William E. Payne
Associate Professor of Directing/Acting
4420 Robinson St. Duluth, MN 55804
WK (218) 726-8597 HM (218) 525-1512
<wpayne@d.umn.edu>
Subject Area Taught at College level
University of Minnesota Duluth
TH 1001 Introduction to Theatre Arts TH 3881 New Play Development Workshop
TH 1111 Acting: Fundamentals TH 3900 Intern Teaching in Theatre
TH 1112 Acting I TH 3950 B.F.A. Senior Exit Audition
TH 1950 B.F.A. Qualifying Presentation TH 4151 Acting V: Senior Studio
TH 2113 Acting: Classical Styles TH 5220 Directing: Special Projects
TH 3171 Acting IV: Character Transformation Through Masks TH 5222 Stage Direction II
TH 3201 Stage Direction ART 4973 Interdisciplinary Web Design Project
TH 3700 Actor's Studio  
 
Aurora University
THE 120 Introduction to Theatre THE 354 Advanced Acting
THE 151 Theatre Workshop THE 383 Directing
THE 225 Oral Interpretation of Literature THE 383 Playwrighting
THE 254 Acting I THE 383 Storytelling
THE 353 Theatre History IDS 110 Tools of Thought I
THE 301/ REC 301 Organization and Management of Visual & Performing Arts
 
University of Minnesota Duluth
Educational Policy Committee 2002-2003
Liberal Education Subcommittee 2001-2003
Visualization & Digital Imaging Laboratory Presentation to the University of Minnesota Regents Committee 2001
U.M.D. School of Fine Arts & Department of Theatre
Chair, Student Affairs and Appeals Committee 1995-1997
Member, Student Affairs and Appeals Committee 1994-1995
Member, Recruitment & Retention Committee 2002-2003
Chair, Tech Fees Allocation Committee 2001-2002
Member, B.A. Divestiture Committee 2001-2002
Chair, Scholarship Fundraising Committee 1998-1999
Chair, Summer Theatre Committee 1996-2001
Advisor, Stage Two Student Producing Organization 1994-2003
Coordinator/Instructor, High School Theatre Workshop 1994-2002
Member, Season Selection Committee 1993-1994
Professionally Related Public Service
Coordinator/Storyteller - Men As Peacemakers - NewTales Storytelling Troupe 2001-2003
Moderator - Performance & Discussion of Oleanna by David Mamet , sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, College of St. Scholastica. 1996
Advisor, Board Member - Dark Horse Theatre Company, Duluth, Minnesota 1995-1999
Community Service
Member, Board of Directors, Lakeside Presbyterian Preschool 1998-2000
Chair, Worship Committee, First Unitarian Universalist Church o Duluth 1999-2003
Teacher, Religious Education, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Duluth 1997-1998
Advisor, Black Student Association, theatre production of Spell #7by Ntosake Shange 1997-1998
Advisor, B. S. A. theatre production of For Colored Girls... by Ntosake Shange 1996-1997
Advisor, B. S. A. theatre production of The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe 1995-1996
Aurora University
Guest Artists Series Committee, Chair
1990-1993
Academic Standards and Appeals Committee 1992-1993
Advisor - Black Student Association Theatre Productions 1990-1993
 
Awards
Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award School of Fine Arts, University of Minnesota Duluth 2002
Outstanding Faculty Member Aurora University 1991
Grants
Internal Summer Research Grant - Visualization & Digital Imaging Lab $2,000.00
This grant enabled the learning of the Final Cut Pro video editing software and the editing of scenes from my production of The Bacchae, produced by UMD Theatre in January 2001
Internal Diversity Grant $8,442.00
This grant brought Migdalia Cruz of the U.S. and Estella Lenero Franco of Mexico to U.M.D. (April 16-22, 2001) for a series of workshops and a public presentation concerning the new play they are writing together, Primer Contacto (First Contact). A workshop of the play scheduled for sometime in the near future, contingent upon the availability of funding.
External Career Development GrantThe Arrowhead Regional Arts Council $600.00
For directing The Skin Of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder at the American Theater Company, Chicago.
Internal

Minnesota McKnight Endowment for the Arts & Humanities

University of Minnesota Institute of International Studies Programs

$700.00

$500.00
For travel to and from Mexico City in Spring of 1999 for a production of Cloud Tectonics by Jose Rivera at the Centro Cultural Helenico.
External U. S. - Mexico Fund For Culture $10,000.00
This award was granted for production costs for Cloud Tectonics by Jose Rivera in Mexico City in April of 1999. The binational grant is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, The Bancomer Foundation, and Mexico’s National Fund For Culture and the Arts.
Internal Diversity Grant $3,250.00
For a week long visit by Otto Minera April 23-30,1998. Mr. Minera and myself conducted a bilingual workshop/reading of Cloud Tectonics/La Tectonica De Las Nubes by Jose Rivera, presented a public lecture concerning the state of theater in Mexico, and taught in a variety of classroom settings. The workshop allowed Mr. Minera and myself to work on the translation of the play in preparation for its’production in Mexico City in the Spring of 1999.
Internal Single Quarter Leave Spring 1999
Leave to pursue directing Cloud Tectonics by Jose Rivera at the Centro Hellenico Teatro in Mexico City. The production was the first production in Mexico for Mr. Rivera and included a residency by the playwright. The production brought together artists from around North America.
Internal University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship $1,200.00
For travel expenses incurred conducting a workshop/reading of the translation of Cloud Tectonics by Jose Rivera in Los Angeles, California in August 23-30,1998. This workshop included meetings between the playwright, translator, and director concerning the translation of the play and the nature of the production scheduled for Spring 1999. The visit culminated in a reading of the play using professional actors. The workshop/reading was supported in part by the Mark Taper Forum.
Internal

Faculty Summer Research Fellowship

McKnight Summer Fellowship

$5,000.00

$5,000.00
For research project “Using masks and collective creation to generate a new performance piece”. This included travel to Mexico City, Mexico and Vancouver, British Columbia during Summer, 1996.

 

Papers Read at Professional Meetings
The Expressionism of Eugene O’Neill - Masks in The Hairy Ape. Presented at the A.T.H.E. Convention in New York City August 7-10, 1996. Sponsored by the Design & Technology Forum
Directing Pedagogy: Three Divergent Approaches For Teaching Young Directors ; (1) The Portfolio: Linking Analysis With Practice Presented at the A.T.H.E. Convention in San Francisco August 9-12, 1995 Sponsored by the Directing Forum

 

 
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