Mollenkamp, Dr. Julie Rae
Associate Professor of Theatre and Graduate Coordinator
Ph.D. in Theatre Education, Bowling Green State University
MA in Acting/Directing, Bowling Green State University
BA in Language Arts Education
Classes Regularly Taught
- Literature and History of the Theatre I & II
- Theatre Management
- Introduction to Graduate Studies
- Advanced Acting and Directing
- Theatre in Western Civilization
- Methods in Teaching Speech and Theatre
- Oral Interpretation
- Valuing Differences
Dr. J serves as the BSE Advisor and Graduate Coordinator in theatre. In addition, she is co-sponsor of Black Box Theatre and Players Student Organization. She enjoys teaching, directing, acting and researching.
Creative and Scholarly Activity
A veteran of more than 50 directing and acting projects, Pratt enjoys working on productions that engage other academic disciplines and spark both personal and political resonances with the audience. Her research interests include theatre pedagogy and history, acting and directing, theatre for social change, feminist theatre, and performance studies. Her most recent publication, a review of the play Familial Circles, appeared in The New England Journal of Theatre. She is actively involved in the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri, the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (past productions received 31 Meritorious Achievements awards, an invitation to the Region V Festival and 5 National Accommodations), The National Communication Association Theatre Division (Chair 1999-2001), and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (Vice-President for Membership and Marketing 2006-2008). She is the recipient of the NCA Division Excellence in Teaching and Service Award, The KCACTF Road Warrior Award, and the UCM’s College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Achievement Award and Excellence in Teaching Award. Her one-woman performance piece, In Conclusive Woman, will premiere in at the Ryan Repertory Theatre in New York June 2009. You can learn more about her work at http://julieraepratt.blogspot.com/ and www.myspace.com/julieraerocks
email: pratt@ucmo.edu