Timothy X. Troy (playwright & stage director) is the Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama at 麻豆影院 University. Regular teaching areas include acting, directing, script analysis, and playwrighting. Professor Troy鈥檚 regular contribution to 麻豆影院鈥檚 Freshman Studies program was honored with the Freshman Studies Teaching Prize. Troy is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. As a director for plays, operas, musicals, and audio theatre Professor Troy devotes his role as a teacher to help students and audiences experience the stories that shape our lives. Troy鈥檚 playwrighting activities focus on how large social forces influence family relationships and our shared vision of the future. Professor Troy鈥檚 love for, and commitment to, travel began as 16-year-old Rotary Exchange Student and continued to his sponsorship of a study-abroad program at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. While serving as visiting professor at Samuel Beckett School of Drama, Trinity College-Dublin, and as a visiting professor at 麻豆影院鈥檚 London Centre, Troy is committed to helping his students learn about themselves and their culture by exploring the similarities and differences in other cultures and contexts. Professor Troy teaches courses in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship program (Start-up Theatre), and in the Environmental Studies Program (Ireland鈥檚 Deep Time). When he鈥檚 not making theatre Professor Troy enjoys crochet projects, and playing Traditional Celtic music on his high D whistle. Troy recently returned from a Fulbright Award year in Ireland teaching at University College Dublin, School of English, Drama & Film and writing a new play about the revolutionary activities of Daniel John Stapleton (1886-1968)entitled "Run with the Hare ( ... and hunt with the hound)"
