Faculty Guide

Title

Lecturer in Theater Arts

Theater Arts

Expertise

Stage Management, Public Speaking/Oral Communication, Educational Theater, Theater Practicum.

Profile

Ms. Cleary has stage-managed professionally with the New Repertory Theatre, Worcester Foothills Theatre, Fredericksburg Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Encompass New Opera Theatre, and Gloucester Stage. She received her Ed.M. in Arts-in-Education from Harvard University, and has aided in the creation of the Educational Theatre focus within the Department of Theater Arts. She currently works as the Artistic Liaison for Opera Boston, serving as their Chorus Manager. She is entering her 10th year of teaching at Brandeis.

Awards and Honors

Davis Fellowship for Experiential Learning (2006)

Courses Taught

THA	2a	Introduction to Theater: From the Page to the Stage
THA	15b	Public Speaking: The Art of Oral Communication
THA	41a	Theater Practicum
THA	47a	Stage Management Practicum
THA	101a	Stage Management: Part I
THA	101b	Stage Management: Part II

Scholarship

According to Tip (featuring Ken Howard as Tip O'Neill). By Dick Flavin. Jennifer A. Cleary, Stage Manager.. New Repertory Theatre, July 2008..

The Santaland Diaries. By David Sedaris. Cleary, Jennifer A., Stage Manager. Arsenal Center for the Arts, New Repertory Theatre, December-January 2008.

White People. By J.T. Rodgers. Cleary, Jennifer A., Stage Manager. Arsenal Center for the Arts, New Repertory Theatre, March 2007.

Calvin Berger. By Barry Weiner. Cleary, Jennifer A., Stage Manager. Gloucester, MA, Gloucester Stage Company, August 2006.

The Heidi Chronicles. By Wendy Wasserstein. Cleary, Jennifer A., Stage Manager. Gloucester, MA, Gloucester Stage Company, June 2006.

The Diary of Anne Frank. Cleary, Jennifer A., Stage Manager. In Collaboration with Encompass New Opera Theater, NY, Cleveland Opera House, June 2004.