Kenn Wheeler

612 C Avenue

LaGrande, OR 97850

Home: (541) 663-8330/Work: (541) 962-3318

E-mail: Kwheeler@eou.edu

Eastern Oregon University Theatre Program Website :

www.eou.edu/theatre/

 

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Directing, 1990 - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, 1987 - Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

Associate of Arts and Sciences in Drama, 1984 - BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID

SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY - Assistant Professor

(La Grande,  OR - Fall, 2002 to Present)

  Teaching:
   

THEA 110: Script Analysis (F)

THEA 112: Introduction to Theatre: Production

THEA 150: Acting I (F)

THEA 214: Introduction to Theatre: Dramatic Lit (F, W, S ONLINE)

THEA 230: Theatre Management (W)

THEA 250: Acting II (W)

THEA 249: Musical Theatre Performance (S)

THEA 256: Fundamentals of Stage Combat (W)

THEA 263: Theatre History III (S)

THEA 264: Technical Theatre: Set Construction

THEA 265: Technical Theatre: Lighting

THEA 266: Technical Theatre: Costuming

THEA 267: Technical Theatre: Stage Make-up (F, W, S ONLINE)

THEA 269: Survey of Musical Theatre (S)

THEA 324: Scenic Design

THEA 330: Stage Management (F)

THEA 407: Senior Seminar (S)

  Directing:
  MUSICALS
   

The Phantom of the Opera - November 2010

Little Women - March 2009

Spring Into Broadway - March 2007

The Pirates of Penznace - November 2006

The Fantasticks - August 2006

Urinetown, the Musical - May 2006

Joseph, and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - July 2005

Big River - May 2005                               

Fiddler On the Roof - May 2004                 

Nunsense -July 2003

The Scarlet Pimpernel - May 2003

Parade - February 2003

  DRAMA
    Richard III - November - 2011
    Hole In the Sky - November 2003*
  COMEDY
   

Much Ado About Nothing - May 2010

Noises Off - May 2009

You Can't Take It With You - March 2008

The Comedy of Errors - August 2007

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged - July 2007

Deadwood Dick, or the Game of Gold - August 2005

  Scenic Design:
   

Spring Into Broadway II - April 2008

Cinderella - August 2007

The Comedy of Errors - August 2007

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged - July 2007

Spring Into Broadway - March 2007

Peril on the High Seas - September 2006

The Fantasticks - August 2006

Music Man, Jr. - August 2006

Joseph, and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - July 2005

Deadwood Dick, or the Game of Gold - August 2005

Annie - August 2005

Arms and the Man - November 2004

Fiddler On the Roof - June 2004

Nunsense - July 2003

A Flea in Her Ear - Fall 2002  

  Technical Direction:
   

Cinderella - August 2007

The Comedy of Errors - August 2007

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged - July 2007

Peril on the High Seas - September 2006

The Fantasticks - August 2006

Music Man, Jr. - August 2006

Joseph, and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - July 2005

Deadwood Dick, or the Game of Gold - August 2005

Annie - August 2005

Big River - May 2004

Arms and the Man - November 2004

Wit - Winter 2003

Nunsense - July 2003

A Flea in Her Ear - Fall 2002

  Acting:
   

All My Sons - February 2011

Spring Into Broadway II -March 2007

The Comedy of Errors - August 2007

Spring Into Broadway/Featured Soloist - March 2007

Broadway Christmas Returns/Featured Soloist - December 2005

Another Broadway Christmas/Featured Soloist - December 2004

Taming of the Shrew/Baptista - February 2004

Broadway Christmas/Featured Soloist - December 2003

A Christmas Carol/Ebenezer Scrooge - December 2002

*Presented at the 2004 KC/ACTF Region VII Festival
 

TREASURE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Theatre Program Director (Ontario, OR - Fall, 1996 to Spring, 2002)

  Administration:
   

January 1997 - June 1999: Performing Arts Department Chair , which included the Theatre, Instrumental, and Choral Music Programs. Responsibilities included preparing and presenting the budget for each program, acting as liaison with administration and serving on the faculty council which dealt with instructional issues.

  Teaching:
   

Introduction to Theatre: (FWS)

Fundamentals of Tech. Theatre - Scenery: (F)

Fundamentals of Tech. Theatre - Costumes: (W)

Fundamentals of Tech. Theatre - Lighting : (S)

Acting I - Fundamentals: (F)

Acting II - Styles: (W)

Acting III - Audition Prep: (S)

Surveys of Theatre History: (F)

Stage Make-up: (W)

Stage Management: (S)

Fundamentals of Stage Directing: (S)

Fundamentals of Stage Combat: (S)                         

Fundamentals of Speech: (FWS)

  Directing
    MUSICALS
     

The Music Man - June 2002

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum - June 2001

Into The Woods - June 2000

The Pirates of Penzance   - June 1999

A Christmas Carol - December 1998      

Nunsense - November 1998

Hello Dolly! - June 1998

A Christmas Carol - December 1997

Fiddler On the Roof - June 1997

Winnie-the-Pooh - March 1997

    SHAKESPEARE
     

The Merry Wives of Windsor   - March 2002

A Midsummer Night's Dream   - March 2001

Macbeth   - March 2000

The Comedy of Errors   - March 1999

    DRAMA
     

The Lion In Winter - November 2001

All My Sons - November 1998

Our Town - November 1996

    COMEDY
     

You Can't Take It With You - November 2000

Tartuffe - November 1999

Lost In Yonkers - September 1998

Noises Off - November 1997

  Scenic Design:
   

You Can't Take It With You - Nov. 2000

Into the Woods - June 2000                    

Fiddler On the Roof - June 1997

Winnie-the-Pooh - March 1997

Our Town - November 1996

  Technical Direction:
   

Fiddler On the Roof - June 1997

Winnie-the-Pooh - March 1997

Our Town - November 1996 

  Acting:
   

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum/Pseudolus - June 2001

Salute to Broadway/ Featured Performer - June 2001

Broadway Laughter and Tears/ Featured Performer - June 2000

A Christmas Carol/ Ebenezer Scrooge - December 1998

A Christmas Carol/ Ebenezer Scrooge - December 1997

Fiddler On the Roof/ Tevye - June 1997

Our Town/ Stage Manager - November 1996   

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