Dreyer, Melanie

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Theatre, Film and Dance profile

Dreyer, Melanie

Assistant Professor

research

research and scholarship focus

Translates and directs contemporary German plays

affiliations

faculty appointment in

Theatre, Film, and Dance (THETR) | Cornell department

teaching

teaches

THETR 2810 - Acting I (MW 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
THETR 3800 - Acting II (TR 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | fall 2009 class
THETR 2810 - Acting I (TR 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
THETR 3850 - Advanced Studies in Acting Techniques (MW 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class

service

current professional activities

Co-Artistic Director for International Culture Lab based in NYC (www.intlculturelab.org), a company specializing in international collaboration. Melanie teaches acting, voice and movement, and directing

background

educational background

BA from the University of Denver
MA in Drama from Washington University
MFA in Directing from Northwestern University

professional background

University of Pittsburgh, where she was an assistant professor and Director of the MFA program in Performance Pedagogy
Directing credits include work with 59E59 St. Theaters, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, Quantum Theater, Capitol Repertory Theater, barebones productions and ShatterMask Theatre

featured in

Amy Villarejo, behind the scenes in theatre, film and dance | Cornell Chronicle feature
Professors learn to navigate diversity in the classroom | Cornell Chronicle feature

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

Mastering Your Performance (Kendall Hunt, 2006)