FACULTY CURRICULUM VITA (rev. Fall 2009)
Ronald L. Moyer
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Theatre
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677-5735
FAX: 605-677-5988
E-Mail: rmoyer@usd.edu
EDUCATION
INSTITUTION SPECIALIZATION DEGREE YEAR EARNED
Univ. of Denver Theatre Ph.D. 1974
Univ. of Illinois Theatre M.A. 1967
Univ. of Illinois Speech & Theatre B.A. l966
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INSTITUTION POSITION/TITLE DATES
Univ. of South Dakota Professor 1974-present
Department Chair 1978-83, 1989-
91, 2001-07
Tenure 1980
Black Hills Playhouse Staff (Director) 1976-2006
Assoc. Manag. Director 1979 and 1980
Gateway 2000 Creative Consultant 1997-98
Univ. of Denver Teaching Fellow 1972-73
Purdue Univ.-Calumet Instructor 1967-71
Univ. of Illinois Graduate Assistant 1966-67
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK:
_American Actors, 1861-1910: An Annotated Bibliography
of Books_. Troy, NY: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1979.
BROCHURE:
"IBM Ultimedia Video Delivery System/400." Contributing
author and editor to advertising brochure. Rochester, MN:
International Business Machines Corp., co. 1992.
COMPUTER COURSEWARE:
"Multimedia Hamlet: The Soliloquies." With Cheryl
Feight. Available through I.B.M.-Rochester to University
Partners Program Consortium. 1992.
"Multimedia Hamlet: 'To be or not to be.'" With
Cheryl Feight. Available through I.B.M.-Rochester to
University Partners Program Consortium. 1991.
THEATRICAL DIRECTING:
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress USD 2009
All My Sons USD 2009
A Midsummer Night's Dream USD 2008
Macbeth USD 2006
Crimes of the Heart USD 2006
The Nerd BHP 2005
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar USD 2004
The Taming of the Shrew USD 2003
Room Service BHP 2002
The Diary of Anne Frank USD 2001
The Good Doctor BHP 2001
The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abr) BHP 2000
On the Verge USD 2000
The Merry Wives of Windsor (co-dir.) BHP 1999
The Birthday Party USD 1998
See How They Run BHP 1998
Wait Until Dark BHP 1997
The Game of Love and Chance USD 1996
Breaking Legs BHP 1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream USD 1996
The Merchant of Venice (assoc. dir.) BHP 1994
Picnic USD 1993
Noises Off BHP 1993
Hamlet USD 1993
Lend Me a Tenor BHP 1991
The Miser BHP 1990
Woman in Mind USD 1990
Philadelphia Story BHP 1989
A Touch of the Poet USD 1989
Twelfth Night BHP 1988
Macbeth USD 1988
The Importance of Being Earnest BHP 1987
The Divorce Colony ACTF 1987
The Divorce Colony (premiere) USD 1986
The Elephant Man BHP 1986
Fool for Love USD 1986
Please, Deliver (co-dir.; premiere) USD 1985
The Revengers Tragedy USD 1985
Life with Father BHP 1984
Barefoot in the Park BHP 1984
Deathtrap BHP 1983
Hay Fever BHP 1983
The Mirrored Maze (co-dir.) USD 1983
Buried Child USD 1982
Dial 'M' for Murder BHP 1982
Born Yesterday BHP 1982
As You Like It USD 1981
Take Me Out BHP 1981
The Man Who Came to Dinner BHP 1981
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off BHP 1981
The Imaginary Invalid USD 1981
Take Me Out (premiere) USD 1981
The Glass Menagerie BHP 1980
A Midsummer Night's Dream USD 1979
Miss Julie USD 1979
A Little Night Music USD 1978
Blithe Spirit BHP 1978
Charlie's Aunt (co-dir.) USD 1978
The Night of the Iguana USD 1978
A Funny Thing Happened of the Way ACTF 1978
to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way USD & 1977
to the Forum Tour
Wait Until Dark BHP 1977
The Fantasticks BHP 1977
What the Butler Saw USD 1977
The Lion in Winter USD 1977
Twelfth Night USD 1976
How the Other Half Loves BHP 1976
You Can't Take It With You USD 1976
Booth ACTF 1976
Booth (premiere) USD 1975
The Tiger USD/CSC 1975
Come Blow Your Horn USD/CSC 1975
Hedda Gabler USD 1975
Macbett USD 1974
The Serpent DU 1972
The Boor DU 1971
The Threepenny Opera PUCC 1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream PUCC 1970
The Marriage Proposal PUCC 1969
The Dirty Old Man PUCC 1969
