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| Theatre & Language Arts Faculty |
| Holly Adams |
| A professional performer, playwright, mask maker, and teaching artist for the past 25 years, Holly Adams' work as an artist in residence for schools and universities links academic and arts curricula, and centers on arts-based academic curriculum. Holly taught in Connecticut's "Fame School" before moving to Tompkins County and has been an artist in residence for over 14 years of NYSCA's arts programs. She has given professional development workshops in conjunction with NYS Alliance for Arts Education, NYS Council on the Arts, the Community Arts Partnership, NYS Theatre Education Association, and various theater companies. Holly is a graduate of the Dell 'Arte School of Physical Theater, and holds a Masters degree in Theatre, Education, and Social Change from Empire State College. Holly’s favorite performances include: Further Adventures of Clown at the Hangar Theatre, Third Man in The Baltimore Waltz, Bird Legends with Kakeru at Cornell, VOICES/lives with co-creator and performer Pete Rush, The Oral Tradition at the West End Theatre in NYC, Richard III in Kynge’s Games, and Jen in Gossip at the Kitchen Theatre, all of the animals in My Father’s Dragon, Alanna for Full-Cast Audiobooks by Tamora Pierce, as well as eight years with commedia dell’arte companies. |
| Doreen Alsen |
| See listing under Private Instruction Faculty for Voice. |
| Edwin Lee Gibson |
| During his 30-year career in theatre, Edwin has performed in 82 productions in theatres across the country; and written seven plays. In 2006 he received the New York Theatre/Village Voice O.B.I.E. award for Outstanding Performance for his portrayal of Oedipus in Will Power’s “The Seven,” choreographed by Bill T. Jones and directed by Jo Bonney. (The OBIE is the highest award presented for work Off Broadway, and is voted on by fellow artists and theatre critics.) The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Commission and a Mondo Cane Commission, Edwin will perform his solo play, Five ‘Til at Dixon Place Theatre (NYC) in November 2010. As an educator, Edwin has taught acting to youth for over 13 years; nine years at the renowned Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts where he also served as Assistant Theatre Program Director along side Daphne Richards; and nine years at the Rye (NY) Arts Center. Since 2007, he has taught privately throughout the country through his brainchild, Thespis Brown Laboratory developing the Process/Progress technique for kids. Edwin is a frequent guest artist and speaker on the subjects of Theatre and Acting on the college level. |
| Liz Livesay |
| See listing under Dance Faculty |
| Daphne Richards |
| Daphne Richards was the Theatre Program Director at Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York City from 1997-2007. The Drama Program was an affordable pre-professional exposure and training program for youth ages 4-18 that produced future actors for the stage and audiences for the theater. Ms. Richards trained many young actors for further college training and professional opportunities including two students from the Drama Program who played Simba on Broadway: Scott Irby Rannair, who originated the role, and Mwanzza Brown. Ms Richards is also a professional theater director and educator. She is currently an adjunct teacher for Tompkins County Community College and SUNY Purchase where she teaches English and Theatre. A few of Ms. Richards' professional directing credits include, the Opening of Mrs. Diaz by Mark Levine at the Actors Centre in London and Five 'Til: SOLO by Edwin Lee Gibson, commissioned through the National Endowment for the Arts, at Dixon Place Theatre in NYC. Ms. Richards has a BA in Dramatic Literature, an MFA in Theatre Directing and is currently obtaining a MsED with a focus in reading literacy from Binghamton University. |
| Judy Scarpella |
| M.A., Linguistics, Italian, and B.A., Italian, French, and Foreign Language Education, University of Colorado. Extensive teaching experience includes being a senior lecturer, Dept. of Modern Languages, Cornell University, and instructor for BOCES, Ithaca. Fulbright teacher at the Facoltà di Magistero, Rome. |
| Tami Sluyter-Bennett |
| Tami received her Masters in Theatre Arts from California State University, Sacramento in 2003. She has been active in the theatre in various roles including: actor, singer, dancer, director and playwright. In 2003 she received a stipend from the women's Resources Artist in Residency program at Sacramento State to produce a staged reading of one of her original plays. She has also had opportunity to teach artistic programs during her many years of work in the human services field. During this time she had the opportunity to facilitate recreational activities for patients in a psychiatric hospital and was a choir director for adults with special needs. She has also had the opportunity to work with children in various roles including child care worker at a day care and mother to her two lovely girls. |