Steven
Pearson joined the faculty of the USC Department of
Theatre and Dance in the fall of 2006 as a Master Acting Teacher
and serves as Head of
the MFA Acting Program. Professor Pearson comes from the University
of Washington School of Drama. Professor Pearson has acted
and directed professionally in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe.
A graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University with degrees in acting
and directing, and a 10-year student of Tadashi Suzuki, Professor
Pearson was head of the Professional Act Training Program at
the University of Washington from 1992 to 2003, and previously
taught in and headed the acting program at the University of
California, San Diego. He is an Artistic Director of the Pacific
Performance Project, and recent professional work includes
directing at On the Boards in Seattle, LaMaMa in New York,
in Sibiu, Romania, in Chicago and Minneapolis; and acting in
Seattle and Kyoto, Japan. |
Robyn
Hunt joined the faculty of the USC Department of
Theatre and Dance in the fall of 2006 as a Master Acting
Teacher.
Professor
Hunt comes from the University of Washington School of
Drama. Professor Hunt received her training at UC/San Diego.
A member
of Actor’s Equity, Professor Hunt has acted professionally
in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. She worked for over
a decade with Tadashi Suzuki, performed in Tokyo and Kanazawa
in Opium, a joint Pacific Performance Project/Theatre Group
Tao under the direction of Kenji Suzuki, studied and performed
in Kyoto under the direction of Shogo Ohta, and between
1994
and 2000 performed frequently at the Actor’s Theatre
of Louisville, under the direction of Jon Jory. Professor
Hunt was co-founder and first artistic director of the
San Diego
Public Theatre and co-heads the Pacific Performance Project
in Seattle. In 2001, Professor Hunt received the UW Distinguished
Teaching Award.
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