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Assistant Professor of Theatre

Employer
Susquehanna University
Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Salary
Salary Not specified
Date posted
Nov 28, 2022

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Position Type
Faculty Positions, Arts, Performing Arts
Employment Level
Tenured/Tenured Track
Employment Type
Full Time


Assistant Professor of Theatre

About Susquehanna:
As a living, learning and working community, Susquehanna University affirms its commitment to being an engaged, culturally inclusive campus. As we seek to embody the rich diversity of the human community, we commit ourselves to the full participation of persons who represent the breadth of human difference. The university encourages candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Susquehanna University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse, dynamic and interdependent world. Its more than 2,300 undergraduates come from 35 states and 22 countries, and all students study away through Susquehanna’s unique Global Opportunities program. Susquehanna University’s 325 acre campus, noted for its beauty, is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 50 miles north of Harrisburg in the scenic Susquehanna River Valley, about a three hour drive from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City. For more information, please visit https://www.susqu.edu.

Position Summary:
The Susquehanna University Department of Theatre seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Theatre with primary specialties in acting, directing, and dramaturgy. Important secondary specialties for this position are in dramatic literature, play analysis and non-European centered performance studies. An earned terminal degree is required by start of the position in August 2023. An MFA in Acting or Directing is preferred, though a PhD in Theatre or Performance Studies will also receive full consideration with the requisite experience and qualifications. Three years of undergraduate teaching is highly preferred as is professional acting or directing experience. Experience directing musicals is a plus. Demonstrated ability to support a theatre program which strives to actively center and celebrate underrepresented voices and contributions both through its production season and in course content is also strongly preferred. The successful candidate will teach six courses per academic year: two acting courses (Beginning, Voice & Movement, and Styles in rotation); one to two courses involving the directing of mainstage productions; and other theatre courses in rotation with department faculty, depending on qualifications. This position also requires mentoring student directors and dramaturgs.

Required Qualifications:
An earned terminal degree is required by start of the position in August 2023.

Preferred Qualifications:
An MFA in Acting or Directing is preferred, though a PhD in Theatre or Performance Studies will also receive full consideration with the requisite experience and qualifications.

Special Instructions to the Applicant:
The Theatre Department is an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts program with emphases in Performance, Production & Design, and Theatre Studies. The department is committed to cultivating the scholar-artist by balancing skills development with intellectual engagement. Applicants must submit a letter of intent, C.V., statement of teaching philosophy, and a statement on how the applicant will contribute to the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://jobs.susqu.edu/. Any inquiries should be sent to the department head, Anna Andes, at andes@susqu.edu. Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2023.

Benefits Eligible: Yes
Number of Months: 9 months
Other Number of Months:
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full Time
Work Schedule/Hours per Week:
Posting Date: 10/14/2022
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled: No
Anticipated Start Date:
Posting Number: F00151

To apply, visit https://jobs.susqu.edu/postings/2901

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