PETER CHARLES MORRIS

EDUCATION

 

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, Bronxville, New York

M.F.A. Theatre, May 2001

 

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE INSTITUTE, New York, New York

Playwrighting with Stuart Spencer, Spring 1991

 

PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZON THEATRE SCHOOL, New York, New York

Production Workshop with Bob Moss, Spring & Fall 1989

Playwrighting with Willie Reale, Spring 1990

 

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, New York

B.A. Theatre, August 1982

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Valhalla, New York, Fall 2001 to present

Adjunct Professor/Director.  Teach Introduction to Theatre and Speech Communications.  Directed productions of plays and musicals.

 

SPHERE, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Fall 2003 to 2005

Director.  Wrote and directed productions for special needs teenagers and adults.

 

THEATRE ARTS CENTER, Doylestown, PA & Queens, NY, Summer 2002 to present

Director.  Directed children’s theatre productions with middle-school students.

 

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, Bronxville, New York, Spring 2002

Guest Professor.  Taught workshop in musical writing technique.

 

STAGE DOOR MANOR, Loch Sheldrake, New York, Summer 2001

Director/Teacher.  Taught classes in playwrighting, directing, acting and musical theatre history.  Directed productions of plays and musicals.

 

WHITEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Whitefield, Maine, Spring 2000 & 2001

Instructor.  Taught creative writing and theatre crafts to third, fourth & fifth grade students as part of Sarah Lawrence College Outreach program which introduces the arts to rural areas.

 

SACRED HEART SCHOOL, Greenwich, Connecticut, Summer 2000

Instructor. Taught playwrighting techniques and musical theatre history & performance to middle school and high school students.

 

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

LYSISTRATA, Westchester Community College, NY, Spring 2006.

URINETOWN, Westchester Community College, NY, Fall 2005.

RAPUNZEL, Theatre Arts Center, PA, Summer 2005.

ANTIGONE, Westchester Community College, NY, Spring 2005.

PERSONALS, Westchester Community College, NY, Spring 2005.

POP STAR, Theatre Arts Center, PA, Summer 2004

MOULIN ROUGE, Sphere Theatre for Special Needs Adults, CT, Fall 2004

OEDIPUS THE KING, Westchester Community College, NY, Spring 2004.

LORD OF THE RINGS, Sphere Theatre for Special Needs Adults, CT, Spring 2004

ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Sphere Theatre for Special Needs Adults, CT, Fall 2003

THE FANTASTICKS, Westchester Community College, NY, Fall 2002.

RUMPLESTILTSKIN, Theatre Arts Center, PA, Summer 2002.

SUBURBIA, Westchester Community College, NY, Spring 2002.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Westchester Community College, NY, Fall 2001.

THE WORLD GOES ROUND, Stage Door Manor, NY, Summer 2001.

THE MELODY LINGERS ON, Stage Door Manor, NY, Summer 2001.

MUSEUM, Stage Door Manor, NY, Summer 2001.

LADY OF LARKSPUR LOTION, Sarah Lawrence College, NY, Spring 2001.

68, Sarah Lawrence College, NY, Fall 2000.

LAST REPECTS, Sarah Lawrence College, NY, Spring 2000.

LOVELIEST AFTERNOON OF THE YEAR, Sarah Lawrence College, NY, Fall 1999.

DON’T OPEN THE DOOR, Sarah Lawrence College, NY, Fall 1999.

WELL, HERE WE ARE!  Sarah Lawrence College, NY, Fall 1999.

 

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

Dramatists Guild of America, New York, NY, 1990 to present

Actors Equity Association, New York, NY, 1993 to present

BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, New York, NY, 2002 to present

Artists Roster, Westchester Arts Council, NY, 2003 to present