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Tricia Rodley

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-6174
Office: 212 Villard Hall, 1231 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: hours will be posted soon!
Research Interests: Acting, Acting Pedagogy, Classical Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Dramaturgy for Actors, New Play Development, Voice and Dialect/Accents

Education

Ph.D. in Theatre from University of Oregon; M.A. in Classical Acting from The Central School of Speech and Drama, London; B.A. in Theatre and English from University of Oregon.

Teaching

Teaching Professor?

As teaching-focused faculty at UO, I contribute to courses or classroom instruction as well as instruction-related activities and professional development opportunities for students in the Department of Theatre Arts.

Courses

Introduction to Acting, Acting Scene Study, Acting Auditions, Advanced Acting (Voice and Dialect, Classical Acting), FIG: Speak for Yourself!, Introduction to Theatre Arts, Dramaturgy, Majors Seminar, Play Direction, Theatre and Culture: 20-21st c. American Theatre-Makers

Instruction-Related Activities

Director of Undergraduate Studies for Theatre Arts, TA KCACTF Liaison (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival), Theatre in London Faculty

Teaching Philosophy & Pedagogical Approaches

As a teacher, I try to bring an awareness of unique life experiences into all student encounters. I ask myself every day how I can offer tools to help students become accountable risk-takers, creative problem-solvers, and critically-minded collaborators. As much as possible, I teach to the individual by valuing lived experiences of identity that each student will bring into the embodied process of learning. As a theatre maker, I value experiential learning as well -- this is how we keep developing our craft!