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ACE Faculty

NAME:  Stephen Smith

COLLEGE:   Delaware County Community College

TITLE:   Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT:   Drama

EMAIL:  ssmith@dccc.edu

INVOLVED WITH ACE SINCE:  2010

ACE COURSES TAUGHT/TEACHING:
Body/Mind Balance
Foundation Course

REASON FOR BECOMING INVOLVED WITH ACE
I became involved with ACE because of my experience teaching Drama, where students must bring their personal life experiences and their emotions into their work.  Drama classes are often unconventional and the students tend to become much closer to each other than to students in other classes.  This seemed to me to be very similar to the dynamic which ACE strives to encourage in its students.  I have seen it work well in my classes and wanted to be a part of it with ACE.  I am interested in improving my own teaching by learning the ACE methods and bringing my own skills to those methods as well.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Stephen Smith is Assistant Professor of Drama at Delaware County Community College and the only full-time faculty member in the Drama department.  He has an M.A. in Theatre from Villanova University and an M.F.A. in Acting from The University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program.  He teaches all of the courses offered in Drama and directs one main stage production each semester at the College.  He is also a professional actor and director in Philadelphia and has performed in regional theatres throughout the country.  A member of Actors’ Equity, in 2005 he received two Philadelphia Barrymore Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Choreography for his direction of Tuesday at Amaryllis Theatre Company in Philadelphia.