2024 Tim Dugan Acting Resume
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Tim Dugan PROFESSOR, AEA/SAG-AFTRA ACTOR, DIRECTOR |
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. Temple University (Acting), (Summa Cum Laude)
M.A.T. Union College (Teaching/English), (Cum Laude)
B.A. State University of New York at Oswego (English)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2017-Present Bates College, Associate Professor of Theater-Acting/Directing (awarded tenure February 2023)
THEA 350 Advanced Directing-Anne Bogart, Katie Mitchell
- Students deepen their craft of directing by experimenting with a variety of storytelling techniques for the stage.
- Class work focuses on the study and practice of the directing process, in which students expand their ability to develop an approach to a dramatic text, work with designers and actors, and explore generative theater making.
- Throughout the course there is a sustained focus on the collaborative process and examination of contemporary directors and their work.
- Students direct a ten-minute play to conclude the semester
THEA 373 Performing Heightened Text/Acting Styles–Barry Edelstein, Patsy Rodenburg,
- Deepened the students’ craft of acting by exploring the challenges of heightened language and period style while maintaining commitment to objectives, the specific details of the “world of the play,” and truthful listening and reacting.
- Facilitated end of module public performance on Zoom.
THEA 362 Advanced Acting– Michael Chekhov Technique, Stanislavski, Lloyd Richards
- Provided opportunities for students to discover and apply the full integration of their bodies, voices, and imaginations as they physicalize actions in rehearsal and performance.
- Facilitated psycho-physical exercises of Michael Chekhov in combination with explorations into Stanislavski’s work.
- Facilitated end of semester public performance in Gannett Theatre.
Beginning Acting– Stanislavski, Viola Spolin, Hugh O’Gorman
- Trained students in how to analyze a script, employ given circumstances, relationship, objectives, beats, obstacles and actions in the monologue and scene work.
- Facilitated end of semester public performance in Gannett Theatre.
Beginning Directing–Michael Bloom, Katie Mitchell
- Developed strategies for creative and aesthetic problems and their solutions.
- Focused on director’s relationship to the text, the design staff, and the actor.
- Facilitated end of semester public performance in Gannett Theatre.
2012-2017 Temple University, Adjunct Professor
Acting I (Theatre Majors Only)
- Built and facilitated techniques in relaxation, improvisation, and concentration using Uta Hagen’s Basic Object exercises as a foundation.
- Trained students in how to analyze a script, employ given circumstances, relationship, objectives, beats, obstacles and actions in the monologue and scene work.
Senior Seminar
- Guided students toward resources and opportunities that will prepare them for the business of theatre and real-world application of skills.
- Encouraged students to begin their post-graduate education through independent projects.
Honors Art of Acting
- Facilitated a more rigorous studio experience and provided opportunities for students to respond to the creative process of theater both on campus and professionally in Philadelphia.
Art of Acting
- Designed exercises that effectively addressed the GenEd’s goals of critical thinking, communication and information literacy for Art of Acting (an introductory Acting course for non-majors).
- Fostered opportunities for students to make connections to their respective majors and possible future career goals.
- Student evaluations placed me as a top instructor for this course.
Fundamentals of Acting
- Provided a more in-depth exploration about the craft of acting in this follow up course to Art of Acting.
- Formulated exercises to strengthen connection, relaxation, objectives, emotional openness and moment-to-moment availability.
- Introduced them to Karen Kohlhaas’ (of Atlantic Theater Company) monologue and audition technique and Michael Chekhov explorations.
2016-2017 University of the Arts, Senior Lecturer –Acting Studio-Michael Chekhov/Stanislavski (Sophomore Track)
- Offered conservatory training to cultivate a rehearsal and performance process that will prepare students for the profession of theatre.
- Facilitated psycho-physical exercises of Michael Chekhov in combination with explorations into Stanislavski’s work.
- Collaborated with Voice, Movement and other Acting Studio colleagues in preparing and conducting Mid-Term Evaluations for students.
- Created syllabus to align with the student learning outcomes of UArts Acting Training Program.
2015-2017 St. Joseph’s University, Adjunct Professor
Acting I
- Provided in-depth exploration of the fundamentals of the acting process based upon Stanislavsky’s system of acting.
- Guided students in how to analyze a script, employ given circumstances, relationship, objectives, beats, obstacles and actions in the monologue and scene work.
