Stephanie Daniels
Associate Professor of Theatre
Office: Watson 124
Office Hours: Thursday 1:30-3:30
Phone: 508-286-3596
Email: daniels_stephanie@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
M.F.A., Trinity Rep Conservatory/Rhode Island College
A.B., Wheaton College, 97
Main Interests
Teaching, directing and helping my students discover their artistic voices in whatever creative venue that applies. Also connecting with disciplines outside of the arts to encourage conversation through the theatre.
Research Interests
Politically and socially relevant theatre, how it can be used on college campuses to help diversity. Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed.
Teaching Interests
Exploring how contemporary playwrights have dealt with controversial issues, such as race, sexuality, religion, and class and discovering how theatre can be used as a vehicle to unite communties and encourage dialouge.
I also love teaching beginning acting where we focus on discovering and freeing the actor's voice, body and spirit.
Other Interests
I love climbing the rocks at the beach in southern Maine, getting lost in a great book, eating fabulous meals with family and friends ... cross-stitch, knitting ... a novice but enthusiastic camper, hiker, and bike rider!
I am also a proud alumna of Wheaton College, class of '97. My favorite time in October is coming back for Homecoming to visit with friends and enjoy the beauty of the campus in the fall.
Student Projects
This semester, there are students designing the costumes and acting in the main stage production J.B. Priestly's AN INSPECTOR CALLS; directing scenes from Lillian Hellman's THE CHILDREN'S HOUR in Beginning Directing; studying with Performance Artist Tim Miller in Theatre and Social Change and learning about Image and Forum Theatre with guest artist Mekbul Jamel Tahir.
Performances
I will be performing in the staged reading of Ken Prestininzi's Breath Bride Birth Elizabeth on Sept. 27, 2008 as Mary Shelley-Breath.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Directed Paula Vogel's HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE and THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME, Sophocles' ANTIGONE, Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, Charlotte Meehan's SPELLSONG, Anna Deavere Smith's HOUSE ARREST, the musical A CHORUS LINE.
Directed a staged reading of Charlotte Meehan's LOOKING FOR GEORGE with the Lynx Theatre in NYC.
Performed in Lorca's THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA at the Providence Black Rep Company and the world premiere of Charlotte Meehan's SWEET DISASTER at the Perishable Theatre Company in Providence, RI.