Thomas Bullard
Professor
Theater
As a founder of the Manhattan Theatre Club, Thomas Bullard directed numerous productions, including Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act(OBIE Award-Outstanding Direction), the world premiere of Stephen Metcalfe's Strange Snow,and Richard Wesley's The Last Street Play, starring Morgan Freeman (AUDELCO Award-Outstanding Production). He has directed at many national resident theaters, including the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Old Globe Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Alley Theater, Syracuse Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Walnut Street Theatre and Coconut Grove Playhouse. New York venues include The Public Theatre, Signature Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Primary Stages and 78th Street Theatre Lab. Bullard is head of graduate directing.
Show Scholarly Activities and Professional Accomplishments
Education:
M.F.A. -- Doctorate Degree Equivalent, Yale University - 1969 (Directing)
Areas of Expertise:
Thomas Bullard is a professional stage director. As a professor of theater, he specializes in teaching directing to professionally oriented students.
Creative Work
Director, Memory House, by Kathleen Tolan. Hope Summer Repertory Theater. Holland, Mich. 2006
Director, Bedroom Farce, by Alan Ayckbourn. Hope Summer Repertory Company. Holland, Mich. 2005
Director, The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, in a collaboration between the Department of Theater and the Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College, in celebration of the College's 75th birthday. 2005
Director, world premiere of Wynton Marsalis' Suite for Human Nature for Jazz. Lincoln Center. New York. 2005
Professional Leadership
Chairman, Department of Theater Appointments Committee, 2007-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Department of Theater Appointments Committee, 1992-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Play Selection Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, President's Working Committee for Performing Arts Center, 2006-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1992-2012. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1992-2012. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Chairman, Department of Theater, 2007-11. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Member, Visual, Media and Performing Arts Dean Search, 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Artistic director, Department of Theater, 1991-2008. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
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