TODD WRONSKI
244 Burnt House Road Department of Theatre & Dance
Carlisle, PA 17013 Dickinson College
(717) 258-6300 Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 245-1611
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Theatre Arts University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN June 1997
M.F.A. Directing Trinity University, San Antonio, TX May 1981
B.A Theatre Arts Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN May 1978
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DICKINSON COLLEGE, Professor, Dept of Theatre & Dance 2001-Present
(Associate Professor, 1990-2000, Assistant Prof. 1987-1990)
ADMINISTRATION
Department Chairman (1987-1995, 1997-2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2007)
Faculty Advisor, Mermaid Players
CLASSES TAUGHT
Survey of World Drama Theatre History Seminar
Theatre in England Myth, Religion and the Creative Impulse
Theatre History Introduction to Theatre
Directing Advanced Directing
Acting Fr. Seminar: Comparative Creativity
Place and Performance: Sacred and Theatrical Advanced Acting
London: The Political Arts (Summer, 2007, co-teaching with Douglas Edlin)
DICKINSON PROGRAMS IN ENGLAND, Director 1995-1997
ADMINISTRATION
All aspects of programs for humanities and science students: educational, logistical, and physical
CLASSES TAUGHT
Humanities Seminar: London and National Identity
Humanities Seminar: Norwich, East Anglia and Regional Identity
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON, Lecturer, Dept of Theater, 1984-1987
ADMINISTRATION
Director of the Studio Season (Artistic, promotional, logistical leadership)
Faculty Supervisor, Studio Season (Artistic and educational guidance for student-directed productions)
CLASSES TAUGHT
Acting I: Basic Processes Acting Styles
Audition/Professional Theater Workshop Introduction to Theater
Theater Performance Practicum Rehearsal & Performance Practicum
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Visiting Lecturer, Dept of Speech & Theatre, 1982-1983
ADMINISTRATION
Supervisor of student-directed productions
Participation on M.A. Thesis Committees
CLASSES TAUGHT
Theories of Acting Directing
Acting/Directing Practicum Introduction to Theatre
Playwriting (Independent Study) Advanced Acting (Graduate course)
ROLLINS COLLEGE, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept of Theatre Arts & Speech, 1981-1982
ADMINISTRATION
Supervisor of student-directed productions
Advisor/Moderator for public readings of student playwriting projects
Artistic Administrator of 50th Anniversary Alumni Production
CREATIVE WORK
Directing (Selected)
Urinetown: The Musical Dickinson College, Carlisel, PA NOV 06
An Enemy of the People Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA MAR 06
The Eye of the Beholder Arezzo International Festival of Performing Arts JUNE 04
Right You Are (If You Think You Are) Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA AR 04
An Evening with Tennessee Williams Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA APR 03
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA NOV 02
The Heidi Chronicles Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA OCT 01
Answering God Kennedy Center A.C.T.F., Pittsburgh, PA JAN 01
Hotel Intolerato Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA OCT 00
The General of Hot Desire Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA APR 99
Bitter Sauce Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA APR 99
Sunday in the Park with George Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA FEB 99
Dancing at Lughnasa Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA OCT 97
Into the Woods Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA FEB 95
King Lear Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA FEB 94
A Little Night Music Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA FEB 91
House of Blue Leaves Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA FEB 90
Guys and Dolls Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA APR 89
Noises Off Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA OCT 88
The Diviners Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA FEB 87
Inherit the Wind Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY JUL 87
Luv Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY
Terra Nova A.C.T.F., Ithaca, NY JAN 87
Terra Nova SUNY-Binghamton, NY SEP 86
The Mouse Trap Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY JUN 86
My Fair Lady SUNY-Binghamton, NY APR 86
Ghost Story SUNY-Binghamton, NY NOV 85
