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  • Glynis Rigsby

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    Glynis Rigsby

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    Glynis Rigsby’s work includes Sunken Cathedral for PROTOTYPE and Culturemart at HERE, She Kills Monsters for the New School, Anna Ziegler's BFF (Best Friends Forever) and Phillip Ridley's Mercury Fur at The Tank NYC, Rape of Lucretia for The Opera Project, Britannia Triumphans for the Yale Center for British Art and Into the Woods for Yale Dramat. She has devised scripts with screenwriter Dan Pulick (Rite of the Serpent Skirt) and solo artists Jasmin Rainieri (The Devil’s Mistress) and Jane Ray (Beautiful, Radiant Things).

    Glynis was named a Fox Foundation Fellow in 2001, and previously served as Chair of the Acting for Film program for the New York Film Academy, New York. Glynis is Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts and Program Director of the BFA program in Dramatic Arts at the School of Drama. 

    Degrees Held

    MFA, Directing, Yale School of Drama

    BA, Drama, University of California, Irvine

    Professional Affiliation

    SDC

    ATHE

    ASTR

    Current Courses

    Drama Undergraduate Production
    TDRU 4950, Spring 2025

    Foundations of Acting 2
    TDRU 2330, Spring 2025

    Independent Study
    TDRU 3900, Spring 2025

    Production Performance
    TPER 5200, Spring 2025

    Study Away
    TMOB 3900, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Foundations of Directing
    TDRU 2507, Fall 2025

    Portfolio C1: Prof Dev
    TDRU 3801, Fall 2025

    Production Performance
    TPER 5200, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Advanced Acting 2
    TDRU 4351, Fall 2024

    Drama Undergraduate Production
    TDRU 4950, Fall 2024

    Foundations of Directing
    TDRU 2507, Fall 2024

    Independent Study
    TDRU 3900, Fall 2024

    Portfolio C1: Prof Dev
    TDRU 3801, Fall 2024

    Production Performance
    TPER 5200, Fall 2024

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