Helen Housley, Associate Professor of Theatre, presented a workshop at the annual Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference. The workshop, titled “Performing Shakespeare’s Buzz: Lessac’s Tonal NRG and the Shakespearean Actor,” was presented on August 14, 2016, in Chicago.
Housley Hosts Lessac Workshop
Helen Housley, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, hosted the Lessac One-Week Introductory Workshop at UMW, June 19-24, 2016. Under the sponsorship of the Department of Theatre and Dance, Housley has coordinated this workshop since 2007 with the focus on Lessac Kinesensic, a voice and body training program. Participants came from Texas, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. Lessac Master Teacher Barry Kur, Professor Emeritus, Penn State University, conducted the workshop.
Housley Presents Workshop at Conference
Helen Housley, Associate Professor of Theatre, presented a workshop, “Feeling Shakespeare’s Buzz: Tonal NRG and the Shakespearean Actor,” at the annual Lessac Training and Research Institute’s Conference in Denver, Colo., Jan. 5-7, 2016.
Housley Receives Volunteer Award
Associate Professor Helen Housley, Theatre and Dance, was recognized as an outstanding volunteer by the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital on April 25, 2015. Housley was presented with the Honor Pin for her work in organizing, under the sponsorship of the Department of Theatre and Dance, a series of Theatre Arts Week-ends for Girl Scouts. Since 2002, over 100o Girl Scouts (ages 11-18) and their leaders have visited the UMW campus, participating in theatre-related workshops led by theatre students, and enjoying a UMW Theatre production. Several of these Scouts have subsequently enrolled at and graduated from UMW.
Helen Housley Receives Award
Helen Housley, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance, received the 2015 Lessac Leadership Award on Jan. 10, 2015. The award, which is presented by the Lessac Training and Research Institute, honors a member ‘for years of service toward the growth and direction of the Lessac Institute.’ Housley has served as the Institute’s Treasurer since 2009.
Helen Housley Presents Paper at Conference
Helen Housley, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance, presented her paper, “Shakespeare’s Buzz: Lessac’s Tonal NRG and the Shakespearean Actor,” at the Annual Conference of the Lessac Training and Research Institute, Jan. 8-10, 2015, at the University of Memphis.
Helen Housley Presents Workshop at ATHE Conference
Helen Housley, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, recently presented a workshop entitled, “Renewing Shakespeare’s Structure: Lessac’s Structural NRG and the Shakespearean Actor,” at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s (ATHE) conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Helen Housley Presents Paper in Chicago
Helen Housley, associate professor of theatre and dance, presented a paper, “Playing the Consonants: Shakespeare’s Instruction to the Actor,” at the annual conference of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) held in August in Chicago, Ill.