Masks of Angels PUCC 1969
The American Dream PUCC 1969
The Birthday Party PUCC 1969
A Doctor in Spite of Himself PUCC 1968
Spoon River Anthology PUCC 1968
Antigone PUCC 1967
The Maids UI 1967
Johnny Nolan (premiere) UI 1965
ACTING (since 1974):
Capt. of the Inquisition, Man of
LaMancha USD 2009
Judge, Chicago USD 2007
Professor Metz, The Man Who Came to
Dinner BHP 2006
Sheriff and Chorus, The Music Man BHP 2003
Rev. Dr. Harper and Mr. Witherspoon,
Arsenic and Old Lace BHP 2003
Bert, Remembrance BHP 1999
Feste, Twelfth Night USD 1999
Old Man Kincaid, Yellow Dog Crossing USD 1995
Rabbi, Fiddler on the Roof BHP 1995
Old Man Kincaid, Yellow Dog Crossing BHP 1995
Egeon, The Comedy of Errors USD 1992
Judge Gaffney, Harvey BHP 1990
Voiceover, Trail King ad (Midwest Films)Commerc.1989
Drumm, Da (Claire Wilson, dir.) USD 1988
AFTRA U-5, General Hospital ABC-TV 1987
Creon, Antigone USD 1987
Oscar Wolfe, The Royal Family BHP 1986
Pitcher, Please, Deliver (premiere) USD 1985
Egeus, A Midsummer Night's Dream BHP 1984
Bill Ray, On Golden Pond BHP 1983
Scrooge, A Christmas Carol ACTF 1983
Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (premiere) USD 1982
Merlin, Camelot BHP 1982
Politician, Legend of Devil's Gulch BHP 1980
Chairman, Deus ex machina (premiere) BHP 1979
Actor, Founding of Corn Palace Slide Commerc.1977
Production (Cottonwood Productions)
Wilson, Annie Get Your Gun BHP 1976
DeFontanet, Cat Among the Pigeons BHP 1976
Politician, Miner, . . . Gulch BHP 1976
Additional acting and scenic design at DU, PUCC, UI
ACTING TEXT DEVELOPMENT
Folio-based/Freeman-approach acting text for Hamlet
(computerized), USD, 1993.
Folio-based/Freeman-approach acting text for Twelfth
Night (computerized), BHP, 1988.
Folio-based/Freeman-approach acting text for Macbeth
(computerized), USD, 1988.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Use of the Internet for the study of theatre and drama
Shakespearean Performance (including use of early texts)
Methods of Playscript Analysis
Theory and Practice of Production on the Contemporary Stage
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PAPERS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AT STATE, REGIONAL,
AND NATIONAL MEETINGS:
Panelist, "What Do Judges Look For?"; Speech Communication
Association of South Dakota; Oacoma; September 2009.
Panelist, “How to Direct the One-Act Play”; Speech Communication
Association of South Dakota; Pierre; September 2005.
Chair, “Lessac Voice Workshop”; Speech Communication
Association of South Dakota; Pierre; September 2005.
Panelist, “What Do Judges Want?” Speech Communication
Association of South Dakota; Watertown; September 2002.
Panelist, "Shakespearean First Folio Production,"
Association for Theatre in Higher Education national
conference; San Francisco; August 1995.
Panelist, "Teaching Theatre History"; Mid-America Theatre
Conference annual convention; Minneapolis; March 1994.
Demonstrated "Multimedia Hamlet: The Soliloquies" and
discussed multimedia courseware development (with co-
developer Cheryl Feight), EDUCOM national conference,
Cincinnati; October 1993.
Panelist/courseware demonstrator, "Developing Multimedia
Learning Aids for the Study of Shakespeare," Association
for Theatre in Higher Education national conference,
Philadelphia; August 1993.
Demonstrations (to corporate staff and consortium Visiting
Professors), "Multimedia Hamlet," I.B.M.-Rochester, 1991.
Panelist, "Revealing the Script to the Actor: When, How,
and How Much," Mid-America Theatre Conference, 1988.
Panelist, "The Responsibility of the Director in Dealing
with Original Scripts," Mid-America Theatre Conference,
1987.
Panelist, "Rehearsal Craft of Artist-Directors in the
Contemporary Theatre," National Educational Theatre
Conference, 1986.
Panelist, "Scenic Designer-Technical Director-Director
Relationship," Mid-America Theatre Conference, 1982.
Panelist, "Director-Scenic Designer Communication,"
American College Theatre Festival Region V North
Festivention, 1982.
