College of Visual and Performing Arts
GERARDINE M. CLARK
Professor
Acting
Musical Theater
Department of Drama
Education:
Ph.D. Indiana University
Honors: Member, Actors' Equity Association; Syracuse University Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Office: 820 E Genesee St Rm.
Telephone: 315-443-3184
Biography:
She was a founding member of the Indiana Repertory Theatre where she acted, directed, taught, and served as director of educational programs over a four-year tenure. She has been a professional actor, director, and playwright for more than 30 years. Her scholarly publications include Contesting the Boundaries of Liberal and Professional Education, Practical Poetics, and Unnatural Acts. Original plays, adaptations, and translations include The Final Adventures of Don Juan, The Quack (The Doctor in Spite of Himself), A Christmas Carol, and The Wind in the Willows (book and lyrics). The last of these was commissioned by Syracuse Stage. She directed that production and subsequent production at the New Victory Theatre in New York City. It has also received multiple other professional productions. She has had an Eli Lilly Post-Doctoral Fellowship, was for five years an Andrew Mellon Fellow and is presently a Gateway Fellow and a Laura and Douglas J. Meredith Professor for Excellence in Teaching. She has also served as an on-site auditor for the National Endowment to the Arts.
- Acting
- Directing
- Dramatic Literature
- Play Analysis
- Playwriting