Gendrich

Dr. Cynthia Gendrich (BFA Acting and Directing, Illinois Wesleyan University, MA, PhD University of Missouri-Columbia)Dr. Gendrich teaches acting, directing, Introduction to Theatre, dramatic literature, and first year seminars. Recent Wake Forest productions she's directed include Wings, Psycho Beach Party, Hay Fever, Antigone, and Into the Woods. Interested in acting and directing history, theory, and practice, as well as global forms of experimental theatre, she publishes, performs, and directs regularly. Recent articles include “Noise and Nudity: Kyoto’s dumb type,” and “Straight into the Body: Handmade technology and the Akhe Group’s White Cabin,” both in TheatreForum. As well as writing on her own, she's collaborated with colleagues on both articles and books, including the well-known theatre appreciation text, Theatre, Its Art and Craft--just revised for its sixth edition (Rowman-Littlefield, 2008). In the Fall of 2008, Cindy is on leave, directing Charles Busch's hilarious satire, Red Scare on Sunset at the Attic Theatre in Los Angeles, and doing research on 19th century comic actress Mary Anne Vincent in England.

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Theater Hompage compiled by Jonathan Christman 6 /12/2008