Teresa Durbin-Ames, Ph.D.
Artistic Director of Theatre
Associate Professor of Theatre
235 Center for the Arts
Department(s)
College
Area of Specialty
Theatre history, musical theatre, directing, script analysis, dramatic literature
Biography
- Joined Ashland University in 2000
- Teaches courses in theatre history, script analysis and musical theatre
- Directed Dancing at Lughnasa, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Saint Joan, Leveling Up, The Autumn Garden, Three Tall Women and Into the Woods
- Directed The Sound of Music and Gypsy for Ashland Summer Theatre Festival
- Served as director of theatre at Waynesburg College; directed Barnum, Quilters, Tally’s Folly, Antigone, Love Letters and I Hate Hamlet
- Served at box office manager and business manager for the Huron Playhouse; directed The Secret Garden, The King & I, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and The Pajama Game
- Participated in conferences with the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the Mid-American Theatre Conference, the Ohio Educational Theatre Association and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
- Favorite thing about Ashland University: My colleagues - the faculty and staff committed to our students and the university
- Little-known fact: I have an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and planned to be a high school chemistry teacher
Education
- Ph.D. and M.A. in Theatre – Bowling Green State University
- B.S. in Chemistry – John Carroll University