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WALLACE
BRIDGES
Professor
Office: 104 Quirk Building
Phone: 734.487.0535
Email: wbridges@emich.edu
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Bridges
has been teaching theatre at Eastern Michigan University since
1992. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama
at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and a Master of
Fine Arts degree in Theatre (Directing) at Western Illinois
University in Macomb, Illinois. He teaches acting, play direction,
introduction to theatre and African American theatre to undergraduate
students, and has designed and teaches courses online. In addition
to teaching and advising undergraduate students, he directs
at EMU annually, and has also acted professionally onstage
at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan and
at the St. Louis Black Repertory Company in Missouri. Some
of his acting roles include T.O. in I AM A MAN, Doaker in THE
PIANO LESSON, Wilkie in A SOLDIER'S PLAY, and Philmore in JITNEY.
He created the role of Lenny in the Purple Rose Theatre Company
world premiere of Mitch Albom's DUCK HUNTER SHOOTS ANGEL. Bridges
is a member of Actors Equity Association and is seen and heard
locally on television commercials, voice-overs and print ads.
Bridges has directed nearly 20 plays at EMU. He is noted for
directing high quality and thought-provoking plays. Some of
his directing credits at EMU include THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN,
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', IN THE BLOOD, and OEDIPUS THE KING. His
professional directing credits include HOME and WHITE PICKET
FENCE at the Lawton Community Theatre in Oklahoma, and FIDDLER
ON THE ROOF at the University of Michigan-Flint. He also enjoys
directing in the intimate Laboratory Theatre at EMU, most recently
HOME and DUTCHMAN. He co-wrote and co-directed an original
play with music, SOARING ON BLACK WINGS with EMU students,
faculty and staff in collaboration with Tony and Emmy award-winner
and television actor, Ben Vereen. Bridges founded the Idlewild
Theatre Company which has a mission to produce Afrocentric
theatre in historic Idlewild, Michigan each summer.
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