Tom Turgeon has been teaching at Kenyon since 1972. Educated at Amherst College and the Yale School of Drama, Turgeon has appeared in or directed over 40 productions in the academic and professional theatre. His translations of the plays of Marivaux and Moliere have been produced at Kenyon and elsewhere, and he is the author of Improvising Shakespeare: Reading for the Stage. His teaching responsibilities include courses in Acting, Theatre History, Classical Theatre, Renaissance Theatre, and Theatre of the 17th and 18th Centuries.

Areas of Expertise

Theater History, French Comedy, Acting, Directing

Education

D.F.A. Yale University
B.A. Amherst College

Courses Taught

Drama 110: The Play: Production and Performance
Drama 111: An Introduction to the Theater
Drama 213: History of the Western Theater
Drama 222: The Actor
Drama 251: The Classical Theater
Drama 252: The English Renaissance Theater
Drama 253: The 17th- and 18th- Century Theater
Drama 326: Character Analysis
Drama 337: Shakespearean Scene Study