Lavinia Hart-Associate Artistic Director
Lavinia Hart, Associate Professor of Theatre and Head of the MFA Acting Program at Wayne State University, joined the department after teaching, acting and directing for three years in Minnesota. Ms. Hart was the Artistic Director of the Attic Theatre in Detroit for 19 years where she acted, directed and produced more than 100 plays. Her most recent WSU directing credits include The Lusty and Comical History of Tom Jones (Best Local Professional Comedy nominee for the 2008 Wilde Awards), Translations and Antony and Cleopatra for the Hilberry Theatre. She was co-director with Patricia Ansuini for the Hilberry’s production of The Kentucky Cycle which won the Oakland Press Award for Best Direction. Recent Bonstelle Theatre credits include A Christmas Carol and Ten November. Lavinia’s professional credits include direction of In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks and Murder on the Nile at The Meadowbrook Theatre; and playing the title role in Kim Carney’s world premiere comedy Maggie Rose at the Performance Network. In 2007 she earned a teaching certificate of completion in the foundation courses of the Michael Chekhov Technique from the international Michael Chekhov Association and also remains an active instructor of the techniques of Jacques Lecoq. This summer she was honored to be a member of the faculty of the Actors’ Movement Studio in New York City. Hart is a winner of the Detroit Free Press Lee Hills Award and has been named Michiganian of the Year by the Detroit News Magazine.
Lavinia Hart
| Contact: | Lavinia@wayne.edu |
| Phone: | (313) 577-0961 |
| Fax: | (313) 577-0935 |
| Address: | Department of Theatre, Wayne State University 4841 Cass Avenue, Suite 3225, Detroit, MI 48202 |
| Website: | www.hilberry.com or www.theatre.wayne.edu |
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