Phone: 860-486-6292
Fax: 860-486-3110
Email:robert.mcdonald@uconn.edu

ROBERT McDONALD (Professor of Dramatic Arts in Acting, Directing and Theatre History/Dramatic Literature): MFA Yale of School Drama; Ph.D. Michigan State. Committed to the development of new scripts, Dr. McDonald's professional directing credits include the professional premiere of TOWARD HALF DOME, by Bob Duxbury at Present Company Theatorium, New York City (Off-Off Broadway), and the premiere production of EROS AND PSYCHE, an original opera for Teen Opera of New England, New Haven, CT. An associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, his recent directing credits at the University of Connecticut include LOVE'S FIRE, A SENSE OF PLACE, THE MISER, EXIT THE KING, and STAGES (an East Coast premiere). The scenic design for THE MISER has won regional, national, and international recognition, including Best Set Design from the Connecticut Critics Circle (1998). THE MISER represented the United States in the prestigious Prague Quadrennial international design exhibition in the Czech Republic (1999). As an actor, he has performed with the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Theatre/ Trinity (Hartford, CT), the Ledges Playhouse (Michigan), the Mickery Theatre (Netherlands), and The Soho Poly (London, England), among others, and has played featured roles in several education and industrial films. A former President of the New England Theatre Conference (NETC) and an elected member of NETC's College of Fellows, Dr. McDonald is a frequent judge for the Moss Hart Awards, Connecticut Drama Association, the New England Drama Council, the Connecticut Community Theatre Festival, and other organizations. He has given workshops on acting and directing for the American Theatre Association, the National Educational Theatre Conference, and the American Association of State and Local History. He has written several dramatizations for Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. As a songwriter, he has recorded for Phillips Records, London, England, and has composed incidental music for several productions at UConn.