Degrees
PhD—Theatre Arts (Directing), Texas Tech University, 1991
MFA— Theatre, Ohio University, 1986
MM— Vocal Performance, Ohio University 1986
BM— Vocal Performance, University of Illinois, 1983
Teacher Training Certificate, The Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC
2004
Representative courses taught
CTAR 140: Script Analysis
CTAR 150: Introduction to Theatre
CTAR 158: Fundamentals of Acting
MUSC 115A: Applied Studio Voice
CTAR 355: Directing
CTAR 451: History of Theatre 1642- Present
CTAR 421: Musical Theatre Styles
CTAR 461: Musical Theatre Acting
CTAR 463: American Musical Stage
Advising
Theatre Arts, BA—major and minor
Theatre Arts, MA
Biography
Dr. Pirooz Aghssa has been at EMU since 1992 and in that time
period has taught a wide
range of courses and directed numerous productions on the Mainstage.
His directing
credits include: The House of Blue Leaves, Angels in America
I: Millennium
Approaches, Evita, Brecht on Brecht, Falsettos, Dead Man’s
Cell Phone, and Into the
Woods, to name a few. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Outstanding
Teaching Award
by the Alumni Organization at EMU. Dr. Aghssa has studied with
renowned theatre and
music artists including Anne Bogart, Tina Landau Adrian Noble,
William Warfield and
Evelyn Lear. He also studied Cabaret Performance Techniques with
Helen Baldassare
and regularly performs in cabaret venues in New York City. He
has been published
extensively by the Brecht International Society.
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