J. Randall Colborn (Randy)

Professor of Theatre
Northside Hall 118D
Office Phone: 5745204545
Email: rcolborn@iusb.edu

Area(s) of specialization:
Acting & Directing

Department Roles:
Acting and Directing Mentor
Production Auditions

Biography:

Professor of Theatre at Indiana University South Bend since 1991, teaching Acting and Directing. In 1998 he was selected for the Teacher Development Workshop at the Actor’s Center/Shakespeare Lab of the Public Theatre in New York.

Member of the Artistic Collective of Lifeline Theatre in Chicago (1988-2001). Credits include The Goodman, Wisdom Bridge, Remains, Immediate, Stormfield, Pegasus, and Bailiwick Repertory, of which he was an Artistic Ensemble member 1988-90. Guest Artist with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in 1999, 1995, 1994 and 1993; Falstaff in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, The Player in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, Sir Toby Belch in TWELFTH NIGHT and Antiochus, Cleon, Simonides and Pander in PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE.

Randy has also worked with award winning playwrights Scott McPherson (MARVIN’S ROOM) on his first play, ‘TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS; John Logan on SNOW and NEBRASKA; and Neil LaBute on his new play IN THE COMPANY OF MEN in 1992. Other new plays include James Yoshimura’s UNION BOYS, and Wendy McLeod’s THE MY HOUSE PLAY with Wisdom Bridge Theatre, and THE HAYMARKET TRIAL with Remains Theatre.

Additional Information

Degrees and Granting Institution(s):

BA Indiana University South Bend
MFA Professional Acting Program, Purdue University

Awards/Honors:

Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Region III Ensemble Award, January 2015; award for fall 2014 production of EXECUTION OF JUSTICE by Emily Mann

Leadership Institute, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, IL, August 2011

Leadership Institute, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Los Angeles, CA, July 2010

Trustees Teaching Awards, 1999, 1998
Summer Faculty Fellowship, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP of the Actors Center/New York Shakespeare Festival, 1998

Grant in Aid of Research, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP of the Actors Center/New York Shakespeare Festival, 1998

Winner, Joseph Jefferson Citation, for Performance, Ensemble & New Work, CHAOS, Lifeline Theatre, Chicago, IL. 1989.

Nomination, Joseph Jefferson Committee, Ensemble, EXECUTION OF JUSTICE, OURSELVES ALONE, Bailiwick Repertory. OURSELVES ALONE won for Best Production, 1988.

Certification or Memberships:

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Artistic Ensemble Member, Lifeline Theatre, Chicago 1986-1991
Member, Indiana Theatre Association
Member, League of Chicago Theatres
Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
Adjudicator/Responder, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Region III
National Co-chair, Deans and Chairs Committee, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, 2011-2014
Member, The Craftsmen of Dionysus; a society of acting teachers. The Craftsmen is comprised of leading acting teachers from across the country; The Actors Center, New York, NY, 2012-2017.
Member, Creative Leadership Task Force, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, 2011-2015. The development of a second edition of the Creative Leadership Handbook.

Courses Taught at IUSB:

THTR-T 220 Acting 2
THTR-T 320 Acting 3; Shakespeare
THTR-A 190 Art, Aesthetics and Creativity: Introduction to Theatre; Improvisation Workshop

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J. Randall Colborn (Randy)