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Richard Poole

Professor and Director of Theatre

Theatre Department

Theatre 210
712-279-5487
Richard.Poole@briarcliff.edu

Started at Briar Cliff:

1978

Education

  • M.F.A. (acting and directing) University of Portland, Portland, OR, 1969
  • B.S. (speech, emphasis theatre) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1967

About

For more than three decades, Poole has been a teacher, playwright, actor and director. He has given papers at scholarly meetings and published articles on local, regional, and Midwestern theatre history. He co-authored The Opera Houses of Iowa (Iowa State University Press, 1993).

His experience in drama instruction includes:

  • Visiting Professor of Theatre - Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, 2002-2003
  • Senior Fulbright Lecturer, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1998-1999
  • Assistant Professor of Drama, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1972-1977
  • Professor of Speech Communication, United States Army War College, Carlisle, PA, 1974-1977
  • Instructor of Drama, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 1970-1972

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