Witness for the Prosecution Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY JUN 85
Arms and the Man Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY APR 85
Fifth of July SUNY-Binghamton, NY FEB 85
Old Times SUNY-Binghamton, NY NOV 84
A Thousand Clowns Corcoran Players, Minneapolis, MN FEB 84
Carousel Red Wing Summer Playhouse, Red Wing, MN AUG 83
The Birthday Party Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC FEB 83
The Time of Your Life Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC NOV 82
Tintypes Annie Russell Summer Theatre, Winter Park, FL JUL 82
Major Barbara Rollins College, Winter Park, FL MAR 82
A Little Night Music Rollins College, Winter Park, FL OCT 81
The Chronicle of Queen Jane Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, TX (Asst.) APR 81
Of Mice and Men Trinity M.F.A. Project, Dallas, TX MAR 81
Stop the World I Want...Off Masquers Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN JUN 79
The Didn't Count Dracula Orono Ensemble Theatre, Minneapolis, MN FEB 79
Moonchildren Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN FEB 79
My Fair Lady Red Wing Summer Playhouse, Red Wing, MN AUG 77
Acting (Selected)
….Crossing the Pond Roxy Art House, Edinburgh (Tony Frost) Mark Twain
An Audience with William Saroyan Randolph Studio, Edinburgh; Fresno, CA William Saroyan
A Christmas Creche Cantate Carlisle, Carlisle, PA Guest Artist/ Narrator
Dear Liar Clarke Center Shaw/Wilde Centenary ......Shaw/Actor
Oleanna Dickinson College, Edinburgh Festival Fr. John
Another Antigone D.C./Jean Cocteau Rep: Edinburgh Henry Harper
Lone Star The Conodiguinit Company Ray
1776 Pennsylvania Centre Stage Andrew McNair
All My Sons Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY Frank Lubey
Guys and Dolls Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott, NY Lt. Brannigan
The Entertainer Guthrie Theater (Edward Payson Call) Stagehand Ed
Le Dindon Dallas Theater Center (Derek Goldby) Jean
Cyrano de Bergerac Dallas Theater Center (Anton Rogers) Cardinal/Poet
Red Hair Falling . . . Shirley Robert Wilson Workshop Production Actor
Sly Fox Dallas Theater Center (Ryland Merkley) Crouch's Servant
The Man Who Came to Dinner Red Wing Summer Playhouse Sheridan Whiteside
Alice in Wonderland Central Summer Stock Theatre Mad Hatter
Playwriting
Dickens and Twain: Crossing the Pond
Produced: Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, Scotland, August, 2006. (Tony Frost, Director)
Northwoods: A Play in Two Acts inspired by Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
Three Cellphones: A Trilogy of Ten Minute Plays
Rehearsed Reading, March 9, 2006, Mathers Theatre, Carlisle, PA)
In My Case, An Exception Should Be Made: An Audience with William Saroyan
Produced: Randolph Studio, Edinburgh Scotland, August 2001
Saroyan Festival 2002, Fresno, California, March 2002
California Public Radio (Live Recording for Broadcast) March-April 2002
Hotel Intolerato: A Farce in Three Acts
Produced: Mathers Theatre, Dickinson College, October 2000
What Child Is This: A Play in Two Acts
Reading: Dallas Theater Center, October 1980
The Hand: A Play in One Act
Reading: Trinity University, March 1981
Stage Management
Othello Fort Worth Shakespeare Festival Roger H. Simon, Dir.
Much Ado About Nothing Fort Worth Shakespeare Festival Anthony Defonte,Dir.
On Golden Pond Dallas Theater Center Joan Vail Thorne,Dir.
Da Dallas Theater Center Judith Davis,Dir.
PUBLICATIONS
“Explaining Our Dreams: The Artist’s Role in the Evaluations of Educational Arts Programs”.
Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse (ERIC): Spring, 1995
"Theatre in American Higher Education: Respected Discipline or Academic
'Poor Cousin'?" in Journal of Aesthetic Education (Fall, 1990)
“Seventeen-Year-Olds at the Prom: American Audiences’ Insecure Response to the Theatre of Bertolt Brecht” in Program: International Brecht Symposium (February, 1992)
Selected Reviews: Twin Cities Reader, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Circulation: 400,000)
"Smik-Smack Theatre Collective Premiers New Czechoslovakian Plays," March 7, 1984.
"The Professional Frenchman Fails Admirably at Brass Tacks," February 22, 1984.
"Eddie Pettibone Returns in Palace Theatre Company's Easy Money," November 23, 1983.
Selected Reviews: Southside Newspaper, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Circulation: 15,000)
"Mr. Tillie Lives at Children's Theatre Company," April 11, 1979.
"Robet Patrick Plays Presented at Five Twin Cities Theatres," February 22, 1984.
"All's Well is Well at Civic Theatre," November 3, 1978. |
