Performing Arts

Awards and Recognition
Performing arts professor Martin Noyes arranged for SCAD students to take the Society of American Fight Directors skills proficiency test. SCAD students were certified in 19 of 20 tests taken, an exceptionally high percentage. SCAD joins the Julliard School of Drama, the University of California-Irvine, New York University, Temple University, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the University of Michigan, Yale University, Penn State and the University of Virginia as elite performing arts programs that offer this opportunity for students.
Events
Fall Quarter Begins
Sept. 15, SCAD-Savannah, SCAD-Atlanta and SCAD-eLearning, (various locations) (various cities), USA/International

SCAD-Atlanta Performing Arts Auditions
Sept. 20, SCAD-Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga. USA


Performing Arts program

Faculty

Margo Ames, Faculty, 2006

Margo Ames
Savannah
B.Mus., Lawrence University; M.Mus., Florida State University.
Laurence Ballard

Laurence Ballard
Savannah
University of Washington.
vincent brosseau

Vincent Brosseau
Savannah
B.F.A., The Juilliard School; M.F.A., Ohio State University.
SCAD, Savannah, Robyn Elkins, performing arts faculty

Robyn Elkins
Savannah
B.A., Milligan College; M.S., M.Mus., University of Tennessee.


Mark Gallagher
Savannah
B.A., DeSales University; M.F.A., University of Washington.
joseph kline

Joseph Kline
Savannah
B.A., Colorado State University; M.F.A., Catholic University of America; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
Joseph Kline, Ph.D., has worked in theater, film and television for the past 25 years. He has acted and directed in regional theater productions, most notably the Denver Center, the Folger Shakespeare Theatre, the Maryland Shakespeare Festival and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. For three years he served as the playwright-in-residence at Barter Theatre, the State Theatre of Virginia. His areas of expertise include dramatic literature, arts administration and peformance. Kline is chair of the performing arts department at SCAD.

Memberships:
Actors' Equity Association
Screen Actors Guild
Dramatists Guild

Courses:
Contemporary Drama: Exploration and Context
Survey of Theater and Drama

SCAD, Savannah, Karla Knudsen, performing arts faculty

Karla Knudsen
Savannah
B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
Vivian Majkowski

Vivian Majkowski
Savannah
B.A., University of Colorado; M.F.A., The Moscow Art Theatre School; Certificate, American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University



Martin Noyes 
Savannah
A.A., Irvine Valley College; B.F.A., Southern Oregon University; M.F.A., University of Alabama.
SAD, Savannah, Sharon Ott, performing arts faculty

Sharon Ott
Savannah
B.A., Bennington College.
Sharon Ott has directed plays and operas for organizations such as the Manhattan Theater Club, the Public Theater, and Playwright’s Horizons in New York; the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.; the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; the Seattle Opera; the San Diego Opera; Opera Colorado; and many others. She was the artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, Calif., for 13 years, and the Seattle Repertory Theater for nine years. Ott has collaborated with actors Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Delroy Lindo, Riccardo Antonio Chavira and Anna Deavere Smith; directors Julie Taymor, Joe Mantello, George C. Wolfe and Mary Zimmerman; and authors Beth Henley, David Henry Hwang, Phillip Kan Gotanda, Nilo Cruz and the late August Wilson.

Awards:
  • Tony Award, 1998, Best Regional Theater (Berkeley Repertory Theater)
  • Bay Area Theater Critics’ awards, Best Direction ("The Tooth of Crime" and "Heartbreak House")
  • Hollywood Dramalogue awards, Best Direction ("The Ballad of Yachiyo" and "The Lady from the Sea")
  • Elliot Norton Award (Boston), Best Production ("The Woman Warrior")
Memberships:
  • National Executive Board Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

Richard Tunney, Faculty, 2006

Richard Tunney
Savannah
B.A., Humbolt State University; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin.
Mark Tymchyshyn

Mark Tymchyshyn
Savannah
B.S., Illinois State University; M.F.A., Wayne State University. 
michael,wainstein

Michael Wainstein
Savannah
B.A., Hunter College, M.F.A., University of Cincinnati.
 
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