Bellini-Sharp, who earned a Ph.D. in drama from Carnegie-Mellon University, began teaching at Kirkland College in 1973 and joined the Hamilton faculty in 1978 when the two schools merged. She has directed over 50 professional and college theatre productions, including Conduct of Life at the Hispanic Theatre Festival in Miami, Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill in Syracuse and Soul Sisters, which toured colleges and universities in the U.S. Some of the more recent productions she has directed with students include John O’Keefe’s All Night Long, Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom, Marlane Mayer's Moe's Lucky Seven and contemporary stagings of Orestes, The Way of the World, and Love's Labors Lost. In addition, Bellini-Sharp has worked for the past 10 years with members of The Roy Hart International Theatre Institute in Malerargues, France and in the U.S. on various projects including THE ORESTEIA PROJECT and is developing a new piece based on dreams. In April, she created a site-specific performance piece in New Zealand at the Performance Studies International Conference. Bellini-Sharp served as director of Hamilton's program in New York City in fall, 2002.
In addition to his duties as lighting designer and technical director, David Stoughton teaches courses in lighting design, sound design, technology and production. He has previously taught and designed at Hiram College in Ohio and the University of Texas El Paso. Stoughton has designed lighting, sound and scenery for a diverse array of productions in both academic and professional venues across the country. His recent design work includes Slaughter City and Wet at Hamilton, Romeo and Juliet at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Mlle. Modiste at the Ohio Light Opera, and the Central and Near East Concert Series for the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Theatre is by definition inclusive and interdisciplinary. Courses, productions and concerts at Hamilton offer a broad perspective on the history and role of the performing arts and their place in different cultures. Students learn to recognize and honor difference and diversity as they are immersed in unfamiliar cultures in performance and study. Through a balance of theory and practice, students gain an understanding of Western performance techniques and dramatic literature, non-Western forms and drama, and non-text-based genres of performance. And they become acquainted with the ways in which Western forms of theatre increasingly blend with and affect non-Western theatre.
In the classroom, in rehearsal and in tutorials, our program depends on close collaboration between students and faculty members. The process of learning and making theatre always involves close interaction, sometimes one-on-one and sometimes in small groups. The result is a way of teaching and learning that transcends what is found on paper or in books; it engages the student's entire being.
Hamilton's program in theatre focuses equally on performance and scholarship. Each student receives a thorough grounding in performance, history, criticism and creative techniques in a classroom environment, then applies it in the laboratory of the theatre. Formal and informal opportunities for performance abound, from major productions to senior projects to playwriting, directing and acting showcases.
Theatre is by definition inclusive and interdisciplinary. Courses, productions and concerts at Hamilton offer a broad perspective on the history and role of the performing arts and their place in different cultures. Students learn to recognize and honor difference and diversity as they are immersed in unfamiliar cultures in performance and study. Through a balance of theory and practice, students gain an understanding of Western performance techniques and dramatic literature, non-Western forms and drama, and non-text-based genres of performance. And they become acquainted with the ways in which Western forms of theatre increasingly blend with and affect non-Western theatre.
In the classroom, in rehearsal and in tutorials, our program depends on close collaboration between students and faculty members. The process of learning and making theatre always involves close interaction, sometimes one-on-one and sometimes in small groups. The result is a way of teaching and learning that transcends what is found on paper or in books; it engages the student's entire being.
Hamilton's program in theatre focuses equally on performance and scholarship. Each student receives a thorough grounding in performance, history, criticism and creative techniques in a classroom environment, then applies it in the laboratory of the theatre. Formal and informal opportunities for performance abound, from major productions to senior projects to playwriting, directing and acting showcases.
Theatre is by definition inclusive and interdisciplinary. Courses, productions and concerts at Hamilton offer a broad perspective on the history and role of the performing arts and their place in different cultures. Students learn to recognize and honor difference and diversity as they are immersed in unfamiliar cultures in performance and study. Through a balance of theory and practice, students gain an understanding of Western performance techniques and dramatic literature, non-Western forms and drama, and non-text-based genres of performance. And they become acquainted with the ways in which Western forms of theatre increasingly blend with and affect non-Western theatre.
In the classroom, in rehearsal and in tutorials, our program depends on close collaboration between students and faculty members. The process of learning and making theatre always involves close interaction, sometimes one-on-one and sometimes in small groups. The result is a way of teaching and learning that transcends what is found on paper or in books; it engages the student's entire being.
Hamilton's program in theatre focuses equally on performance and scholarship. Each student receives a thorough grounding in performance, history, criticism and creative techniques in a classroom environment, then applies it in the laboratory of the theatre. Formal and informal opportunities for performance abound, from major productions to senior projects to playwriting, directing and acting showcases.
