Faculty Guide

Title

Louis, Frances and Jeffrey Sachar Chair in Creative Arts

Theater Arts

Expertise

Acting and Directing

Profile

Mr. Hill has been a professional actor, director, and writer for nearly thirty years. He has introduced Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki's acclaimed method of actor training to universities across America.

Awards and Honors

Louis, Jeffrey and Francis Sachar Professor of Creative Arts (2008)

The Barbara Sherman '54 and Malcolm L. Sherman Director of Theater Arts at Brandeis University (2004)

Temple Universiy Alumni Achievement Award for Excellence in the American Theater (1993)

Courses Taught

CLAS/THA	185a	Athenian Tragic Theatre in Modern Performance
THA	42a	Acting Practicum
THA	44a	Directing Practicum
THA	70a	Directing
THA	130a	Suzuki
THA	180b	Euripides' Hecuba in Performance
THA	195a	Topics in Theater and Drama
THA	215a	Rehearsal and Performance I, Fall Productions
THA	215b	Rehearsal and Performance I
THA	265b	Rehearsal and Performance II: Part 2
THA	319a	The Actor/Director Collaboration
THA	395a	Topics in Theater and Drama

Scholarship

A Chorus Line. By Michael Bennet and Marvin Hamlish. Director Hill, Eric. The Colonial Theater, Pittsfield, MA, Berkshire Theatre Company, July 2012.

She Stoops to Conquer. By Oliver Goldsmith. Director Hill, Eric. Mainstage of the Spingold Center for Performing Arts, Brandeis Theater Company, March 2012.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. By Eric Hill and Grey Simons. Co- Author and Director Hill, Eric. The Ellinoff Stage at the Mount, Lenox, MA, Berkshire Theater Company, July 2011.

The Who's Tommy. By Pete Townsend and The Who. Director Hill, Eric. Berkshire Theater Festival, July 2011.

Endgame. By Samuel Beckettt. Director Hill, Eric. Unicorn Theater, BerkshireTheatre Festival/Colonial Theater, June 2010.

Macbeth. By Shakespeare. Director Hill, Eric. Fitzpatrick Mainstage, Berkshire Theatre Festival/Colonial Theater, August 2010.

King Lear by William Shakespeare - Direction of an Original Adaptation. Director Hill, Eric. Spingold Center at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Jan/Feb 2005.

Siddhartha - A Jungian Fantasy - Adapted From the Novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. By Hill, Eric. Director/Writer Hill, Eric. Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, MA

The Who's Tommy. Director Hill, Eric. Spingold Center at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Oct-Dec 2004.

The Trojan Women - An Original Adaptation of the Tragedy by Euripides. By Hill, Eric. Hill, Eric. Conecticut Repertory Theater

Visions of an Ancient Dreamer - An Original Adaptation of Three Plays by Euripides: Helen, Orestes and Iphigenia at Tauris. By Hill, Eric. Hill, Eric. StageWest, Springfield, MA