OFFICES:
Local Arrangements Chair, SDHSAA One-Act Play Festival, 1990
Local Arrangements Supervisor, Irene Ryan Competition, ACTF
Region V North, 1989 (regional)
Honorary Member, Board of Directors, The Black Hills
Playhouse, 1992-
Second Vice-President & Member, Board of Directors, The
Black Hills Playhouse, 1983-91
Local Arrangements Chair, SDHSAA One-Act Play Festival,
1985 (state)
Critic, American College Theatre Festival Region V North,
1984 (regional)
Local Arrangements Chair, ACTF Region V North Festivention,
1983 (regional)
University/College Theatre Association Representative, Mid-
America Theatre Conference Council, 1981-83 (regional)
Treasurer, South Dakota Theatre Association, 1978-82;
Finance Committee, 1978-82; Nominating Committee, 1978;
Co-drafter, Constitutional Revision, 1978 (state)
Local Arrangements Chair, SDHSAA One-Act Play Festival,
1982 (state)
Member, Planning Committee, MATC Convention, 1980-81
(regional)
Chair, Regional Theatre Auditions, MATC Convention, 1981
Critic & Member, Regional Screening Team, ACTF Region V
North, 1980-81 (regional)
Member, Planning Committee, MATC Convention, 1979-80
(regional; planning for inaugural MATC convention)
Chair, Regional Theatre Auditions, MATC Convention, 1980
(organized initial MATC regional audition)
Local Arrangements Chair, SDHSAA One-Act Play Festival,
l980 (state)
Recorder, "Debut Papers in Theatre History," American
Theatre Association Convention, 1974 (national)
Recorder, "Open Center," American Theatre Association
Convention, 1972 (national)
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Distinguished Service Award: South Dakota High School
Activities Association, 2004
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 1995 "Best Performance by a
Male in a Leading Role" (for Yellow Dog Crossing)
USD Student Theatre League Faculty Appreciation Award, 1992
Courseware development award (with Cheryl Feight) for
"Multimedia Hamlet"; AS/400 University Partners
Project--I.B.M.-Rochester; November 1991
The Divorce Colony: performance at regional American
College Theatre Festival; play won second prize in
David Library of the American Revolution national
contest, 1987
USD Student Theatre League Faculty Appreciation Award, 1986
A Christmas Carol: performance at regional ACTF, 1983
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: performance
at regional ACTF, 1978
Booth: performance at regional ACTF; play wins first prize
in David Library of the American Revolution national
contest, 1976
N.D.E.A. Title IV Fellowship, Univ. of Denver, 1971-74
B.A., with Honors in Liberal Arts, Univ. of Illinois, 1966
GRANTS
"Theatre Study: London and Stratford-upon-Avon"; USD Faculty
Development Program; 1998.
"Use of Shakespeare's First Folio for Performance";
Bush Mini-Grant Program; 1995.
"Multimedia Courseware Development"; USD Faculty Development
Program; 1993.
Visiting Professorship, I.B.M.-Rochester; 1992.
"English Theatre Practice: Classic and Contemporary"; USD
Faculty Development Program; 1992.
Visiting Professorship, I.B.M.-Rochester; 1991.
"IBM AS/400: University Partners Program"; co-author of
one project (of three approved) within the approved
institutional proposal; IBM-Rochester; 1990-92.
"Theatre Study in London"; Bush Foundation; 1989.
"Shakespeare Symposium" (for the Department); Bush
Foundation; 1988.
"Participation in Directing Colloquium"; Bush Foundation;
1985
"Hosting ACTF Regional Festival"; South Dakota Arts
Council; 1982-83
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Critic-Judge, numerous (average 6-8/year) high school drama
and oral interpretation contests in South Dakota at state,
regional, district, and local levels, 1975-present
Workshops, lectures, etc.: numerous presentations at
local and regional colleges, high schools, and
community theatres
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Department of Art 5-Year Review, 1997
Student Grievance Committees, 1997, 1998
University Graphics Review Committee, 1994-95
Graduate Council, 1978-83, 1984-87, 1989-2010; numerous
committees; Chair, Graduate Faculty Credentials; 1992-2009
University Senate, 1977-78 (Rules and Nominating
Committees), 1987-89
Presidential-Alumni Scholarship Selection Committee, 1980,
1981
Educational Media Committee, 1976-77
Statewide Educational Services Advisory Committee, 1975-77
COURSES CURRENTLY/RECENTLY TEACHING (in departmental rotation, some as
dual level)
THEA 790: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Theatre
THEA 734: Playscript Analysis
THEA 501: Theatre Studio (Production Team Communication)
THEA 632: Acting: Shakespeare
THEA 631: Acting: Period Styles
THEA/ENGL 564: Contemporary Drama and Theatre
THEA/ENGL 563: Modern Drama and Theatre
THEA 562: History of Theatre and Drama: 1601 to 1860
THEA 561: History of Theatre and Drama: Beginnings to 1600
THEA 401: Theatre Studio (Production Team Communication)
THEA/ENGL 464: Contemporary Drama and Theatre
THEA 461: History of Theatre and Drama: Beginnings to 1600
THEA 462: History of Theatre and Drama: 1601 to 1860
THEA/ENGL 463: Modern Drama and Theatre
THEA 432: Acting: Shakespeare
THEA 431: Acting: Period Styles
THEA 351: Directing I
THEA 250: Play Analysis
Independent studies and thesis as needed
Have also taught numerous other courses.