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Richard Stockton Rand

Theatre Division Chair and Professor of Theatre: Acting & Movement Office: Pao 2165C
Office Phone: (765) 494-3081
Office Fax: (765) 496-1766
Secondary Office: Pao 2178
Secondary Office Phone: (765) 494-3077
Email: richrand@purdue.edu

Courses:

THTR 323 Movement for the Actor
THTR 333 Acting II
THTR 434 Acting V – Audition and Professional Issue
THTR 523 Creating a Character I
THTR 524 Creating a Character II
THTR 525 Theatrical Characterization
THTR 532 Professional Issues
THTR 539 Period Style Acting
THTR 633 Audition Technique

Richard Stockton Rand has acted on and off Broadway; in regional theatres in the United States, Europe and Canada; and in film for public television. He has written and toured 12 one-person shows to 50 universities, theatres, and festivals, and received an Indiana Arts Commission-National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship for solo performance. In addition to his work as an actor, Rich has directed and/or choreographed 70 productions, and served as President of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators. As a teacher, Rich specializes in the integration of acting and movement and has served as a resident artist for the University of Minnesota, University of Missouri-Kansas City, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Brandeis University, The College of William and Mary, Centre College, University of Rochester, Berea College, Franklin College, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Southern Illinois University, Wagner College and the Indianapolis Children’s Museum.

Rich is the recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Murphy Teaching Awards and is included in Purdue’s Book of Great Teachers. He has served as a Senior Faculty Mentor in the Teachers for Tomorrow program, mentors early career faculty as a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy and frequently lectures on the art of teaching.

Rich currently serves as Chair of Purdue Theatre.

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