[CW-Grad] FW: Job Posting: University of Maryland

[Bryan G Bradford]

SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES

Position Title: Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Performance; full-time, tenure track, nine month, academic-year position.  Position Number:

Starting Date: Appointment begins August 2013, (contingent upon funding).

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Position Description:  Teach courses in playwriting and performance technique in both the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum and the MFA in Performance program; maintain strong professional standing in the field; be an active participant in School governance and in the performance/production effort in the School, including mentorship of students, coaching, writing and directing. School productions. Playwriting courses should be grounded in the basic Aristotelian/Freytag elements of dramatic structure

Program Description: The recent creation of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies represents an exciting, collaborative endeavor for the Dance and Theatre programs at Maryland.  New initiatives include classes that combine design, dance, performance and scholarship in devising work that require cross-disciplinary collaboration, shared language, expanded boundaries and new skill sets.  The School offers: separate BA programs in Dance and in Theatre; the MA in Theatre and Performance Studies; the MFA programs in Dance, Design, and Performance; and the PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies.  The School currently has approximately 275 undergraduate and 75 graduate students enrolled in the programs. The MFA in Performance program is graduating the first cohort of students in the Spring of 2013 and will admit it’s second cohort in the Fall of 2014.

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications:
Required: an MFA with an emphasis in Playwriting and/or Performance, or equivalent professional experience.  A BA or BFA degree is required.  At least two years experience teaching playwriting and performance techniques in a university or conservatory setting, comprehensive training in playwriting and dramaturgical skills; professional acting, devising, directing and/or performance movement experience.

Preferred:  Union affiliation.  Significant professional experience in playwriting, directing, performance and/or movement skills.  Interest in cross-disciplinary collaborations.

Facilities/Location:    The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is housed in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, a state-of-the-art complex with six performance venues, rehearsal rooms, production shops, classrooms, and the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. Located just minutes from the Nation’s Capitol, the University is linked by mass transit to the fastest growing theatre market in the country. The region is home to more than 80 professional theatres, including Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Kennedy Center. In addition, world-class research facilities within minutes of the campus include the Library of Congress, Folger Shakespeare Library, Smithsonian Institution, and the National Archives.

Application Deadline: For best consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2012.

To Apply: Go to https://jobs.umd.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp and click on faculty link. Choose this posting, and submit the following: a one-page letter of application; a curriculum vitae/resume; the names, addresses, e-mails and telephone numbers of three references; a certified transcript of the highest earned degree; a one-page philosophy statement of approach to playwriting and performance training;. If you have any questions, you may contact the search coordinator at bergwall at umd.edu<mailto:bergwall at umd.edu>.  Mailing address is: Playwriting and Performance Search Committee - School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies - University of Maryland - 2810 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center - College Park, MD  20742-1610.


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