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ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABLE POSITION

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College of Fine Arts

Department of Theatre and Dance

Associate Professor of Acting and Directing

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ACTING AND DIRECTING:  The University of New Mexico, Department of Theatre and Dance, invites applications for an Associate Professor position in Acting and Directing beginning in August 2008. This is a probationary appointment leading to a tenure decision.  Salary:  $51,000.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Service: The successful candidate will be a team member in further development of the undergraduate Acting and Directing curriculums in a comprehensive BA degree collaborating with the Department’s Dramatic Writing MFA and Theatre Education and Outreach MA programs; mentor and coach acting and directing students, serve on graduate thesis committees, serve as a member of various departmental and college committees.
Teaching: Expected to teach three courses per semester at the undergraduate and graduate level including:  upper division acting and directing classes on a rotating basis such as Principles of Directing, Acting- Classical Styles, Acting-Modern Styles, Physical Theatre, Acting for Camera, Entering the Profession and Topics in Directing. 
Artistic/Scholarly Activity:  Direct at least one mainstage show in the department’s production season annually; artistic mentoring of student directors; continued professional activity.

Minimum Qualifications: 
•  MFA in Acting or Directing
•  5 years of university teaching of acting and directing or equivalent professional experience
•  Significant directing experience in academic and/or professional theatre
•  Two years experience in physical theatre
•   Two years experience in interdisciplinary collaboration; working with the classics; and various approaches to directing new work.

Preferred Qualifications:
•  More than 5 years of university teaching of acting and directing
•   Evidence of successful work with students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
•   Extensive professional and/or academic directing experience with ongoing connections to national or international professional networks.
•   more than two years physical theatre experience with an innovative physical theatre practice and a proficiency in using more than one of the following: Grotowski, Boal, Viewpoints, Clowning, Suzuki, Mask Work or other comparable traditions.
•   Proficiency (more than two years) in interdisciplinary collaboration; working with the classics; and using various approaches to developing new work. Examples might include, but are not limited to, more than one of the following: dance, film, new technologies, community-based theatre.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: For best consideration, complete application packets must be received by 5:00pm (MST) on January 11th, 2008. The position will remain open until filled.  Send a signed application letter, resume or vita, a separate statement of your teaching and artistic philosophy, a copy of transcript of most recent degree, at least two recent letters of recommendation, and list of at least two additional references to:

Sarah Lentz,
Department Administrator,
Dept. of Theatre and Dance MSC 04-2570,
1 University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

The University of New Mexico is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator.