Faculty Guide

Title

Lecturer in Theater Arts

Film Studies
Theater Arts

Expertise

Directing, Acting, Dramaturgy, American, British, and European Modern Drama, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Noel Coward, Films of the 1930s, Increasing Arts Participation

Profile

Mr. Edmiston founded the Brandeis Office of the Arts in 2003 following more than 25 years of experience as educator, theater artist, and arts advocate. Prior to joining Brandeis, he was an Associate Professor in the School of Theatre Arts at Boston University, Artistic Associate of the Huntington Theatre Company, and Artistic Director of the Pennsylvania Stage Company. He has directed nearly 50 productions in New England.

Awards and Honors

2009 Best Director IRNE Nomination, The History Boys (2009)

2009 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Director, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The History Boys, The Light in the Piazza (2009)

2009 IRNE Award, Best Director of a Musical, The Light in the Piazza (2009)

2009 IRNE Award, Best Musical, The Light in the Piazza (2009)

2009 IRNE Award, Best Production, The History Boys (2009)

2009 Outstanding Artist Award, SpeakEasy Stage Company (2009)

2008 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Musical Production, A Marvelous Party (2008)

2006 IRNE Award Best Director, Five by Tenn and The Women (2007)

2007 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Production, Miss Witherspoon (2007)

2006 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Director, Five by Tenn (2006)

2006 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Production, Five by Tenn (2006)

2006 IRNE Award Best Production, The Women (2006)

2005 Boston Theater Hero Award for Distinguished Leadership to the Boston Arts Community (2005)

2004 Best Director IRNE Nomination, Private Lives (2004)

2003 Best Director IRNE Nomination, Betrayal (2003)

2003 Best Director IRNE Nomination, Jacques Brel (2003)

2003 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Production, Betrayal (2003)

2001 Best Director IRNE Nomination, Lobby Hero (2001)

2000 Best Director IRNE Nomination, Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (2000)

1999 Best Director IRNE Nomination, As Bees in Honey Drown (1999)

1998 Best Director Nomination, Independent Reviewers of New England, The Swan, (1998)

1998 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Director, Molly Sweeney (1998)

President, Greater Boston Theater Alliance (1998)

Courses Taught

FYS

70a

Desires and Awakenings: The Search for Identity in Modern Drama

Scholarship

Reckless. By Craig Lucas. Edmiston, Scott S.. SpeakEasy Stage Company (forthcoming)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. By Tennessee Williams. Edmiston, Scott. Lyric Stage Company of Boston, February 2009.

Dear Miss Garland: A Love Letter in Story and Song. By Scott Edmiston and Kathy St. George. Director/Author Edmiston, Scott S.. Stoneham Theatre

The History Boys. By Alan Bennett. Director Edmiston, Scott. SpeakEasy Stage Company, 2008.

The Light in the Piazza. By Craig Lucas/Adam Guettel. Edmiston, Scott. SpeakEasy Stage Company, 2008.

The Scene. By Theresa Rebeck. Director Edmiston, Scott. Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 2008.

Edmiston, Scott S.. ""Creating Democracy"." State of the Arts Fall 2008.

A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration. By Noel Coward. Director Edmiston, Scott. American Repertory Theatre, 2007.

Happy Days. By Samuel Beckett. Director Edmiston, Scott. Gloucester Stage Company, 2006.

Miss Witherspoon. By Christopher Durang. Director Edmiston, Scott. Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 2007.

Edmiston, Scott S.. "Creating Time." State of the Arts Fall 2005.

Edmiston, Scott S.. "The Ballad of Social Change." Brandeis Magazine Summer 2007.

Five by Tenn. By Tennessee Williams. Director Edmiston, Scott. Boston Center for the Arts, SpeakEasy Stage Company, 2006.

L'etoile. By Chabrier. Director Edmiston, Scott. Cutler Majestic Theatre, Opera Boston, 2006.

The Women. By Clare Boothe Luce. Director Edmiston, Scott. Boston Center for the Arts, SpeakEasy Stage Company, 2006.

Edmiston, Scott S.. "Creating Justice." State of the Arts Fall 2006.

Dinner with Friends. By Donald Margulies. Director Edmiston, Scott. Gloucester Stage Company, 2005.

Nixon in China. By John Adams. Edmiston, Scott. Cutler Majestic Theatre, Opera Boston, 2004.

Private Lives. By Noel Coward. Director Edmiston, Scott. Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 2004.

Betrayal. By Harold Pinter. Director Edmiston, Scott. Boston Playwright's Theatre, Nora Theatre Company, 2003.