Theatre Department

Rebecca Wright, MFA

Rebecca Wright, MFA

Part-Time Instructor. Rebecca Wright has two Masters degrees. She is an academic passion for textual analysis and performance. During graduate school, she studied Shakespeare and rhetoric, which deepened her interest in textually supported performance and the connection between written text and theatrical practice. While she especially enjoys working with Shakespearean texts, Rebecca also loves exploring musicals and plays from every century and decade.

Along with classes on campus. Rebecca teaches acting, including audition preparation and callback workshops, and enjoys helping artists develop their skills, discover their potential, and pursue their dreams. She incorporates her academic background into practice-as-research work, exploring the ways scholarship and performance can inform and enrich one another.

When she is not pursuing theatre, Rebecca enjoys training her dog, Rosie, watching movies, and developing her other creative talents, including singing and playing the guitar. Admittedly, she has the best dog ever, Rosie.

“If you can do Shakespeare, you can do anything.”

Education

Master of Fine Arts- Shakespeare & Performance emphasis in Acting and Company Management

  • Mary Baldwin University

Master of Letters- Shakespeare & Performance

  • Mary Baldwin University

Bachelor of Arts – Integrated Studies

  • Dixie State University

Certifications & Experience

  • SAFD/Director / Actor / Dramaturg / Fight Choreographer / Intimacy Director and Coordinator

Courses

  • THEA 1013- Introduction to Theatre Arts (FA & SP)
  • THEA 1023- Understanding Film (FA, SP & SU)
Theatre Course Catalog

Professional Interests

  • Primary Research on Infants onstage in performance (MLitt. thesis)
  • Primary Research on Property Items and Significance in performance (MFA thesis)
  • Emotional Excess in Performance (current research)
  • Publication in scholarly journals for Shakespeare & Performance
  • Studying and Practicing in Fight Choreography
  • Intimacy Choreography
  • Direction Freelance artist, musician, and editor

Contact

Rebecca Wright, MFA

Part-Time Instructor

Email: rebecca.wright@utahtech.edu