Workshop- Post Tenure
Pathways. Auburn University, AL. 2010.

“Breath in Action: Fitzmaurice Voicework® as Support for Stanislavski’s

Physical Pursuit of Actions." Workshop presentation with Prof. Chris Qualls,
Auburn University, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Birmingham, AL. 2009.

“Sharing the Wealth: Speech Language Pathologists and Actor-Voice Trainers

Serving the Transgendered Client." Research presentation and panel
discussion of best practices for serving transgendered clients in their vocal, physical
and
behavioral transition. With Joanna Cazden, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles,
Richard
Adler, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN, Douglas McArthur, University of
Lembeth, Alberta, Canada. Voice and Speech Trainers National Conference, Pace
University, NYC. 2009.

“The Third Year Review." Interactive Theatre Presentation- Author, Director,

Facilitator. National Science Foundation, Advance Auburn: Best Practices for Small
Wins Workshop Advancing Women in Academic Science- Auburn University, AL.
2009.

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 “A New Role -A Team Approach- Supporting the Transgender/Transsexual
Client in Transition." Peer reviewed paper/presentation focusing on the
incorporation of actor training methods into the clinical setting to facilitate
transsexuals’ persona transition. Voice and Speech Trainers National Conference,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon. 2008.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Preliminary Rounds Judge, Irene Ryan National Acting Scholarship Competition
Production Respondent to Noh Theatre presentation. University of Wyoming,
Laramie, Wyoming. 2008.

“Fundamentals of Fitzmaurice Voicework®.” Workshop presentation focusing on

the connection of breath, vocal production, and performance. Kennedy Center
American College Theatre Festival Region 7. University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming. 2008.

“Speech Language Pathologists and Theatre- A Collaborative Approach for

a Transgender Client.” Poster Presentation- Michael Moran, Lisa Roper. American
Speech Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL. (contributor) 2008.

“Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Vocal Archetypes of Myth, Laban /Bartenieff- A

Synergistic Approach to the Rehearsal and Performance of Metamorphoses.”
Presentation of Research and Video Documentary chronicling the process of
incorporating archetypal behaviors into the rehearsal process of a play based on
classical mythology. Voice and Speech Trainers National Conference, National
Center for Voice, Denver, Colorado. 2007.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 4

Irene Ryan National Acting Scholarship Competition Respondent-providing
performance feedback to actors in private sessions. Southwestern Georgia
University, Americus, GA. 2007.

“Fundamentals of Fitzmaurice Voicework.” Workshop Leader. Irene Ryan

National Acting Scholarship Judge, Festival Production Respondent, Kennedy
Center
American College Theatre Festival Region 7. Central Washington University,
Ellensburg,
Washington. 2007.

“Brian Friel and the Dialects of Northern Ireland.” Workshop Leader.

Introduction to the various components of the dialects of Northern Ireland.
Southeastern Theatre Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2007.

“The Queen’s English- Back by Popular Demand.” Workshop Leader

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 Dialect Acquisition- Standard British Speech for the Stage. Southeastern Theatre
Conference, Orlando, Florida. 2006

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Preliminary Rounds Respondent, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition.
Jacksonville, FL. 2006.

“The Queen’s English." Workshop Presenter, Guidelines for Standard British

dialect
acquisition for the stage with Kate Ingram, University of Central Florida,
Southeastern
Theatre Conference, Greensboro, NC. 2005.

“Fitzmaurice Voicework®/ Rehearsal Techniques." Presentation on effective

approaches for collaboration between director, vocal director and actor. Workshop
Presenter with Lynn Watson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Michael
Barnes, Artistic Director, Wayne State. Facilitating acting choices through effective
use of breath, resonance, and physical release. Voice and Speech Trainers
International Conference, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow,
Scotland. 2005.

“Collaboration on Voice, Speech and Text for Performance.”

