Tom Casciero,
PROFESSOR (1990) tcasciero@towson.edu,
(410)704-3503
Tom Casciero is a professor in the
Theatre Department at Towson University in the USA. He trains graduate
and undergraduate actors in movement; voice/movement integration;
movement theatre techniques, improvisation, and devised theatre.
Tom received his Ph.D. in Theatre (1998) from The Union Institute
Graduate School. His thesis, Laban Movement Studies and Actor Training,
is a contextual essay and teaching manual for training actors in
physical awareness and expressivity. It is widely consulted throughout
the world. He is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst (CMA) and a
Research Associate for the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement
Studies (LIMS). He has taught in the LIMS Certification Program
and is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Laban
Movement Studies.
He was awarded an Overseas Fellowship and Visiting Scholarship
at the University of Pretoria and Pretoria Technikon University,
both in South Africa. He has taught
as a guest artist at the Webster Movement Institute, the Kentucky Shakespeare
Festival, University of Texas at Austin, Southern Illinois University, Calvin
College and in various colleges, theaters, and festivals.
His research has been presented at the conferences of the Association of Theatre
in Higher Education, the Association of Theatre Movement Educators, and the
Voice & Speech
Trainers Association. He has also presented at the Southeast Theatre Conference
and the International Laban Conferences in Rio de Janeiro, Bratislava (Slovakia),
Amherst, Minneapolis, and Baltimore.
Tom has served as movement director/consultant for over 40 University main
stage and studio productions. He was the liaison, co-producer, and onsite director
for the Mid-Atlantic Movement Theatre Festival and the past vice-president
of
ATME. He is also a performer and director, having toured his solo performances
of comedy and physical theatre nationally and internationally and directed
regional and university theatre.
He recently created and produced a multi-media production entitled
PostMarks. This devised theatre piece was based on the first
three books of Nick Bantock’s
Griffin and Sabine series.
