Faculty & Staff
Susan Vick
Professor
Director of Theatre
Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 17
Phone: +1-508-831-5682
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
svick@wpi.edu
Related Information
Educational Background
- A.B., Catawba College, 1967
- M.F.A., Southern Methodist University, 1969
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 1979
Research & Teaching Interests
Theatre; drama; developing new works for the theatre; discovering new playwrights for the contemporary theatre; acting, directing, dramaturgy, and design; specialization in Shaw, Shakespeare, the Greeks, and modern British and American drama. Published and produced playwright and theatre commentator.
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
- The Trustees Award for Outstanding Teaching, WPI, 1997 ("professor of the year," highest WPI award)
- Susan Smith Blackburn Nominee
Professional Experience & Activities
- April 2009 Invited Participant, Theatre Production and the Creative Campus, Center of inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana
- Summer 2007 Invited Performance Group: WPI Theatre at The 32nd Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, The Chernuchian Theatre, American Theatre of Actors 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019, Nominator as Director of Theatre, WPI, and produced by WPI Dramaturg: French Vanilla by Elliot Field and Cat Darensbourg
- Summer 2006 Invited Performance Group: WPI Theatre at The 31st Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, The Chernuchian Theatre, American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019, Nominator as Director of Theatre, WPI, and produced by WPI Dramaturg: Passing by Cat Darensbourg
- Summer 2005 Invited Performance Group: WPI Theatre at The 30th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival The Chernuchian Theatre, American Theatre of Actors 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019, Nominator as Director of Theatre, WPI, and produced by WPI Dramaturg: Public Policy by Cat Darensbourg,Treasurers by Sarah Pavis & Dan Gilbreath
- Summer 2004 Invited Performance Group: WPI Theatre at The 29th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, The Chernuchian Theatre, American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019, Nominator as Director of Theatre, WPI, and produced by WPI Dramaturg and Director: Dreams Abridged by Cat Darensbourg
- Founder and Executive Dramaturg, New Voices (1982-present), WPI
- Give My Love to Everyone But..., (produced) Edinburgh International Festival, Festival Fringe, 1990
- Editorial Advisory Board, Collegiate Press, 1993-95
- Guest Director and Playwright, Upstart Theatre, Racine, Wisconsin. Give My Love to Everyone But..., 1994
- Sojourner, Inc. The Women's Forum, Theatre Editor, 1994-1998
- Dramaturg, Samuel French Off Off Broadway New Play Festival [2004-present]
- ord-Way ames-Gay (manuscript), The Actors Studio (NYC), Scene study, ongoing
- Script Consultant, Clyde Unity Theatre, Glasgow and London (ongoing)
Professional Societies/Memberships
- The Dramatists Guild, Associate Membership
- Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Associate Membership
- National Association of Schools of Theatre, Individual Membership
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- United States Institute of Theatre Technology
- New England Theatre Conference
- Southeastern Theatre Conference
- The Writers Guild of America
- Theatre Communications Group
Media Coverage
- Who's Who of American Women, 19th Edition
- Who's Who in America, 2002
- Who's Who in Entertainment, 2003