Workshop/Panel Participant with Lynn Watson, University of Maryland, Collette
Searls, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Michael Barnes, Wayne State,
Elizabeth Van der Berg, McDaniels College, American Theatre in Higher Education
Conference, Toronto, Canada. 2004.

“Breathing Life into Your Song." Workshop Leader. Breathing techniques

drawn from Fitzmaurice Voicework for the singing actor. Presented with Lynn
Watson,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Renee Pulliam, University of Mississippi,
Southeastern Theatre Conference, Chattanooga, TN. 2004.

Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival -Respondent, Irene Ryan

National Acting Scholarship Program, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah,
Georgia. 2003.

“Fitzmaurice Voicework®- An Introduction.” Workshop Director, with Michele

Cuomo, University of Georgia. A participatory workshop introducing basic
techniques
of Fitzmaurice Voicework and its application to performance for actors. Kennedy
Center/American College Theatre Festival, Savannah, GA. 2003.

“The Physicality of Dialects.” Workshop Moderator. A panel

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 demonstration outlining the physical aspects of dialect acquisition in study and
performance. Michael Barnes, Miami University, Lynn Watson, University of
Maryland, Baltimore County, Richard Gang, Elon College. Southeastern Theatre
Conference, Mobile, AL. 2003.

Kennedy Center/ American College Theatre Festival, Preliminary Rounds

Adjudicator. National Irene Ryan Scholarship Competition, Spartanburg, SC. 2003.

“Current Trends and Resources in Dialect Acquisition.” Workshop Presenter

with
Lynn Watson, UMBC. Southeastern Theatre Conference, Mobile, Alabama. 2002.

“Intervention Strategies for Actors in Distress.” Workshop Director.

An interdisciplinary panel presenting shared stress management techniques for
athletes and performers. Lani Harris, University of Central Florida, Dr. Mary
Rudisill, Head, Kinesiology, Auburn University. Southeastern Theatre Conference,
Jacksonville, Fla. 2001.

“Composition of Text Files for the International Dialects of English Archive.”

Panel Introduction/Demonstration of the newly launched International Dialects
of English Archive with Paul Meier, Founder, University of Kansas. Voice and
Speech
Trainers Conference. Washington, DC. 2000.

Walter Trumbauer Alabama District Competition. Individual Events Judge.

Alabama Conference of Theatre and Speech, Walter Trumbauer Alabama State
Competition. Duet Acting Judge.1998.

Auburn University Department of Education. Presentation exploring

implementation of drama techniques in traditional classroom instruction. Dr. Nancy
Barry, Coordinator. 1995.

School of Veterinary Medicine and A.U. Educational Television. Featured

Performer in conflict resolution video produced for clients throughout Alabama.
1995.

Auburn Arts Association. Member, Arts Scholarship Award Committee. 1994.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Awarded Outreach Grant ($1,200) for “Lift Every Voice” Community and Civic
Engagement project; Loachapoka Public Schools. AU Outreach/State Farm
Insurance. 2010-2020.

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 Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award, Auburn University, 2019 (30,000).

Kennedy Center Award Excellence in Directing, The Drowsy Chaperone and

Antigone.
2016, 2017.

Awarded Research Grant ($2,000) to pursue training in Mindfulness Based Stress

Reduction Techniques and begin preliminary research study in stress reduction
techniques for actors with performance anxiety. CLA/Dept. of Theatre 2014-2015.

Awarded ($1,000) CLA Academy of Outstanding Teachers, for excellence in

teaching- 2014.

Awarded Promotion to Full Professor. 2012.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Excellence in Directing

Award for La Bête. 2012.

Awarded International Travel Grant ($3,000) to present research on

interdisciplinary
projects related to engaged/outreach teaching, theatre performance, and diversity at
the
10th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and
Nations
Queens University, Belfast Northern Ireland. 2011.

Appointed Diversity Officer for the College of Liberal Arts. 2010.

