Summary
Susanna Vaughan is an actor, director/choreographer and musical theatre historian from Los Angeles, CA. Her professional regional credits include Singing in the Rain, My Fair Lady (Musical Theatre West), The Little Mermaid, Saturday Night Fever, Waitress (Moonlight Stage Productions), Crazy For You, The Producers, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Candlelight Pavilion), and cabaret concerts at The Old Globe in San Diego. She has performed in concert with Kristin Chenoweth and workshopped a new musical adaptation of the film Mr. Holland’s Opus with Tony Award-winner BD Wong and Tony Nominee Wayne Barker.
She is a member of Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance (MTEA), an international organization dedicated to raising the standards of musical theatre training, where she stays up to date on innovative teaching methods and techniques.
Before joining the faculty at the 夜色视频, she taught at Fullerton College, Concordia University Irvine, Chapman University, Biola University and Azusa Pacific University.
Research interests
- Stage direction and choreography
- Performance pedagogy
- Musical theatre history
Courses taught
- THTR 208A/408A: Acting Practicum
- THTR 274: Musical Theatre Scene Study
- THTR 471: Acting Studies: Musical Theatre
- THTR 485: Musical Theatre History
- THTR 467: Audition
- THTR 496: New York Experience
Education
- MFA, Musical Theatre, San Diego State University, 2018
- B.A., Theatre Arts, Azusa Pacific University, 2010