Professor of Theatre
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8785

E-mail: AmsdenR@ripon.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
• M.A., Indiana University
• B.A., University of Toledo

Awards and Honors

• Global Studies Travel Grant: Kerala, India to study Kutiyattam, 2002
• Curriculum Development Grant: Instructional Materials for Asian Theatre , 2002
• Stage manager: "An Evening of Scenes," ACTF Region III, Evansville, Indiana, January 2002
• Director, ACTF Region III presentation of Associate entry production of "Escape from Happiness" on "An evening of Scenes," Evansville, Indiana, January 2002
• Severy Award in Excellence in Teaching, 2001

Areas of Interest

• Theatrical Masks and their uses in training and in performance
• Greek and Asian Theatre (especially Indian Kutiyattam and Japanese Noh)
• Directing
• Lighting Design

Sampling of Recent Productions

• "Wonderful Town, scene designer/lighting designr, 2006

• "All My Sons," scene designer/technical director, 2006

• "And People Will Say ...", director/lighting designer, 2005

• "Nickel and Dimed," director/lighting desinger, 2005

• "Mornings At Seven," role of Thor, 2004

• "Midsummer Night's Dream," director/lighting designer, 2003

• "The Importance of Being Earnest," director/lighting designer, 2003

• "1940s Radio Hour," lighting designer/technical director, 2002

• "Murder at the Vicarage," role of Haydock, 2002

• "The Bakkhai," director/choreographer and lighting designer, 2001
• "Arsenic and Old Lace," role of Einstein, 2001
• "Escape from Happiness," director and lighting designer, 2001
• "As You Like It," scenery and lighting designer/technical director, 2000
• "School for Scandal," director and lighting designer, 1999
• "The Crucible," scenery, lighting, sound and properties designer, 1999

Current Courses Taught

• Mask Improvisation Workshop
• Acting I and Acting II
• Stagecrafts
• Scene Design
• Lighting Design
• Directing
• Theatre and Drama I: Ancient and Medieval Europe and Asia
• Theatre and Drama III: European Modern to Contemporary