Scot Reese

Professor
Head of the Performance Area

301.405.6686
2817 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
sreese@umd.edu

 

Education/Training: M.F. A., Directing, Northwestern University, 1994; B.A., UCLA, 1981

Areas of Specialization/Interest: Directing, Black Theatre and Performance, Musical Theatre

Professional Affiliations: Actors' Equity Association (AEA), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA), Association for Theatre In Higher Education (ATHE), Black Theatre Network (BTN), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC), Theatre Communications Guild (TCG)

Representative Productions:

Professional theatre credits include productions from Los Angeles to New York. Television credits include daytime dramas, situation comedies, variety specials, and commercials. Most recent credits include Bells are Ringing, Purlie, and the world premiere of Blues Journey at the Kennedy Center; Once On This Island and Crumbs From the Table of Joy at the Round House Theatre; Pretty Fire and From the Mississippi Delta for the African Continuum Theatre Company; The Heidi Chronicles and Barefoot in the Park (with Laura Linney and Eric Stoltz) at LA Theatre Works, blackballin' for Arena Stage's Old Vat, To Be Young Gifted, and Black, Urinetown, The Colored Museum, and Jane Eyre: The Musical at the University of Maryland; A Raisin in the Sun at Olney Theatre Center.

Honors and Awards: 1991 Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in Performance; 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996 General Research Board Summer Research Award; 1997, 1995 Creative and Performing Arts Award; 1997 Instructional Improvement Grant; 2000, 1997 Research and Travel Grant; 1996, 2000 Outstanding Teacher, UMCP; 1995 Diversity Initiative Steering Committee Matching Funds Grant.