Invited to join Community and Civic Engagement Summer Academy

College of Liberal Arts Summer Grant ($1,500) for curricula and resource
development,
assessment tools, IRB protocols, instructional and logistical support for
community and civic engagement activities and scholarship. 2009.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Excellence in Directing Award

for Lady Windermere’s Fan. 2008.

Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education Award- Auburn

University Human Odyssey Program. 2008.

Invited to join National Science Foundation funded Advance Auburn PAID

Grant project as Faculty Associate/Theatre Consultant Responsible for promoting the
hiring and advancement of women in STEM disciplines. Dr. Donna Sollie, PI. 2006.

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 Invited to join Human Odyssey Faculty- an interdisciplinary course exploring the
human acquisition of knowledge from the perspective of both science and the
humanities. Dr. James Bradley, Director. 2006.

Kennedy Center ACTF Meritorious Achievement in Directing for The Shape of

Things. 2006.

Lovers (AU production) nominated for Recognition by Kennedy Center American

College Theatre Festival, Southeastern Region. 2005.

Regional Editor, VASTA Voice -Quarterly publication of the Voice and Speech
Trainers Association. 2005-2011.

Awarded Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor, Auburn University. 2004.

City of Auburn Award for citywide arts in education program at the Jan Dempsey
Cultural Arts Center. 2004.

Received Teaching Excellence in the Fine Arts Award, College of Liberal Arts,
Auburn University. ($1,000) 2003.

Awarded National Certification (2003) Teacher: Fitzmaurice Voicework.

Awarded Daniel F. Breeden Teaching Award ($2,000) to pursue intensive study in

Fitzmaurice Voicework® in NYC. 2002.

Awarded College Liberal Arts Grant ($2000) To pursue intensive training/research

and certification in Fitzmaurice Voice work and related vocal studies vocal studies.
2002.

College of Liberal Arts Grant in Aid to attend preliminary studies in Fitzmaurice

Voicework®. ($500) 2001.

Regional Editor: International Dialects of English Archive. 2000-present.

Awarded Alabama Arts Council Grant To appear as Equity Guest Artist in Agnes
of God for Small Time Outreach Productions Non-Profit Theatre. 1999.

Awarded Distinguished Teaching/Service Award From Boys and Girls Clubs of

Greater Lee County for outstanding contributions in theatre. Alabama Governor’s
Arts and Humanities Grant. 1994.

OUTREACH, IN-SERVICE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY AND CIVIC

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Lift Every Voice Project: Developed a community and civic engagement project in
which senior BFA performance majors taught a series of vocal performance
workshops in the Loachapoka Extended Day Program and collaborated on the
research, rehearsal and public performance of a program of African-American Poetry.
Funded by AU Outreach and State Farm Insurance. 2010- present.

Speech and Hearing Clinic: Communication Disorders: Collaboration with

Michael Moran SLP, clinicians and graduate students on a program of vocal therapy
and presentational/behavioral skills for transgendered clients transitioning from male
to female personas. 2008-2009.

Voice and Speech Trainers Association- Pace University, NY. Conducted

workshop advocating best practices for assisting transsexuals in clinical settings.
2009.

National Science Foundation Advance Auburn Program. Faculty Associate and

Theatre Consultant. Responsible for research, development and presentation of
interactive theatre scripts that explore issues facing women in academic science
presented in national Advance conferences. Donna Sollie, PI 2006-2011.

Director/Producer: Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark.

Produced and directed a multi-racial cast in benefit performance of Ariel Dorfman’s
play profiling human rights activists for the Robert Kennedy Foundation For Human
Rights. 2006.

Poetry Alive/Poetry in Motion. Service Learning Initiative with City of Auburn:

Directed Senior BFA Performance Majors in a Poetry Alive performance, and
coordinated and taught week long poetry–in- performance workshops with 3rd graders
from all Auburn elementary schools at the Jan Dempsey Cultural Arts Center. 2004

Producer/ Director Touring productions for area schools incorporating Shakespeare

and poetry designed as fine and language arts enrichment and promoting sustainable
practices within the community. (Poetry Anthology, Poetry Is, Horton
Hears A Who, Words, Words, Words-A Shakespeare Primer, The Lorax) 2004-2009.