Theatre History
- Familiarized students with the major aesthetic movements and significant works in dramatic literature from Ancient Greece to the present.
- Refined and broaden student’s analytical, research and oral communication skills.
- Instilled in students an appreciation for the ways in which theatrical practice and cultural forces shape how a play text is written and understood.
Introduction to Theatre
- Encouraged critical analysis and inquiry to deepen understanding and awareness of theater history.
- Provided opportunities for the class of 30 to engage in substantive research and creative projects.
2010-2012 Union College, Adjunct Professor
Acting II
- Focused on the business of acting and what it means to be professional.
- Created a program based on the 52nd Project in NYC pairing Union College students with students of Schenectady High School to write and perform original plays.
Acting I
- Developed this course to cover the process of exploring oneself as the source of performance impulse.
- Introduced techniques focused on textual analysis for role preparation, monologue and scene work.
Guest Director
- Directed Dancing at Lughnasa for their Mainstage Season.
GOVERNANCE & ENGAGEMENT
- Bates College: Co-PI Sherman Fairchild-IMPACT 21st & Chair of Bates Arts Collaborative Committee
- Co-Project Manager (PI) of Sherman Fairchild Arts and Technology grant. Fall 2019-Current.
- Co-Advised Winter Arts Festival-Winter 2020-24.
- Advocated for the arts in college planning and collaborate on programming that will give the arts a voice in the leadership of the college.
- Promoted the arts to be infused throughout the campus.
- Planned and facilitated bi-weekly meetings comprised of other arts faculty, staff and students.
- Directed The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse and facilitated cultural competency opportunities (Six hour workshop w/Wabanaki REACH) in Gannett Theater-Fall 2023.
- Design, Technology & Management Search Committee Chair. 2023-Current.
- Theater & Performance Studies Search Committee. 2022-’23
- Directed Much Ado About Nothing and facilitated community engagement opportunities in Schaeffer Theater-Winter 2023.
- Theater Intimacy Training for the Department and Hurricane Diane thesis production-coordinated with Theatrical Intimacy Education. Current
- Coordinate Anti-Racist Theater training with Nicole Brewer for the Theatre & Dance Department. 2021-current.
- Update, redesign website for the Theatre & Dance Department.
- Participated in 2022 MLK Day Panel: Curricular Transformation at Bates
- Dance Search Committee. Winter 2022
- Co-Chair Mellon Curricular Transformation Grant. 2021-2023
- Director-Center for Inclusive Teaching & Learning Search Committee. Spring 2022.
- Member of Curated Panel-Bates Film Festival. March 2022.
- Awarded Bates Faculty Development Grant-Winter/Spring 2021.
- Dance Search Committee. Winter 2020.
- Bates College: Member of Tenure and Promotion Review Committee
- Reviewed Articles I-V in Part 1 of the faculty handbook and will attempt to engage the entire Bates community in this effort.
- Reported its findings to the Committee for Faculty Governance near the end of the 2019-20 academic year.
- New Play Workshop with InterAct Theater Company Coordinated Bates Student Involvement in -August 2019 & 2020.
- Bates College-Created and Coordinated We Are Proud to Present Talk Back Series
- As part of the show experience and to engage with our community in a more impactful way, there was a talk-back after every performance with the goal of allowing the audience, especially our students, an opportunity to process, ask questions and collectively exhale in a safe space.
- The following faculty members participated: Charlene Holmes, Kirk Read, Leslie Hill, Elizabeth Eames, Alex Dauge-Roth and Su Langdon.
- Bates College- Created and Coordinated “The Great Work Begins: The Bates Series on Angels in America” involving thirteen departments or offices on campus.
- Curated three different panels including members of Religious Studies Department, Department of Rhetoric, Department of Theatre and Dance, Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Office, Bates’ students and community members for three episodes of HBO’s Angels in America.
- Curated a panel discussion on HIV/AIDS and Activism with Gender and Studies colleague as well as professor from Bowdoin College.
- Participated in Out2Lunch Series sponsored by SPARQ!
- Collaborated with Office of Residence Life and Health Education promoting awareness during each performance and “Sex Week.”
- Coordinated off campus program with Outright Lewiston-Auburn bringing Bates students to drop-in program for LGBTQIA+ teenagers to preview Angels in America and discuss themes of the play. 2017-2018
- Project Leader for NEA Artworks Grant partnering Bates College and InterAct Theatre to develop new plays and create a pilot program between producing theatres and college theatre programs.
