HERB PARKER EDUCATION

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1 1 HERB PARKER Associate Professor Division of Theatre and Dance Department of Communication and Performance East Tennessee State University Box 70626, Johnson City, TN (423) EDUCATION M.F.A. Ohio University, 1980 Professional Actor Training Program, 1980 Acting Peter Sander, Morris Carnovsky Voice (Lessac System) Barry Kur Movement Denise Gabriel; workshops with Richard Morse and Jose Limon Dance Company B.F.A. Stephens College, 1977 Acting Louis Schaefer, Brett Prentiss Voice and Phonetics William F. West Singing Voice Earl Coleman TEACHING EXPERIENCE EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Associate Professor, 2012 Present; Assistant Professor, ; Lecturer, 2005; BA program; advise Undergraduate and Graduate students; Audition Preparation for unified auditions (SETC, URTA, UPTA, etc.) and graduate school professional training programs; Mentor students individually on how to enter show business. Direct main stage productions each year Courses Taught --Acting I and II (2000 and 3000 Level) --Voice and Diction --Dramatic Structure --Theatre History I --Playwriting --Acting Shakespeare: The Comedies --Acting Shakespeare Tragedy

2 2 --Introduction to Theatre, Instructional Television (ITV) section --Independent Study: Writing From Experience UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Assistant Professor, : --Acting on the 200 and 300 Level --MFA Acting Styles 400 Level Courses --Introduction to African American Performance, Level STEPHENS COLLEGE Guest Artist, : --Acting I (Freshman Level) --Acting II (sophomore / Junior Level) --Audition Coach for seniors, URTA Unified Auditions VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Adjunct Faculty, 2004: --Introduction to Theatre (Spring Semester and three-week intensive Maymester) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT American Shakespeare Center, Spring Teaching Seminar, 2011 & 2014 R.O.A.D.S. to Rhetoric Cass Morris Text Ralph Alan Cohen Macbeth and As You Like It Workshop Cass Morris American Shakespeare Center, Summer Teaching Seminar, 2012 BOOKS PUBLISHED: A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition. Routledge/Focal Press, March, 2016 Bark Like a Dog! Outrageous Ideas for Actors. Spring Knoll Press, August, ARTICLES PUBLISHED: Let s Do Color Inclusive, Not Color Blind, Casting. 400 Words Article, Southern Theatre Magazine, Volume LV # 4, fall, 2014 The Magic If Words, Southern Theatre, Volume L12 Number 4 Fall 2012 WORKSHOPS TAUGHT Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 48, February, 2016

3 3 A MONOLOGUE IS AN OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION! How Make Bigger Acting Choices. Solo Presenter, Charleston, SC 2016 Southeastern Theatre Conference Annual Conventions, 2006 Present OUTRAGEOUS MONOLOGUES! How to Go For It in 60 Seconds. Solo Presenter, Greensboro, NC 2016 A MONOLOGUE IS AN OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION! Making Bigger Acting Choices. Solo Presenter, Chattanooga, TN 2015 BARK LIKE A DOG! Outrageous Ideas for Actors. Solo Presenter, Mobile, AL 2014 BARK LIKE A DOG! Finding the Theatrical in Your Monologues for Theater. Solo Presenter, Louisville, KY 2013 Shakespeare Your BFF! No Nonsense Tools to Make the Bard s Words Your Own. Solo Presenter, Chattanooga, TN Shakespeare Your BFF! No Nonsense Tools to Make the Bard s Words Your Own. Solo Presenter, Atlanta, Ga Over the Top! Making Bigger Bolder Choices in Your Auditions and Acting. Solo Presenter, Lexington, Ky The Magic If Made Simple. Solo Presenter, Atlanta, Ga The Biz: How to make it yours. Panelist, Patrick Cronin, Presenter, Atlanta, Ga Cold Readings, Served Hot! Panelist; Mark Paladini, Patrick Cronin, Co-Presenters, Atlanta, Ga Georgia Theatre Conference, October, 2014 Can I have a Career in Theatre? Solo Presenter, Columbus, GA 2014 Tennessee Theatre Association, Annual Convention, 2009 Present OUTRAGEOUS MONOLOGUES! Making Bigger Choices in Your Monologues and Acting. Solo Presenter, Maryville, TN 2015