Workshop Director “Getting Kids into the Act: Enhancing the Dramatic
Performance Skills of Students” Kennedy Center Partners in Education/Opelika
Arts Association; Co-presenter, with Dan LaRocque (AU Theatre) workshop for
elementary and middle school teachers engaged in teaching drama in the public
schools; Ray Winegar, Coordinator. 1996

Elderhostel Instructor: Outreach Program Office Taught introductory theatre

courses to non-traditional students. Pat Wingfield, Director. 1995-1996.

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 Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Lee County Collaborated in developing a theatre
program centered on major events in African-American history. Funded by Alabama
Governor’s Arts and Humanities Grant. 1992-1994.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Article: “Evaluating Stress Reduction Techniques and

Fitzmaurice Voicework® on Physiological Markers and Mental States
in Performance Anxiety in Student Actors,” with Mary Sandage, Voice and
Speech
Review 10, 2- 3, 121-130. London, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/
232682632016.1355518 published on line and in print, 2017.

Peer Reviewed Article: “Evaluating Stress Reduction Techniques and

Fitzmaurice Voicework® as a Template for Addressing Performance Anxiety
and
Enhancing Focus in Student Actors,” Voice and Speech Review 9, 2-3, 1-11
London,
Routledge 2016. Taylor Francis http: dx.doi.org/10.1080/2326823 2016.1231513
2016-2017.

Book Review: “Voice Into Acting: Integrating Voice and the Stanislavski
Approach.” by Christina Gutenkunst and John Gillett. Theatre Topics 25.1 (2015)
100-
101.

Book Review: “An Actress Prepares: Women and The Method ” by Rosemary
Malague. Theatre Topics 23.1(2013) 107-108.

Book Chapter: “Mentoring Pathways: A Small-Wins Approach to Fostering

Faculty Development.” Mentoring Strategies to Facilitate the Advancement of
Women Faculty, ed. K. Karakstis, B.L. Gourley, M. Rossi, and L.L. Wright,
American
Chemical Society Symposium Series (Washington, D.C.: American Chemical
Society/Oxford University Press): 61-78 (2010-electronic, 2011 hard copy).
Fourth author with Toni Alexander, Donna Sollie, Victoria Brown, Overtoun
Jenda, Alice E. Smith, Daniel Svyantek, Marie Wooten. Invited chapter, peer
reviewed.

Peer Reviewed Article: “Lift Every Voice, Vocal Performance and Civic
Engagement.” Voice and Speech Review, 8 (2011): 95- 101.

Peer-Reviewed Article: “The Human Voice, Theatre as a Means of

Celebrating Diversity and Creating Community.” International Journal of
Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations 10 (2011): 37-50. (First
author with Toni Alexander, Donna Sollie, Marie Wooten, Daniel Svyantek, Alice E.

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 Smith, Overtoun Jenda.)

Peer Reviewed Article: “A New Role- A Team Approach to Supporting the

Transsexual Client in Transition.” Voice and Speech Review 7 (2009): 136-143.
(First author with Michael Moran)

Book Review: “Shakespeare’s Wordcraft: A Review.” Southern Theatre XLIX, 3

(2008): 31-32.

International Dialects of English Archive (2000- present)

An online archive of primary source dialects and accent recordings for the
Performing Arts. Global in scope, IDEA is a resource for theatre practitioners and
linguists; it contains recording of native speakers and dialectical analysis
recordings of native speakers and the dialectical analysis.

