Curriculum Vitae

Hugh K. Long, Ph.D.                  

www.HughLong.com    Email: Hugh.Long@athens.edu

EDUCATION

PhD in Drama, Tufts University, Major Fields: Spanish Golden Age Drama, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, 19th Century English and American Theatre, Shakespearean Textual Authority, First Folio Acting Technique. Dissertation: “At a Sword’s Length: Theatrical Dueling in Early Modern Spanish Drama.” Advisors: Dr. Laurence Senelick & Dr. Elizabeth Teresa Howe.

MA in Theatre Arts, California State University, Northridge, Major Fields: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Postcolonial Literature, Intercultural Theatre, Greek Tragedy, 18th Century European Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, the dramatic literature of Federico Garcia Lorca. Thesis: “Choose Your Weapon: A Study of the Evolution and Acculturation of the Rapier in English Renaissance Drama.” Advisor: Dr. Kevin J. Wetmore.

BFA in Acting, New York University, Conservatory acting education with Circle In The Square and the Stonestreet Film & Television Acting Studio.  Major Fields: Acting Theory (Strasburg, Adler, Meisner), Script Analysis, Commercial technique, Acting for the Camera, Movement Technique, Stage Combat.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2019 – Present  –  Associate Professor of Drama & English, Athens State University – Athens, AL

2012 – 2019  –  Assistant Professor of Drama & English, Athens State University – Athens, AL

2010 – 2012  –  Adjunct Professor of Theatre, Eastern Connecticut State – Willimantic, CT

2011 – 2012  –  Adjunct Professor of Theatre, Dean College – Franklin, MA

2009 – 2012  –  Acting Instructor, New York Film Academy – Harvard Summer Institute – Cambridge, MA

2006 – 2011  –  Lecturer of Drama, Tufts University – Medford, MA

2010 – 2011  –  Adjunct Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Lowell

2010 – 2011  –  Instructor of Theatre, Northern Essex Community College – Haverhill, MA

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Program Head of Drama & Theatre Arts                                                            2012 – Present

Athens State University – Athens, AL

Successfully created a BA in Drama & Theatre Arts Major (approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) in December 2015 to begin in the Fall of 2016). Revised a Drama Minor in the English Department. Endowed the Athenian Players Scholarship using ticket sale profits from drama productions. Increased the profile of Athens State University with numerous appearances on local television, NPR, and independent papers. Brought four nationally recognized professional playwrights to Athens State University to meet and work with our students.

Artistic Director of the Athenian Players                                                           2012 – Present

Athens State University – Athens, AL

Responsibilities: Successfully directed and produced thirty productions in multiple venues. Responsible for budgeting annual season, hiring and supervising consultant designers, composers, and production staff, and advertising auditions and performances to social and traditional media.

Presiding Officer of the Faculty Senate                                                              2022 – Present

Athens State University – Athens, AL

Responsibilities: Presiding over monthly Faculty Senate meetings, organizing policies for discussion and review by senators, and facilitating a supportive environment for constructive conversation. Serving on the Strategic Planning Committee, Administrative Council, Budget Advisory Committee, Compensation Committee, and the Trustee Nomination Committee.

Co-Director of The Project: The Alabama Center for the Arts Pathway    2018 – 2019

Alabama Center for the Arts – Decatur, AL

Responsibilities: Helped create the collaborative Fine Arts Pathway program between Calhoun Community College and Athens State University to offer regional High School students a free two week intensive artistic program being taught by the faculty. The program culminated with a shadow puppet play presentation of Wiley and the Hairy Man by Suzan Zeder.

CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Director and Producer of Theatre Productions

Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) – Decatur, AL                              2016 – Present

The Rocket Men by Crystal Skillman*        Spring 2023 (pre-production)       Athenian Players

Twelfth Night                                                  Fall 2022                                            Athenian Players

right before I go by Stan Zimmerman**   Summer 2022                                  Athenian Players

Lady Windermere’s Fan                                Spring 2022                                      Athenian Players

Log Cabin by Jordan Harrison                     Fall 2021                                            Athenian Players

Something Rotten!                                        Summer 2021                                  ACA

Love’s Fire                                                        Spring 2021                                      Athenian Players

Clue: Stay-at-Home Version (Online)         Fall 2020                                            Athenian Players

Inkblot by Kelly Younger (Online) ***      Summer 2020                                  Athenian Players

Comedy of Errors                                            Fall 2019                                            Athenian Players

Let’s Murder Marsha                                     Summer 2019                                  Athenian Players

Wiley and the Hairy Man                                  Summer 2019                                  The Project

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead      Spring 2019                                      Athenian Players

Hamlet                                                             Fall 2018                                            Athenian Players

The Odd Couple (Female Edition)               Summer 2018                                  Athenian Players

Picnic                                                                 Spring 2018                                      Athenian Players

The Phantom Lady (La dama duende)      Fall 2018                                            Athenian Players

The Fantasticks                                               Summer 2017                                  Athenian Players

Geek! by Crystal Skillman**                        Spring 2017                                      Athenian Players

Verdigris by Jim Beaver**                            Fall 2016                                            Athenian Players

*World premiere of a new play commissioned by the ACA with Playwright being involved in production.

