DOUG CUMMINS

Furman University
Department of Theatre Arts
Greenville, SC 29613

Office (864-294-2127)
FAX (864) 294-2128

mailto: doug.cummins@furman.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Furman University
Professor, Theatre Arts Department - Beginning Sept. 1997
Director - The Irish Theatre Center, 2005 -
Department Chair, 1997 - 2004

The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, 1972 - 1997

EDUCATION
Ph.D. - Texas Tech University, 1980
Dissertation: Management by Objectives in Community Theatre: An Internship Report

M.F.A. - Texas Christian University, 1972
Thesis: Developing a Course of Study in Musical Theatre for Actors

M.Div. - Texas Christian University, Brite Divinity School, 1969
Major: Theology and Liturgy

B.M.Ed. - Texas Christian University,1966
Major: Voice and Conducting

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

Honors and Awards
Outstanding Faculty Award, The University of Texas - Pan American, Fall, 1995
The Ann La Mantia Award for Service ot the Community, McaAllen TX

Professional Residencies
Federal University of Minas Gerais (U.F.M.G.)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil November 1 - 15, 1993
A two week residency under the auspices of The Fulbright Foundation and Estudo Shakespearianos of U.F.M.G. I led six three-hour acting workshops, taught three courses in American dramatic literature and performed Shakespeare Lives! three times.


Plays Directed
I have directed over 75 plays, musicals and operas and performed over 25 roles

Shakespeare Lives!
A one man Shakespeare show that I developed and now perform. It was accepted for the Touring Artists Program of the Texas Commission on the Arts for four consecutive years. I have performed it on the UT-Pan American campus and in high schools, colleges, arts festivals, and for civic groups and conventions in Texas, Indiana, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma Singapore, Brazil and Canada.

Theatre Music Composed and Performed
She's the One (Entire Score - Musical) June, 1973 Pan American Summer Stock
Tartuffe(Incidental Music) November, 1976 Texas Tech University
Antigone (Incidental Music) October, 1984 Pan American University
Tell Me a Story (Entire Score - Musical) October, 1985 Pan American University
Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread ( One Act Play by David Ives) Furman UNiversity, April, 1998
Antigone (Incidental Music) Furman University, 1999

Publications
Editor, Theatre Southwest, Journal of the Southwest Theatre Association (SWTA) 1988 - 1991
Reviewed for publication - The Essential Theatre by Oscar Brockett 1988
Editor, Southwest Theatre Reports, Newsletter of SWTA 1988-92
Gallant Men in Spite of Themselves, Theatre Southwest, 1999
Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 1999, Theatre Journal, May, 1999
Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2000, Theatre Journal, May, 2000
Book Review Editor, Southern Theatre, 1999-2004

 

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