Andrew Callis
Lead Faculty, Theatre
Directing, M.F.A.
Roosevelt University
Communication and Theatre Arts, B.S.
Eastern Michigan University
Andy Callis received an M.F.A. in Directing from Roosevelt University, and a B.S. in Communication and Theatre Arts from Eastern Michigan University. He has directed roughly three dozen plays, including The Grapes of Wrath, Miss Julie, Pygmalion, Dark of the Moon, Leader of the Pack, Six Degrees of Separation, All's Well That Ends Well, and Conference of the Birds. He also attended Bulmershe College of Higher Education in Reading, England as an exchange student, studying European Film and Drama of the early to mid-twentieth century. Andy was the founding Artistic Director of ShawChicago, an Equity group that did staged readings of Bernard Shaw plays. Five of the shows Andy directed for ShawChicago received Critic's Choice notices in the Chicago Reader. At Lansing Community College, Andy has taught voice, improvisation, mask work, Shakespeare, period styles, and beginning acting.
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