**Playwright was brought to campus to assist with production and work with students.

***Playwright worked virtually with students.

Director and Producer of Theatre Productions

Athens State University – Athens, AL                                                  2012 – 2016

Afternoon of the Elves                                  Summer 2016                                  Athenian Players

Sherlock Holmes                                             Spring 2016                                      Athenian Players

The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet                   Fall 2015                                            Athenian Players

The Frogs*                                                       Summer 2015                                  Athenian Players

Modern American One Acts                        Spring 2015                                      Athenian Players

The Tragedy of Macbeth                              Fall 2014                                            Athenian Players

The Bacchae*                                                  Sumer 2014                                      Athenian Players

The Importance of Being Earnest               Spring 2014                                      Athenian Players

As You Like It                                                   Fall 2013                                            Athenian Players

Trojan Women*                                              Summer 2013                                  Athenian Players

The Glass Menagerie                                     Spring 2013                                      Athenian Players

* translated by Dr. Francis Blessington, who was brought to campus to assist with production and work with students

PUBLICATIONS

“Book Review: Athenian Tragedy in Performance: A Guide to Contemporary Studies and Historical Debates by Melinda Powers” New England Theatre Journal, Volume 26, New England Theatre Conference, 2016.

“Book Review: Dreaming America: Popular Front Ideals and Aesthetics in Children’s Plays of the Federal Theatre Project by Leslie Elaine Frost” New England Theatre Journal, Volume 25, New England Theatre Conference, 2014.

“Book Review: Theatre, Community, and Civic Engagement in Jacobean London by Mark Bayer” New England Theatre Journal, Volume 24, New England Theatre Conference, 2014.

“Book Review: Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger by Joanne Rochester” New England Theatre Journal, Volume 23, New England Theatre Conference, 2013.

“Book Review: How to do Shakespeare by Adrian Noble” New England Theatre Journal,Volume 22, New England Theatre Conference, 2012.

“Double Book Review: Locating the Queen’s Men by Helen Ostovich and Radical Theatricality by Bruce R. Burningham,” New England Theatre Journal, Volume 21, New England Theatre Conference, 2011.

“Book Review: Honor and Violence in Golden Age Spain by Scott K Taylor,” Theatre History Studies, Volume XX, The University of Alabama Press, 2010.

“Ford Lee ‘Buck’ Washington.” African American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2010.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Geek!” Preview and Demonstration of “Lightsaber” Stage Combat, Hunstville Comic & Pop Culture Expo, Von Braun Center, Hunstville, AL, March 2017.

“Stage Combat, Superscenes, and Directing Romeo & Juliet,” for the Physical Acting Pedagogy Session, Panel Chair, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, National Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2014.

“A Fight Choreographer’s Approach to La vida es sueño (Life is a Dream),” Dream-a-turgy: New Tools for Translating, Staging, and Contextualizing La vida es sueño, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, National Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2014.

“Rediscovering the Dream: New Resources for Teaching La vida es sueno,” Session Panel Member, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, National Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2014.

“The Challenges and Rewards for Single Person Theatre Departments,” Session Panel Member, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, National Conference, Orlando, FL, August 2013.

“Uncovering the Physical Comedy and Combat of Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist”, Shakespearean Performance Research Group, American Society for Theatre Research, Nashville, TN, November 2012.

“The Rumble: Navaja Knife Fighting in West Side Story”, Comparative Drama Conference, March 2010.

“The Swords of Lope de Vega”, Association for Hispanic Classical Theater Symposium, March 2009.

“The Swords of Lope de Vega”, New Approaches to Plays from the Spanish Golden Age, American Society for Theatre Research, 2008.

Romeo & Juliet, A Duelists Tragedy”, Shakespearean Performance Research Group, American Society for Theatre Research, 2007.

“This Chinese Theatre is All Greek to Me: An Exploration of Adaptation and Performance of Greek Tragedy in China.” Intercultural Taiwanese and Chinese Theatre, Comparative Drama Conference, 2007.

“‘These are not men for me’: An Exploration of Elizabethan Manhood in Marlowe’s Edward II.” English Renaissance Drama, Comparative Drama Conference, 2006.

