Classic American Drama II

Classic American Drama II

Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 5/1/2025 9:00 AM EDT

9000 Babcock Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15237 United States
Fisher Room
5/19/2025-6/16/2025
11:00 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Mon

Classic American Drama II

Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 5/1/2025 9:00 AM EDT

One play a week from the golden age of American Theatre.  Read and discussed. The plays will be communicated before the start of the class. The plays will be different from the Classic American Drama course from Summer 2024.

Rebecca Fishel Bright

Rebecca Fishel Bright, MFA is a former professional actor with a specialty in Acting and directing for Shakespeare.  She has performed with Chicago Shakespeare, Milwaukee Repertory Company, Great Lake Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Stan Hywett Shakespeare, Theatre Voices, Cleveland Women’s Theater Project and Ohio Valley Summer Theatre among many others.  

 

Following her career as an actress she began teaching in University Theatre Departments such as SUNY – Albany, University of Akron, and Southern Illinois University.  For 20 years she shepherded bright-eyed young things through the rigors of Acting training and experiences in Directing. While Shakespeare is closest to her heart, Rebecca has performed in many of the great American classics such as All My Sons, Picnic, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, All the Way Home and the Miracle Worker. She currently teaches Acting for Grownups and the Physical Aspects of Communication at Beaver County Community College.