Scott Hayes, MFA

 

 

Phone: 757-352-4717
Email: shayes@regent.edu

Professor Scott Hayes serves as chair in the Department of Theatre Arts. He is an associate professor specializing in acting, directing and theatre history. He is an actor, director and award-winning playwright who has written five plays and numerous sketches.

Professor Hayes has been teaching, producing, and directing for 17 years. He has worked at five universities throughout the United States and England and has served as artistic director for two professional companies. He continues his professional work as a director and actor, and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Actors Equity Association. He is a fitness enthusiastic, having completed marathons, half-marathons, and triathlons, and has presented workshops combining cross training with stage combat techniques. At Regent, he teaches courses on directing, the Meisner technique, periods and styles, Shakespeare, dialects, research and aesthetics, and theatre in ministry.

Academic Philosophy

To inspire students to develop comprehensive, effective and individual approaches as they deal with enhancing their craft while honing their worldview.

Selected Publications

Arthur Sullivan: The California Connection (editor), Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 2009
“Without Excuse” (short play), Christianity and Theatre, 2003
As You Like It (cover article review), Southern Theatre, 2010

Selected Professional Works

Cinema/Television:

Hidden Fears

The Pallbearer

Law and Order

Theatre:

Naval Airpower Legacy (U.S. Navy, Virginia Beach, VA)

Blood Brothers (Artpark, Lewiston, N.Y.)

The Will Rogers Follies (Summer Repertory Theatre, Santa Rosa, Calif.)

Misalliance (Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Stage College, Penn.).

Presentations/Workshops:

“Combat 90X or Exploring the Nexus of Cross Training and Combat Mime”, presenter, Southeastern Theatre Conference, 2012 Convention, Chattanooga, TN.

“Wimba: Teaching Hybrid (Distance and Face-to-Face) Classes”, presenter, Southeastern Theatre Conference, 2012 Convention, Chattanooga, TN.

“Auditioning with Shakespeare - Do's and Don'ts from an Auditioner”, presenter, Southeastern Theatre Conference, 2011 Convention, Atlanta, GA.

“Altar Boyz and the Christian Reaction,” presenter, Christians in Theatre Arts conference

(New York, N.Y.)

“Twitter - As You Like It: Using Instant Messaging to Enhance Audience Experience,” presenter, Southeastern Theatre Conference (Atlanta, Ga.)

Education

MFA Florida State University, 1994
BFA University of California at Santa Barbara, 1991

Fields of Expertise

• Acting
• Directing
• Theatre History

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