INVITED GUEST LECTURER, WORKSHOPS, & TALKBACKS

Lecturer:

“Draw if you be Men: An Introduction to Shakespeare’s Theatrical Swordplay – Huntsville Public Library’s Celebration of Shakespeare, April 9th, 2014

The Actor Teacher – Heritage Reading Council, Athens, AL, February 28, 2013

Tennessee Williams and “A Streetcar Named Desire” – Dinner & a Movie, Center For Lifelong Learning, Athens, AL, February 22, 2013

The Rumble: Dueling in “West Side Story” – Yellow Taxi Productions, Lunch Box Lecture Series, Nashua, NH, March 19, 2009

Roundtable Participant:

“The Two-Year College Dream: A Summit of Two-Year College Theatre Programs”, Round-Table participant, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, National Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2014

“Critical Encounters: Possibilities of Performance”, Association for Hispanic Classical Theater Symposium, March 2009.

Workshop Instructor:

First Folio Acting Technique – Alabama Conference of Theatre, Trumbauer Festival, Troy University, November ‘18

Stage Combat Workshop – Truancy Intervention Program of Alabama, Athens State University, July ‘13

First Folio Acting Technique – KCACTF Region 1, Festival 44, January ‘12

Armed Stage Combat Workshop – Shakespeare Society, Wellesley College, Dec. ‘11

Stage Combat Workshop – Neighborhood House Charter School, May ‘11

Stage Combat Workshop – Shakespeare Society, Wellesley College, April ‘11

Comedy Combat – Northern Essex Community College, Feb. ‘11

First Folio Acting Technique – KCACTF Region 1, Festival 43, January ‘11

Combat Comedy – Low Comedy, Laurence Senelick, Tufts University, Fall ‘08

Movement for Animators, workshop, New York Film Academy, New York Film Academy – Harvard Summer Program 2009

Stage Combat for Directors, workshop, New York Film Academy, New York Film Academy – Harvard Summer Program 2009

Speaker:

Georgia Bottoms: The Value of Narrative Methods,” Moderator of a panel of academic experts for Hunstville Symphony Orchestra’s premiere of the new opera, Georgia Bottoms: A Comic Opera of the Modern South, February 2015

The Art of Critique: Writing an Objective Response to a Subjective Experience”, Intra-College Faculty Forum. Athens State University, November 2013

Trojan Women” Scholah Hollah Panel, Whistler in the Dark Theatre, May 2012

Así que pasen cinco años” (When Five Years Pass), Performance Talkback, CSUN Theatre, October 2003.

 

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Faculty Committees:

2020-present – Faculty Senate

2015-2020 – Faculty Elections Committee Member, College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Representative

2012-2014 – Strategic Planning Committee, Executive Committee, College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Representative

2012-2014 – QEP Student Success Team Committee Member

2012-2014 – Curriculum Committee member and standing proxy member

2012-2015 – Served on the committee for the architectural design of Phase II of the Alabama Center for the Arts

Search Committees:

Spring 2022 – Chair of the Search Committee for the Assistant Professor of Drama & Theatre Arts: Scenic & Lighting Design faculty member.

Summer of 2020 – Served as the Athens State University represenatative on Calhoun Community College Search Committee for the new Theatre Instructor faculty member.

Spring of 2019 – Search Committee member for the Assistant Professor of Graphic Design faculty Member

Spring & Summer of 2018 – Chair of the Search Committee for the Assistant Professor of Drama & Theatre Arts: Scenic & Lighting Design faculty member

Spring of 2013 – Search Committee member for the Assistant Professor of English faculty Member

Fall of 2013 – Search Committee for the Building Coordinator of the Alabama Center for the Arts

Director, 11th Annual Tufts University Graduate Student Council Research Symposium,

2007.

Coordinator, “Getting It Published”, Tufts University Graduate Drama Colloquium, 2006.

Academic Chair, Graduate Student Council, Tufts University, 2006-07.

Drama Department Representative, Graduate Student Council, Tufts University, 2006-07.

Committee Member, Graduate Student Research Awards Committee, Tufts University, Fall 2008, Spring 2007 & 2008.

Session Chair:

“Physical Acting Pedagogy”, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, National Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2014

“Comparative Hamlets”, Comparative Drama Conference, 2010

“Virtual Performances: Ethnicity & Sexuality on the Digital Stage”, Comparative Drama Conference, 2010

“Theatre for Youth in an Intercultural World”, Comparative Drama Conference, 2007.

“American Culture on Stage”, Comparative Drama Conference, 2006.

“Theater for Young Audiences”, Comparative Drama Conference, 2006.

“Intercultural Spanish Theatre”, Comparative Drama Conference, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS        

Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts, Decatur, AL

  • Member of the Board of Directors (2015-2022)
  • Secretary to the Board of Directors (2019-2022)

Alabama Conference of Theatre (ACT)

  • College and University Division – Member

Methods, A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, Volume 1, 2015, Pace University Press

  • Editorial Board Member

American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)

Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT)

Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)

International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR)

Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

New England Theatre Conference (NETC)