- Recertification of a General Ed Course-Art of Acting, Temple University 2014
- Temple Arts Collective– Initiative of the Vice-Provost for the Arts Student Advisory Committee 2014-15
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-2020 Director of Education-Saratoga Shakespeare Company www.saratogashakespeare.com
- Coordinated and designed the class schedule for the Young Theatre Professional Company (comprised of 17-20 college students).
- Directed the 2016 SSC Intern Company in Much Ado About Nothing.
- Created in 2016 a community initiative entitled “Shakespeare For All Tour” which brought Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and interactive workshops to various locations in Saratoga Springs such as a senior residential facility, and a low-income housing community.
- Planned theatre workshops for community theater groups.
- Auditioned and interviewed prospective intern candidates annually.
- Led master classes/workshops in Fitzmaurice Voicework, Laban Movement, Audition Technique, “Acting as a Business,” and Scene Study.
- Directed Green Show/Pre-Show performances with apprentice company.
2013-2019 Philadelphia Young Playwrights- Teaching Artist
- Interacted with young playwrights in grades 3-12 to assist in enhancing students’ writing, thinking and interactive skills.
- Enhanced students’ sense of agency, responsibility and self-esteem.
1998-2012 John Sayles School of Fine Arts- (Theatre Arts Teacher)
- Developed and implemented Theatre Arts Curriculum for grades 9-12 in city public high school.
- Trained and was certified as an International Baccalaureate (IB) Theatre Arts teacher.
- Co-developed and was co-artistic director for school’s resident theatre company-The Blue Roses Theatre Company.
- Designed and coordinated a mentoring program that partnered Advanced Acting students with 3rd graders in the district. Students were given opportunities to engage in individual and group-related theatrical and theatre- related tasks to promote literacy and collaboration skills.
- Directed over 25 JSSFA/BRTC productions such as A Raisin in the Sun, The Crucible, Crimes of the Heart, School for Scandal, Taming of the Shrew, Crumbs From the Table of Joy, Flyin’ West, You Can’t Take It With You and an annual Original Ten-Minute Play Festival (nine years).
- Co-created and directed a summer film festival involving over sixty students and members of the community.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC DIRECTING
2023 The Thanksgiving Play Bates College Mainstage
2023 Much Ado About Nothing Bates College Mainstage
2022 Antigonick Bates College Mainstage
2020 Stupid F#!cking Bird Bates College Mainstage
2019 We Are Proud to Present…. Bates College Mainstage
2018 Angels in America Bates College Mainstage
2016 Much Ado About Nothing (Touring) Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2013 Merry Wives of Windsor (Green Show) Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2012 The Drowsy Chaperone John Sayles School of Fine Arts
2011 Dancing at Lughnasa Union College
2011 Noises Off John Sayles School of Fine Arts
2006 Crumbs From The Table of Joy John Sayles School of Fine Arts
2006 10 by 10 – Original Short Plays-Time John Sayles School of Fine Arts
2003 The School for Scandal John Sayles School of Fine Arts
1998 A Raisin in the Sun John Sayles School of Fine Arts
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTING EXPERIENCE
2022 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2021 Steal Her Bones Martin Banks InterAct Theatre
2019 Read to Me* Sam Portland Stage Little Festival
2018 Eurydice The Father Bates Theatre
2018 Omniphobia Actor 1 (8 roles) Snowlion Repertory Co.
2017 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bottom Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2016 The Other Place The Man Walnut Street Theatre
2016 Cyrano de Bergerac Le Bret Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2016 Straight White Men Jake InterAct Theatre
2015 The Effect* Toby WAM Theatre
2015 The Normal Heart* Ben Mauckingbird Theatre Co.
2015 Shipwrecked! Actor # 2 Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2015 Love’s Labour’s Lost Ferdinand Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2015 Long Live the Little Knife Jim Inis Nua Theatre Co.
2014 Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Tom Temple Theaters (Philly Fringe)
2014 Macbeth Macbeth Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2014 Doubt Father Flynn Oldcastle Theatre Co.
2013 Frost/Nixon John Birt New City Stage Company
2013 The Merry Wives of Windsor Master Ford Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2013 The Crucible John Proctor Temple Theaters
2012 The Marriage of Bette & Boo Boo Hudlocke Temple Theaters
2012 Twelfth Night Duke Orsino Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2012 Race * Strickland Capital Repertory Co.