4 4 A MONOLOGUE IS AN OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION! Making Bigger Choices in Your Monologues and Acting. Solo Presenter, Maryville, TN 2014 BARK LIKE A DOG! Finding the Theatrical in Your Monologues for Theater. Solo Presenter, Maryville, TN 2012 & 2013 YOUR BEST TWO! Finding the Best Audition Monologues to Start Your Acting Career Solo Presenter, Dickson, TN 2011 AUDITIONING FOR SHAKESPEARE Bringing the Bard Down From His Pedestal! Solo Presenter, Cookeville, Tn Over the Top! Making Big Choices in Acting, Solo Presenter, Cookeville, Tn Nashville Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare Monologue workshops for Intern Company summer, Nashville, Tn Wisconsin Theatre Festival University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2001: Acting Process: Exploring the Magic If University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2000: The Business of Acting PRESENTATIONS Parker, Herbert. Shakespeare on Film: What to Cut and What to Keep Without Putting Us to Sleep. The Interplay of Text and Image. SAMLA 82 nd Annual Convention. Loews Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA 10 Nov Parker, Herbert. What Roles Does Theatre Play in Addressing Human Rights and Political Injustice? Round Table Discussion. Human Rights and the Humanities. SAMLA 81 st Convention. Atlanta, GA 7 Nov Parker, Herbert. Acting the Restoration 18 th Century Play. SASECS 36 th Annual Meeting. Carnegie Hotel, Johnson City, TN 18 Feb. 2010

5 5 Parker, Herbert & Harker, Cara, Co-Chairs. Saturday Night Live: Theatre as Popular Culture. SASECS 36 th Annual Meeting. Carnegie Hotel, Johnson City, TN 18 Feb Parker, Herbert. Reading of Shakespeare Sonnets, by William Shakespeare. Sherrod Library, ETSU, Johnson City, TN. April PEER ADJUDICATION South Carolina Theatre Association Screening Auditions, Adjudicator, USC-Aiken, November, 2014 Kentucky Theatre Association Screening Auditions, Adjudicator, Eastern Kentucky University, November, 2014 Georgia Theatre Conference, Adjudicator, Community Theatre, Columbus, GA, 2014 Georgia Theatre Conference, Adjudicator, Secondary Theatre Festival, Kingsland, GA, 2013 North Carolina State Screening Auditions, Adjudicator, Greensboro College Judged and selected students and local actors for acceptance into the Southeastern Theatre Conference Professional Auditions, held during the Annual Convention in March Smoky Mountain Tournament, Walters State Community College Judge students from participating Tennessee collegiate Speech programs in Oral Interpretation and Forensics Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region IV Selection Team Present. This team reviews (through video and in person adjudication) selected participating collegiate theatrical productions and chooses those productions which will continue on to the southeastern regional festival in February of each year and then continue on to the national festival held in Washington, D.C. in April of every year. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Respondent 2008-Present. Respondent for College Theatrical Productions; traveled to University of Virginia-Wise, University of Central Florida, Marshall University, King College, Indian River State College, Tennessee State University, Murray State University, Mississippi Theatre Festival Barter Theatre Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights 2008 Judgment Panel for 8 Play Festival of Staged Readings and Mini-Production DIRECTING EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY DIVISION OF THEATRE AND DANCE RACE by David Mamet Studio 205, fall, 2015

6 6 THE TROJAN WOMEN by Euripides Bud Frank Theatre, spring, 2015 SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello Bud Frank Theatre, spring, 2014 CAESAR 2012, adapted and directed from Shakespeare Bud Frank Theatre, fall, 2013 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams Directed Bud Frank Theatre, fall, 2011 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM by William Shakespeare Adapted and Directed Bud Frank Theatre, spring, 2011 AS YOU LIKE IT Adapted and Directed ETSU Amphitheatre, fall, 2009 HAMLET Adapted and Directed VA Memorial Theatre, Spring, 2009 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken Directed VA Memorial Theatre, Spring, 2007 * for colored girls... when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange Co-Director with Nakeshia Daniel Bud Frank Theatre, Spring, 2006 ** The Toy Shop by Seymour Barab (Dept. of Music Opera) Acting Coach Bud Frank Theatre, Fall, 2005 PERFORMANCE AS ACTOR (Since 2005; full actor s Equity resume at the end of CV) PROFESSIONAL THEATRE East Tennessee Repertory Theatre (Inaugural season) The Dining Room Gordon/Harvey/Host summer, 2010 Virginia Shakespeare Festival Art Marc summer, 2009 Nashville Shakespeare Festival The Merry Wives of Windsor Justice Shallow summer, 2008 The Winter s Tale Camillo summer, 2005 Oldcastle Theatre Company Co-Production with ETSU My Children! My Africa! Mr. M Spring, 2008 EDUCATIONAL THEATRE

