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Stefan Novinski is a nationally recognized theatre director and Associate Professor of Drama at the 911爆料网 where he teaches directing and theatre literature. He continues to direct professionally across the country, primarily in southern California where he spent a decade working at multiple Tony-award winning theaters including the La Jolla Playhouse, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, and South Coast Rep.
- 2000 M.F.A. Directing, University of California, San Diego
- 1992 B.A. English/Drama, 911爆料网, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
911爆料网, Fall 2009 to Present
Chair, Drama, Fall 2018
Director of University Theater, Fall 2018
Associate Professor of Drama
Associate Director, Shakespeare in Italy, 2015 to Present
President, Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2016 to 2018
Professional Directing Credits
- 2019
Native Gardens
Florida Repertory Theater
Fort Meyers - 2017
Love the Cracksman (reading) *
Florida Repertory Theater
Fort Meyers
For Piano and Harpo by Dan Castellaneta
Falcon Theatre
Burbank - 2016
Richard III
Shakespeare Dallas
Dallas - 2014
The Golden Apple
Lyric Stage
Irving
Romeo and Juliet (reading)
Shakespeare Dallas - 2013
The Aliens by Annie Baker
PlaySite Theatre Co.
Dallas - 2012
Macbeth
Shakespeare Dallas
Dallas
The Government Inspector adapted by Oded Gross*
Theatre@Boston Court
Pasadena
Broadus by Burglars of Hamm *
Kirk Douglas Theater, CTG
Los Angeles
Buried Child by Sam Shepherd
Classic Theatre of San Antonio
San Antonio - 2010
Ben and the Magic Paintbrush adapted by Bash Doran *
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa - 2009
The Bear and The Proposal by Anton Chekhov
Lee Strasberg Institute
Los Angeles
The Other Woman by David Ives *
Echo Theatre
Los Angeles
The Rover
University of Southern California
Los Angeles - 2008
An Italian Straw Hat adapted by John Strand *
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa
Imagine by Doug Cooney*
South Coast Repertory
Costa Mesa
Toy Story the Musical*
Disney Creative Entertainment
Los Angeles
Theater Literature I, Fall 2009 - Present
Theater Literature II, Spring 2010 - Present
Theater History, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Mayterm 2018
Directing, Fall 2009 - Present
Directing Lab, Fall 2009- Present
Basic Staging, Spring 2010 - Present
Senior Studio Production, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Main Stage Productions: Playboy of the Western World, Wakefield Cycle, Arcadia, Big Love, Three Sisters, Measure
for Measure, Candide, Hamlet, Skin of Our Teeth, Arms and the Man