2011 The Merchant of Venice Antonio Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2010 A Song For My Father Randy Oldcastle Theatre Co.
2010 And Then There Was None Lombard New York State Theatre Institute
2009 Noises Off Garry Lejeune C-R Productions
2009 As You Like It Orlando Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2008 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2007 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Oldcastle Theatre Co.
2006 The Tempest Caliban Saratoga Shakespeare Co.
2004 A Perfect Ganesh Man Actor’s Collaborative, Inc.
2003 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Demetrius Saratoga Shakespeare Co
1999 The Glass Menagerie Jim O’Conner Home Made Theater
(*staged reading)
SELECTED FILM/TELEVISION/WEB/COMMERCIAL WORK
2021 QuaranTeam Lionel Eckert Michael Feurstein
2020 QuaranTeam Lionel Eckert Michael Feurstein
2014 Breakfast of Champions Father (Lead) David Bunce
2014 SEFCU (Commercial) Father Working Pictures
2009 Stickley Furniture Husband Working Pictures
2008 As The World Turns Parent (U-5) CBS
2007 Guiding Light Main Street Shopper CBS
2007 One Life To Live Caterer (U-5) ABC
2006 Pit Melon Pit (Lead) Michael Feurstein
PROFESSIONAL ACTOR TRAINING & THEATRE EXPERIENCE
2021 Jamie Carroll Studio- Acting on Film
2021 Steve Pacek-“Thinking Like A Director” Jen Waldman Studios
2021 Teacher Development Program-National Alliance of Acting Teachers
Acting-Stephen McKinley Henderson, Michele Shay
Clowning-Jane Nichols
Pedagogy- Kenneth Noel Mitchell
EDI- Anita Dashiell-Sparks
2019 MICHA- 2019 International Michael Chekhov Two Week Workshop (Directing with Lenard Petit) & Teacher Training Program. Received Teaching Certificate
2018 MICHA- 2018 International Michael Chekhov Two Week Workshop & Teacher Training Program (Ongoing)
2016 MICHA- 2016 International Michael Chekhov Workshop
2012-2020 Associate Artistic Director-Saratoga Shakespeare Company
2012-2015 Temple University MFA in Acting
Acting, Shakespeare-Dan Kern
Michael Chekhov Technique-David Ingram
Fitzmaurice Voice (3 years)-Lynne Innerst, Donna Snow, Melanie Julian
Acting, Voice, Speech, Dialects-Melanie Julian
LeCoq, Clown, Mask-Emmanuelle Delpech
Alexander, Feldenkrais-Diane Gaary
Margolis Method-Maggie Anderson
2006 Actors’ Center (New York City) Acting-Lisa Rothe
2006 Atlantic Theater Company
Karen Kohlhaas-Monologue Audition Technique
2006 Michael Mastro (NYC)
“How to Get Work Without An Agent”
2006 Primetime Intensive Workshop
Marci Phillips- Director of ABC Casting
2005 American Conservatory Theatre-Summer Training Congress
Acting-Gregory Wallace/ Shakespeare-Drew Khalif
Linklater-Lisa Anne Porter/ Clown-Barbara Scott
2005 Shakespeare & Company
Linklater, Acting-David Demke
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
- *Active Member of The National Alliance of Acting Teachers
- *Active member of Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
- *Active Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
- *Active Member of SAG-AFTRA
- *Active Member of MICHA (michaelchekhov.org)
- Former Associate Artistic Director/Director of Education-Saratoga Shakespeare Company
- Former Board Of Directors-Saratoga Shakespeare Company
- Presented a workshop at the 51st Annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Hyannis, MA. titled “Stick, Ball, Veil & Characterization-The Michael Chekhov Technique”- Winter 2019.
- Recipient and winner of the first Dugald MacArthur and Joel Friedman Fund for Theater Graduate Students in Acting-Temple University
- International Baccalaureate Certified-Theatre Arts
- Upstate Equity Actors’ Alliance-http://www.upstateequityactorsalliance.com/
- Shakespeare Theatre Association
- Former Assistant to Artistic Director at Circle Repertory Company
- Member of TCG
- One on One Productions (NYC)/The Network (NYC)
- Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges-2015