Peter Sprague
Technical Director, Theatre and Performance
Lecturer of Theatre and Performance
Peter manages the Humanities Theatre on the Purchase College campus, is the technical supervisor for the Theatre and Performance (THP) program’s main stage and Senior Project.
More About Me
Trained as an actor, Peter continues to work as well as directing theatre. Most recently directing Lisbeth Sipes in her Edinburgh Fringe Festival offering of 2015, Bugbite. At Purchase College, he has directed Charles Mee’s bobrauschenbergamerica, a multidisciplinary production integrating contributions from Robin Lynch of the School of Art+Design creating a 4-channel video environment and Jim MacElwaine from the Conservatory of Music building a soundscape into the Theatre and Performance Program’s inaugural main stage production. He also directed plays in and co-produced (with Lenora Champagne) a performance of 365 Days/365 Plays, a year-long international premiere of those plays by Suzanne-Lori Parks. Peter continues to seek out opportunities to perform and direct in his spare time.
Research Interests
Performance, embodied presence, technology in performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, acting, directing, vocal production, identity, representation of public selves, literature of the stage in its social context, learning styles, Kabuki Theatre and performance at the intersection of cultures.
Representative Courses
Introduction To Theatre And Performance
Production Practicum
Speaking Shakespeare
Theatre Histories II
Criticism and Reviewing Workshop
Stage Management
Exhibitions / Performances
Red Haired Thomas, Cliff. Oliver Butler, director
American Buffalo, Teach. Lizbeth Sipes, director
nothing, Andy. Lizbeth Sipes, director
BugBite (director, AV programming), Edinburgh Fringe Festival