Brian Brophy
Brian Brophy
Scholar-in-Residence, Humanities and Social Sciences
- M.F.A.: UCRiverside, 2006
- M.A.: California State University, Los Angeles, 1999
- B.S.: Montana State University, 1981
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Selected Publications
Scipting Power “Respect for Imperfection” Friendships in Intercultural spaces of Theatermaking. Biplab Das: Calcutta, 2010.
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Work Experience
- Scholar-in-Residence , Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jan 2023 to Present)
- Director of Theater Arts Program. Directed Galileo; Rocket Girl; Three Musketeers; Pasadena Babalon; Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR); Big Love; The Memorandum, The Rover, and Mate, The Untouchable Bobby Fischer. Produced 15 productions. Teach Improvisation; Playwriting and Acting.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Pasadena, CA (2008—Present)
- Lecturer- Taught Play Analysis, Contemporary Theater; History of Theater; Acting Styles, Intermediate Acting; Introduction to Acting (110 students) Theater for Social Change and Movement for Actors. Directed Tales of the Lost Formicans; The Laramie Project; The Waiting Room; Book of Days and awarded Gluck Fellowship in Theater with City of Riverside School District.
University of California, Riverside, CA (1999-2008)
- Taught Acting for Non-Actors: Performance and Social Change, Staging Violence in World Theater, Analysis of Drama. Directed The Measures Taken
Pomona College, Claremont, CA/CSU Los Angeles, CA (1998-2007)
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Awards
- Fulbright Lecturer Award to India Benares Hindu University, (2007-2008)
Lecturer in the Malaviya Center for Peace Studies (MCPR). Conducted conflict resolution workshops and lectured on Performance & Social Change.
- National Service Learning Award (2004)
Selected as national model for Service Learning by National Youth Leadership Council. Eastside Story—community based play Riverside CA.
- Fulbright Lecturer Award to India Benares Hindu University, (2007-2008)