First Name
James
Middle Name
Last Name
Thomas
City
State or Province
MI
Country
Job Title
Professor
Website
Biography
Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, and Associate Dean in the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts. He has taught at Mt. Holyoke College and Marquette University, and was Associate Dean of the School of Theatre at Florida State University. He was Chair of the Department of Theatre at Wayne State from 1994 to 1999, and interim chair of the new Department of Theatre and Dance, 2010-12. In 2001, he established a summer study abroad program with the Moscow Art Theatre School which is in its 15th year of continuous operation. He is translator of the books of the Russian director Anatoly Efros (Peter Lang) and the rehearsal journals of Efros’ groundbreaking production of The Seagull (Routledge). He is author of The Art of the Actor-Manager: Wilson Barrett and the Victorian Theatre (UMI Research Press) and Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers (Routledge). His latest book is A Director’s Guide to Stanislavsky’s Active Analysis (Bloomsbury). He is recipient of the Service Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the Outstanding Mentor Award and Murray Jackson Creative Scholar in the Arts Award from Wayne State University.
Interested in freelance opportunities
Yes
Languages spoken (New)
Engliah, Russain