Telephone: (843) 953- 5439
Fax:(843) 953-8210
Office: Room 209-A, Albert Simons Center for the Arts
Email: parrye@cofc.edu

Evan Parry (MFA - Florida State University/ Asolo State Theatre Conservatory) is an Associate Professor of Theatre, where he teaches Acting 3, Movement for the Actor, Stage Combat and other Performance courses. He also team-teaches the popular Introduction to Film Art and the Study Abroad course Art & Theatre in London. Prof. Parry continues to work as a professional actor, director and fight director. In addition, he pursues his primary performance interests, classical theatre and physical theatre. He serves as co-director of The Shakespeare Project as well as one of the hits of the 2002 Piccolo Spoleto festival, the choreoplay The Wait. A member of Actor's Equity Association and Screen Actor's Guild, he has also served on the faculties of Michigan State University and SUNY/Buffalo.

PERFORMANCE
The Performance Track of the Theatre major is designed to give the aspiring actor the best possible pre-professional training, while retaining an awareness that successful theatre requires the cooperative efforts of many artists. For that reason acting students are required to participate in our productions as crew members as well as actors at some point in their CofC journey. Coursework leads sequentially from experiencing the joy of acting to early scenework to the development of the actor's physical and vocal instrument to grappling with the performance demands of Shakespeare, Greek tragedy, stage fighting, and musical theatre. Students may then opt to take our Career Development course, which prepares them for the next step in their journey as professional artists. The Performance track features the talents of 5 dynamic full-time teachers of acting and/or directing, as well as a number of our adjunct faculty.