Dallas Martinez

Artistic Producing Director of Theatre

Assistant Professor of Musical Direction
Director of Fowler Center

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Education

• Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Direction, emphasis Musical Theatre Direction, Florida State University
• Master of Science in Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism, Illinois State University
• Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance West Texas A&M University
• Associates Degree in Theatre Performance Western Texas College

Teaching Specialties

• Directing
• Musical Direction
• Acting: Uta Hagan
• Shakespeare/Period Acting
• Theatre History
• Stage Make-Up
• Devised Theatre
• Play Analysis

Research Interests

• Kinetic Theatre and Practice of Energy Manipulation within Play
• Theatre and Social Change
• Theatre & Identity
• American/Latino Performance & Representation
• Theatre in the 21st Century

Affiliations

• Stage Directors and Choreographers Guild (SDC)
• Southeast Theatre Conference (SETC)
• Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance (MTEA)
• National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
• Dramatist Guild
• Mid-American Theatre Festival (MATC)
• American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)
• Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
• Alpha Psi Omega

Biography

Dallas grew up in Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico. He has been teaching/admin in higher education for the past 23 years, has directed productions for the past 20, and is a lifelong performer. Dallas’ areas of expertise are Direction, Acting, Theory, History, and Stage Make-up. He has worked in New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Canada, Mexico, and Japan.