7 7 ETSU Division of Theatre and Dance Hamlet (also director) Voice of Hamlet s Father spring, 2009 Inherit the Wind Matthew Harrison Brady fall, 2008 Little Shop of Horrors (also director) Voice of the Plant spring, 2007 My Children! My Africa! Mr. M spring, 2008 Macbeth Duncan / Porter Fall, 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Theatre She Stoops to Conquer Hardcastle spring, 2001 AWARDS AND HONORS 2015 Excellence in Direction Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Meritorious Achievement Award, for Race 2014 Excellence in Direction Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Meritorious Achievement Award, for Six Characters in Search of an Author 2011 Excellence in Direction Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Meritorious Achievement Award, for A Midsummer Night s Dream 2009 Outstanding Teaching Artist, Performance. KCACTF Region IV 2008 Excellence in Direction Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Achievement Award, for Little Shop of Horrors 2009 Certificate of Appreciation, Alliance for Continued Learning SERVICE ARTISTIC BLACK FACULTY STAFF ANNUAL BANQUET 2015 A Reading from Richard Wright s BLACK BOY A WEEK OF MUSICAL CELEBRATION Mountain Memories Narrator, with ETSU Chorale and Symphonic Wind Ensemble A PART OF THE SKY CALLED ORION 2011 Bays Mountain Planetarium Voice over Narration FAMILY MEDICINE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO

8 8 Patient in Breaking Bad News Instructional Video 2010 Alliance for Continued Learning As You Like It and Hamlet: Designing Shakespeare for the 21 st Century. Received Certificate of Appreciation Award 2009 ETSU EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME! Promotional Video Voice over Narrator 2008 I AM SO ETSU! CONVOCATION VIDEO Voice over Narration 2008 SERVICE ACADEMIC DIVERSITY IN ACTING SCHOLARSHIP 2010 Present Established a $3000 scholarship for diverse students who come to ETSU to major in Theatre. Ideas Forum Proposal approved Spring Semester. The first recipient will enter ETSU in the fall of DEPARTMENT Job Search Committee Dance Hire 2007 Communication Graduate Faculty 2005 Present COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Faculty Council Committee 2009 Faculty Activity System Committee 2009 Graduate Appeals Committee, CHAIR (spring) 2010 Present Tenure and Promotion Committee UNIVERSITY Chattanooga State Academic Audit Team Black Faculty and Staff Association 2005 Present President s Council on Diversity Committee General Education Advisory Council Fine and Performing Arts Scholars Selection Committee 2011 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Shakespeare Society of America 2012 Present KCACTF Region IV Selection Team 2007 Present Tennessee Theatre Association Board Member at Large Theatre Communications Group 2010 Present South Atlantic Modern Language Association 2009 Present Southeastern Theatre Conference Auditions Committee 2005 Present Actors Equity Association 1981 Present

9 9 Herb Parker AEA 1815 Fieldcrest Circle Apt # 5 parkerh@etsu.edu Johnson City, TN herbparkerm@aol.com (423) H ACTING ART Marc Virginia Shakespeare Festival MY CHILDREN MY AFRICA Mr. M Oldcastle Theatre Company I M NOT RAPPAPORT Midge Oldcastle Theatre Company THE WINTER S TALE Camillo Nashville Shakespeare Festival THE BOYS NEXT DOOR Lucien P. Smith Florida Repertory Theatre THE TEMPEST Alonso Nashville Children s Theatre THE IDIOT General Yepanchin People s Branch Theatre BEFORE THE PEOPLE CAME Griot/Tiger Nashville Children s Theatre A CHRISTMAS CAROL Jacob Marley North Carolina Shakespeare Festival DRACULA Dr. Seward Tennessee Repertory Theatre ROMEO AND JULIET Friar Laurence Nashville Shakespeare Festival FENCES Gabriel Madison Repertory Theatre DRIVING MISS DAISY Hoke Fireside Dinner Theatre ART Yvan Wayside Theatre LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Audrey II Voice Wayside Theatre PYGMALION Pickering * Centenary Stage Company 2 Sergeant Florida Studio Theatre THE PIANO LESSON Boy Willie Mill Mountain Theatre A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM Nick Bottom Mill Mountain Theatre DEATH OF A SALESMAN Charley Missouri Repertory Theatre KING LEAR Albany Missouri Repertory Theatre MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS Sam ** Missouri Repertory Theatre OEDIPUS TYRANNOS Tiresias North Carolina Shakespeare Festival MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Host Pearl Theatre Company MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Friar Francis Equity Library Theatre CYRANO DE BERGERAC Carbon, Bellerose Riverside Shakespeare Company ROMEO AND JULIET Prince Escalus Riverside Shakespeare Company * Best Featured Comedic Actor Nominee -- Newark Star Ledger ** Best Actor Nominee -- Kansas City Star