One Act Play Festival
February 27th, 2009
7:00pm & 9:00pm

Missouri Valley College Original One Act Plays written by students of MVC. Faculty Reviewed! Student Written, Directed, Produced, etc. Tonight Only!

Wade Hughes earned his BS degree in Criminology and Theatre at Arkansas State University: an MFA in performance from University of North Carolina-Greensboro. For the past six years he served as the Chair of Fine Arts at High Point University.

He is a member of The American Society of Fight Directors.

He has been involved in over a hundred theatrical productions and most recently he completed a directing assignment at the Triad Stage a regional theatre in Greensboro, NC.

Wade serves as a respondent for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and in 2008 presented a workshop on the use of improvisation in actor training.

The American College Theatre Festival is holding his 2008 production of “Anna in the Tropics” by Nilo Cruz for regional consideration. His 2004 production of “Vanities” was presented at the NC state festival.

In 2007 he collaborated with the criminal justice department, as well as, High Point’s police department to create an improvisational scenario based program to implement in officer training. In 2008 he was invited to present a workshop at the Southeastern Theatre Conference on the development of this program.

In 2004 Wade traveled to London to study the English “Panto” theatre. In 2007 after several years of developing the technique he utilized this localized form of theatre to create an original play “2 Sticks” that he wrote, produced, and directed at HPU.

He has been recognized four times by Who’s Who Among American Teachers.

Over the past 20 years Wade has worked as a professional actor, director, and tour manager. He is a “Method actor” and grounds his training in the Stanislavski System. His current research is focused on the integration of the Stanislavski Method and improvisational-based training.