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Rebecca Gorman, M.F.A. Assistant Professor of English |
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Courses Taught Research, Analysis and Documentation; Introduction to Literature; Introduction to Drama; Introduction to Literary Studies; Art and Craft of Writing; Creative Writing Workshop: Drama; Screenwriting Studio; Advanced Writing
Areas Playwriting, Screenwriting, Dramatic History, Dramatic Literature and Practice, Cinema Studies, Creative Writing, Composition, Comic Books/Graphic Novels
Selected Projects, Presentations, and Publications “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. 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. “People Who Live in Candy Houses”. A short play. Selected for staged reading the 2007 Denver Dangerous Playwrights Adventure. Denver, Colorado, October, 2007. “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 presentation at the Playwrights Showcase of the Western Region, Golden, Colorado, 2007. “The Porter,” a one-act play, Honorable Mention in the Actors’ Alliance of San Diego One-Act Play Competition, 2007. “Teshkeel Comics and The 99: the World’s First Muslim Superheroes.” Paper to be presented at the National Popular Culture Association Convention, Boston, 2007. “Teshkeel Comics and The 99: the World’s First Muslim Superheroes.” Paper presented at the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Convention, Denver, 2007. “Acting Techniques for Power in the Classroom.” Workshop presentation at the Colorado Language Arts Society Convention, Colorado Springs, forthcoming 2007. Tell-Tale. Full-length play in free verse. Winner of the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Competion, workshop, full production, and cash award. Forest Roberts Theatre, Marquette, Michigan, 2006. “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. “The Other Day.” Monologue set. Full performance. The Lida Project, Denver, Colorado, 2002. “Tell-Tale.” 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. A Dagger Before Me. Full-length play, full production. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1999. “Feet of Clay.” Workshop and staged reading. Colorado Shakespeare Festival New Works. Boulder, Colorado, 1999. “Out of Courage 2: Out for Vengeance.” Script doctor for student film. Jebco Productions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1999. “Timmy.” Television Short. Broadcast on WQED, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998. “The Magic Sand.” One-act play. Full production. Pittsburgh New Works Festival. City Theatre. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998. Time and Chance. Full-Length Play, Honors Thesis, Staged Reading, Warner Bentley Theatre, Dartmouth College, 1996. “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.
Future Productions 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. November, 2008 – Full Production of Tell-Tale (Full-length play) at Gwinn High School on Gwinn Michigan
Current Projects Mynx & Savage, a full-length play “One-Man Poe” a one-act play “The Price Ain’t Right” a one-act play
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Department of English P.O. Box 173362 Campus Box 32, Denver, Colorado 80217-3362 USA
Phone: 303-556-3211 Fax: 303-556-6165
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