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Prof. Claire McDonald Tenured Professor of Drama; Chair, Fine Arts, Drama and Dance; Program Director Drama
Fine Arts & Drama
713/525-3522
mcdonald@stthom.eduEmail

Professor Claire McDonald’s areas of specialization include directing, theatre for youth and communities, educational theatre and theatre as a liberal art. She can speak on these and a variety of general theatre and performance topics.

Areas of Expertise
Directing, Theatre for Youth and Communities, Creative Drama, Educational Theatre, Theatre as a Liberal Art.

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts - Drama Production - University of Texas at Austin (1983)
• Bachelor of Arts - German - Rice University (1977)

Research

• Aesop's Fables (for children)
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (for children)
• All in the Timing,
• Almost, Maine,
• An Ideal Husband
• An Ideal Husband,
• Charley’s Aunt
• Charley’s Aunt,
• Charlotte’s Web ( for children)
• Charlotte’s Web (for children)
• Dancing At Lughnasa
• Food (world premiere)
• Jungalbook (for children)
• Picnic
• Puss In Boots and Other Cat Tails (for children)
• Puss In Boots and Other Cat Tails(for children)
• Sabrina Fair
• Spoon River Anthology
• Stuart Little (for children)
• The Commedia Cinderella (for children)
• The Commedia Pinocchio (for children)
• The Emperor’s New Clothes(for children)
• The Mischief Makers (for children)
• The Rimers of Eldritch
• The Velveteen Rabbit (for children)
• The Velveteen Rabbit(for children)
• The Wind in the Willows (for children)
• Tomato Plant Girl (for children)
• Totally Red (for children)
• Wonderful Tennessee,
• You Can’t Take it With You
• ’59 Pink Thunderbird
• ’59 Pink Thunderbird,
•   Light Up the Sky

Presentations

• "“Playing in Someone Else’s Yard: Teaching across, in, or to Other Disciplines”" (2013)
  Association for Theatre in Higher Education
  
• "“The Acrobatics of Inclusion: Safeguarding a Place for Theatre (and the arts) in the Core Curricul" (2011)
  Association for Theatre in Higher Education
  
• "“Creating Dynamic teacher Resource Guides”" (2008)
  American Alliance for Theatre and Education
  
• "“Drama Across the Curriculum – Administrator’s Session”" (2007)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.
  
• "“The Creative Drama Network Evaluator Training”" (2006)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.
  
• "“Resurrecting the Creative Drama Network”" (2005)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.
  
• "“Super Team for Arts Integration Professional Development” Young Audiences of Houston" (2003)
  Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education
  
• "“The Individual and Society: Fine & Performing Arts”" (2001)
  UST President’s Seminar Series
  
• "“No Mugging! No Bumping! Techniques in Performance for and with Children”" (2000)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.
  
• "“A TEKS-ket, A Tasket: Creative Drama and the TEKS”" (1999)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.
  
• "“Why Not Choose the Fine and Performing Arts”" (1997)
  Texas Association of College Admissions Counselors
  Also July 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
  
• "“Playmaking through Movement and Music”" (1997)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.
  
• "“Start Making Sense: Using Sensory Awareness Exercises Across the Curriculum”" (1996)
  Texas Educational Theatre Assn.