Contributions to IDEA
Alabama 3: Northern Alabama: white, middle aged female subject.
Alabama 4: Chambers County, AL: older, African-American female subject.
Alabama 5: Lower Alabama, Brewton: young, white male subject.
Alabama 6: Baldwin County, AL: white male, college student.
Alabama 7: East Central Alabama: young white male subject.
Alabama 8: Lee County, Alabama: older African-American female subject.
Alabama 9: Tuskegee, Alabama: African-American female subject, performing artist.
Alabama 10: Valley, Alabama: middle aged, white female subject.
Alabama 11: Montgomery, Alabama: young African-American male subject, college student.
Alabama 12: Birmingham, Alabama: African- American male subject, college student.
Alabama 13: Coosa County, Alabama: African- American male subject.
New York 11: New York Metropolitan area -white male subject of Italian ancestry.
New Jersey 2: Cranford, North Central New Jersey: educated white professional, male.
Virginia 3: Southwestern Virginia: older white male.
Virginia 4: Martinsville, Virginia: older white female.
Italy 7: Porto Empedocle, Agrigento, Sicily: older white male subject.
Georgia 2: Macon, Georgia: educated white male – professor.
Georgia 3: Athens, Georgia: white male, veteran, twenty-five years old.
Chile 2: Santiago, Chile: white Hispanic female.
Chile 3: Valparaiso, Chile: white Hispanic male- professor.
Guatemala 2: Andes region: Hispanic male.
Germany 5: Essen, Germany: middle aged, educated, white male subject.
Special Collections, Greek/Restored English pronunciations for person and place names in
Euripides’ Trojan Women
Copyright, International Dialects of English Archive. www.dialectsarchive.com

SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL

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 Outside Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion Candidates in Voice and
Speech: University of Alabama (2020) University of Mississippi (2018).

Fitzmaurice Institute, Research/Board and Mentor -editor and mentor to

Fitzmaurice practitioners publishing research about FV methods. (2016-Present).

Voice and Speech Review (2007-Present) Peer Reviewer for Pedagogy and
Coaching, Pronunciation, Phonetics, Linguistics, Dialects, Accent Studies,
Heightened Text, Verse and Scansion and Voice Related Movement Studies articles.

Voice and Speech Trainers Conference (2007-Present) Peer Reviewer for paper
presentations and workshops.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (2003-2008) Irene Ryan

National Acting Scholarship Judge/Respondent, Production respondent.

Vasta Voice (Voice and Speech Trainers Bi-Annual Newsletter) (2005-2011)

Regional Editor.

Alabama Conference of Theatre (1998-1999, 2002, 2004-2005) Performance

Scholarship/ Festival Acting Events respondent.

UNIVERSITY

President’s Multicultural Diversity Commission (2013- 2016)

Minority Guidance Counselors Browse (2010-2012)
Presidential Graduate Opportunity Scholarship Committee (2010-2013)
University Diversity Council (2010-2013) Overtoun Jenda, Chair
Health and Wellness Committee (2007-2009) Mary Rudisill, Chair
Graduation Announcer (2007)
NSF/Advance Auburn Project (2006-2011) Donna Sollie, PI
Assessment Committee (2005) Drew Clark, Chair
Student Success Advisory Council (2001-2003)
Auburn University Extension (1992) Youth at Risk Seminar, Ralph Foster, Dir.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Presenter (2003) Outreach Drama Initiatives for Field Training Seminar,

Emily Melvin, Assoc. Dean, Director.

Advisory Council (2002) College of Education Assurance Seminar,

Reading Education Program. Jeff Gorrell, Chair.

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 Presenter (1995) Exploring Implementation of Performance Techniques in
traditional classroom education. Nancy Barry, Director.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Community and Civic Engagement Academy Mentor, Giovanna Summerfield,

