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Citizen Artistry

TEACHING

 In the Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal establishes that there are no spectators; everyone in the room must be actively engaged. When this happens, spectators become spect-actors. As an educator, I prioritize the creation of equitable and inclusive learning spaces and motivate my students to participate as spect-actors through my unique combination of historical, theoretical, and practice-based approaches to teaching theatre and performance. My goal is for students not simply to acquire knowledge but actively apply it to the worlds they produce and inhabit.

My pedagogy engages theories and methods within Black feminism, critical race and gender studies, decolonial critique, collaborative performance, and global histories of popular education and participatory action research.

 

 

SELECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record

 

Pacifica Graduate Institute – Carpinteria, CA

M.A./Ph.D. Program in Depth Psychology

Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies

 

Spring 2024

 

Spring 2024

 

Spring 2022

 

 

University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley, CA

 

Fall 2023

 

Spring 2023

 

Spring 2021

 

Spring 2020

 

 

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) – San Francisco, CA

M.F.A. Acting Program

 

Spring 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016          Beginning Citizen Artistry*

 

Fall 2018, 2017, 2016                        Intermediate Citizen Artistry*

 

Studio A.C.T. (Extension Program)

 

Winter 2017, 2014, Fall 2016             Introduction to Acting

                                                           

Spring 2016                                      Theatre of the Oppressed

 

Summer 2015                                   Directing Styles

 

*Read more about the Citizen Artist program

 

Teaching Assistant

 

Fall 2021

 

 

 

Fall 2020

 

 

 

Spring 2020

 

 

 

 

Spring 2018

 

 

 

Winter 2018

 

 

 

Fall 2017

Introduction to Performance Studies

University of California, Berkeley

Instructor of Record: Angela Marino

 

Theater of American Cultures: Race, Ethics, Performance

University of California, Berkeley

Instructor of Record: Shannon Steen

 

Mentored Research: Performance and Democracy

Special Projects on Participation, Representation, and the Performing Arts

University of California, Berkeley

Instructor of Record: Angela Marino

 

Honors in the Arts Seminar

Stanford University

Instructor of Record: Peggy Phelan

 

Honors in the Arts Seminar

Stanford University

Instructor of Record: Peggy Phelan

 

Honors in the Arts Seminar

Stanford University

Instructor of Record: Peggy Phelan

Thinking Like a Dramaturg:

Research and Writing for the Theatre

 

Staging the South:

Performance Histories & Futures of the ‘Nation’s Region’

 

Performing Politics:

From the Stage to the Streets

 

Directed Group Study:

New Play Reading Series

Performance Ecologies II

 

Performance Studies: Collective Creation and

Community Based Performance for Social Transformation

 

Theatre of the Oppressed

Undergraduate Students at University of California, Berkeley

"Rebecca created a welcoming and challenging environment. I felt like my opinions were valued and questioned. She furthered my understanding on complex reading material and was extremely accessible."
"Rebecca always gave very personalized and detailed feedback on every assignment I turned in. It was really nice to see an instructor put so much time and energy into making us better writers."
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