Rylan Brenner
Division of Humanities and Education
Professor of Theater
Director, Theatre
Artistic Director, BCC THEATRE REP

     Office: H113
     Extension: x2440

Education:
M.F.A. Brown Univesrity
B.A., Herbert H. Lehmann College (C.U.N.Y.)

Philosophy:
TO TEACH IS TO OPEN THE INNER WORLD OF IMAGINATION SO THAT IT MAY ILLUMINATE THE OUTER WORLD WITH DISCOVERY. To set on fire a passion, to explore, to receive, to discover new ways of experiencing, a new way of seeing. To teach is to form an agreement with each student that you will facilitate a journey, that you will set in motion the tools, provide a means of illumination, help to create a pathway toward discovery. To teach is to ignite a passion and to set it forward with the tools of discovery - imagination, confidence, courage, and a way to receive. To teach is to learn again for the first time.

Courses Taught:
ENG 11 Composition I: College Writing
ENG 12 Composition II: Writing about Literature
THE 11 Introduction to the Theatre
THE 12 Actors’ Workshop
THE 13 Scene Study
THE 14 Playwriting
THE 15 Director’s Workshop
THE 22 Theatre Rehearsal and Performance (Fall)
THE 23 Theatre Rehearsal and Performance (Spring)

Affiliations:
A.T.H.E.
KCACTF

Awards:
Tenure
Silver Shield
Scepter and Scroll
Whiting Foundation Fellowship (1995, 2003)
N.I.S.O.D. AWARD for Excellence in Teaching (2006)
National Fellowship for Directing - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (2007)
Residency - Directors Lab - West (2008)

Interests:
New forms of theatre