Chair. (Ongoing)
Tenure and Promotion Committee (2016-2019).
Emcee (2009-2019) Co-Emcee College of Liberal Arts Awards Ceremony.
Diversity Advisor, Sociology/Anthropology/Social Work Faculty Searches
(2013).
Emily Meyers, Carol Zugazaga, Chairs.
Voice Over Talent (2010) PSA Arts and Humanities Month, Barb Bondi,
Coordinator. Performer (2010) Performed the role of Shannon Jacuzzi, in Professor
Chris Quall’s The Synaptic Gap, a Mental Health Advocacy Play as part of the
College of Liberal Arts
Arts and Humanities Month.
Emcee: Auburn Pops (2010) A musical theatre concert performance and art exhibit
to raise money for scholarships for Art, Music, and Theatre Students.
CLA Diversity Team (2007-2010) Chi Chi Lovett, Chair.
English Chair Search Committee Member (2010) Ann Knipschild, Chair.
Speech and Hearing Clinic Associate (2008-2009) Michael Moran, Director.
PETL Committee (2007-2009) Barb Bondi, Debra Worthington, Chairs.
CLA Scholarship Committee (2006-2015) Constance Relihan, Dan LaRocque,
Charles Israel, Chairs.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION/JOURNALISM

Voice Over Actor: Participation in pilot program for the testing of

auditory/inflection pattern capabilities of aging clients. Bill Villaume, Project
Director.

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE

Head, Performance (2011-present).

Coordinator of Advising (2005-present).
Search Committee, Professor of Acting, 2020.
Member, Theatre Dept. Committee, Biggio Learning Improvement Curricular
Innovation Project (2017-).
Search Committee Chair, Instructor, Music Theatre (2018).
Teaching Excellence Presentation Team. (2018, 2019).
Search Committee Member, Management Faculty (2016).

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 Coordinator of Scholarship Activities (2005- 2015).
Search Committee, Music Theatre Voice Faculty (2013).
Search Committee Chair, Dance Instructor (2009).
Search Committee Chair, Music Theatre Director (2006-2007).
Search Committee Chair, Acting Faculty (2007, 2011).
Theatre Season Selection Committee (Ongoing).
Mentoring Committee (Ongoing).
BFA Performance Curriculum Committee (Ongoing).
Recruitment Committee (2011-2018).

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE (Service/Creative Work)

Coordinator/Participant (Seminar Series for theatre productions of Three Sisters,

Hay Fever, Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Birthday Party, The Member of the
Wedding, She Loves Me (Pebble Hill) Playhouse Creatures (w/Women’s Studies),
Antigone (w/Women’s Studies).

Performer Portrayed role of Julia in Roald Hoffman’s (Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
staged reading of Should’ve, which explores the moral implications of scientific
discovery and application. The production was performed in the Telfair Peet Theatre,
directed by Scott Phillips and coached by the playwright. (2010)

Voice Over Actor Auburn University Radio Flyer Productions The Gift of the
Magi and The Last Leaf, Dan LaRocque, director, Kelly Walker, producer. 2011-
2012.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Diversity Officer, College of Liberal Arts. (2010-2013)

Responsible for administering CLA’s Faculty and Student Diversity Committees
advancing objectives of CLA Diversity Strategic Plan, coordinating diversity
initiatives
in recruitment, research, creative work, service and outreach. CLA Representative to
University Diversity Council, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.

Director, College of Liberal Arts “Find Your Place” Camp. (2011-2014)

Academic/arts camp for gifted underserved students from Lee and Macon Counties.
Develop curricula, hire faculty, staff and students, coordinate budgets, activities,
services, resources, and venues.

REFERENCES

Paul Meier, Professor Emeritus

Department of Theatre and Film

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University of Kansas
Founder/Director International Dialects of English Archive
paul@paulmeier.com

Catherine Fitzmaurice, Professor Emeritus

University of Delaware
Founder, Fitzmaurice Voicework®
Fitzmaurice Institute
Catherine@fitzmauricevoice.com

Lynn Watson, Master Teacher, Fitzmaurice Voicework®

Professor, Department of Theatre
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Past President, Voice and Speech Trainers Association
jwatson@umbc.edu

Dr. Heather May

Founding Director Mosaic Theatre Company
Associate Professor, Theatre
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
MAY@hws.edu

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