Michael Curry

Michael Curry is a professor in the Department of Theatre where he has served on the faculty for thirty years. He has acted and directed in numerous theatre productions at Goucher and in the Baltimore area. He has also done industrial films and commercial voice-overs for Maryland Public Television, Monumental Life Insurance, the Air Force and others. He has acted in special educational outreach programs for the Maryland Historical Society, Action Theatre Company, and the Baltimore Science Center, and serves on the Maryland State Arts Council grant review panel for theatre. As a teacher, Michael specializes in acting and directing, though he has also taught courses in speech, performance art, experimental theatre, classical theatre courses for the Honors program (Shakespeare and Greek theatre), acting for television, theatre as a vehicle for community outreach, in the International Scholars Program, and Shakespeare on the Screen for the Frontiers program. Michael’s research interests include acting and directing, particularly classical plays, opera staging, first person historical interpretation, Maryland theatre history, and community arts advocacy.