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Don Weingust |
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Assistant Professor
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Drama and Dance Department
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| Degrees: |
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Ph. D. University of California, Berkeley (May 2002) |
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Shakespearean drama and performance, theatre history, dramatic literature and criticism, acting and directing.
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| Major Awards: |
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Sturgess Prize for Outstanding Artistic Accomplishment, University of California, Berkeley; Summer Faculty Fellowship, Tufts University |
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don.weingust@tufts.edu
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Currently researching a book length project on “original practices” in contemporary Shakespearean performance. Author, Acting from Shakespeare’s First Folio: Theory, Text and Performance (New York and Abingdon [UK]: Routledge, 2006). Contributing Editor, They Fight: Classical to Contemporary Stage Fight Scenes, by Kyna Hamill (Manchester [NH]: Smith & Kraus, 2003). "Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach (review),” Theatre Journal, vol. 55, no.3 (October 2003). "My Favorite Shakespearean Performance." Shakespeare Magazine, vol. 4 no. 2 (spring 2000). Conference papers, including: "The Clocke Upbraides Me with the Waste of Time: English Renaissance Playing Times and the ‘Literary’ Shakespeare," Blackfriars Conference; "And Make a Sop of All This Solid Globe: When Modern Methods Meet Early Modern Space," American Society for Theatre Research conference.
Member of Actors Equity Association, performing Off-Broadway and with major regional repertory theatres, including the Arizona Theatre Company and the Tony Award winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
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