March 11, 2010

BCU Professor Presents at National Theatre Conference

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Richard Poole, MFA, chairperson and professor of theatre and speech communication at Briar Cliff University, recently presented a paper at the 31st Annual Mid-America Theatre Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.

Poole’s paper, titled “Midwest American Rural Landscapes and the Creation of a Unique Theatre Culture,” dealt with rural culture and the theatre forms it supported from 1870 to 1940. Also at the conference, he acted in a play titled “Public Address System.”

A Fulbright Scholar, Poole has published and presented numerous papers on Midwest rural theatre. He co-authored the book The Opera Houses of Iowa, Iowa State Press, with Dr. George Glenn.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states.Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.

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