Rebecca A Gorman O'Neill
English
rgorman2@msudenver.edu
KC 432
Research Areas/Interests
Playwriting, Screenwriting, Dramatic History, Dramatic Literature and Practice, Cinema Studies, Creative Writing, Composition, Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Pop Culture
Selected Projects
Presentations/Productions
The Greater Good. Full-Length Play. Staged Reading, cash award. Selected as First Place winner in Rocky Mountain Theatre Association Conference, Arvada, Colorado, December, 2007-January 2008.
“The Betrayer’s Defense”, A short play. Selected for staged reading at the Playwright’s Showcase of the Western Region, Bootcamp Challenge, Arvada, Colorado, July, 2007.
“South Star”, a one-act play. Selected for staged reading at the Playwright’s Showcase of the Western Region, Arvada, Colorado, July, 2007.
-staged reading, City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, April, 2007.
Tell-Tale, a full-length play in free verse. Winner of the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Competition, workshop, full production, and cash award. Forest Roberts Theatre, Marquette, Michigan, 2006.
*Tell-Tale was optioned by the Committed Theatre Company
in New York, and a Showcase Production performed February, 2007.
*Tell Tale was produced at Gwinn High School in Gwinn,
Michigan, November, 2008.
Tell-Tale, an opera libretto. Two scenes fully produced as part of composer Peter Tucker’s Master’s Thesis, Boston Conservatory, 2002.
Feet of Clay, full-length play. First place winner and
full production. Sunset Center, Carmel, California,
2000.
-Colorado Shakespeare Festival New Play Festival, Boulder,
Colorado, 1997.
A Dagger Before Me. Full-length play, full production.
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1999.
“The Magic Sand”. One-act play. Full production.
Pittsburgh New Works Festival. City Theatre. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998.
“The Magician’s Girl”. One-act play. Full Production.
Winner of Eleanor Frost One-Act Play Festival. Hanover, New Hampshire, 1996.
“Well Wishing...”. One-act play. Full Production.
Winner of Eleanor Frost One-Act Play Festival. Hanover, New Hampshire, 1995.
Selected Presentations
-Higher Education Advisory Council for the Denver Center
Theatre Company. Presented Symposia on Diary of Anne Frank, Pride and Prejudice, Noises Off, and Glengarry Glen Ross. 2004-present.
“Pop Shakespeare: Representations of William Shakespeare in Pop Culture” for the Popular Culture Association national Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2009.
“Pop Matters: Integrating Pop Culture in the English
Classroom” for the Colorado Language Arts Society, Denver, March, 2008.
“From Grimm to Greatness: The Portrayal of Fairy-Tale Women in Bill Willingham’s Graphic Serial Fables” for the Popular Culture Association national Conference, San Francisco, California, March, 2008.
“Visual Literacy and the Graphic Novel” for the Colorado
Language Arts Society, Denver, March, 2008.
“Teshkeel Comics and The 99: The World’s First Muslim Superheroes”. -Sept 2008
-Popular Culture Association Convention. Boston, April,
2007.
-American Council for the Study of Islamic Cultures
Denver, April, 2007.
“Acting Techniques for Power in the Classroom” Colorado Language Arts Society Convention. Colorado Springs, March, 2007.
“Themes and Values in the Graphic Serial Spider-Man: India”. Paper presented at the National Popular Culture
Association Convention, Atlanta, 2006.
“Workshop in Creative Writing Prompts”. Workshop
presentation at the Colorado Language Arts Society
Convention, Colorado Springs, 2006
Current Projects
"Portrayals of William Shakespeare in Pop Culture" for the Popular Culture Associate conference, April, 2009.
"Pop Matters: Using Popular Culture to Enhance the English Classroom" for the Colorado Language Arts Society, March, 2009.
October, 2009 – full production of The Greater Good (full-length play) at the Next Stage Theatre Company (Aurora Fox Theatre) in Aurora, Colorado.
Fall, 2008 – Workshopping and full production of “One-Man Poe” at the Bindery Theatre in Denver Colorado.
-Writing in Progress:
-“The Way Station” a one-act play
-Mynx & Savage, a full-length play
-“One-Man Poe” a one-act play
-“The Way Station” a one-act play
Courses Taught
ENG-1020,ENG-1100,ENG-1120,ENG-2500,ENG-3523,ENG-382F,ENG-411J,ENG-4520
Office Hours
Monday -
[10:00 to 11:00]
Wednesday -
[10:00 to 11:00]
Thursday -
[02:00 to 03:00]
[10:00 to 11:00]
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