Full Time Instructor Position in Acting and Performance

Loyola Marymount University, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, offering a BA degree in Theatre Arts, an MFA in Performance Pedagogy and a BA degree in Dance, invites applications for a Full Time Instructor Position. The position will begin in the Fall Semester, 2025.

The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance is a co-governed department granting separate degrees in Theatre Arts and Dance. Theatre Arts and Dance share performance facilities and production faculty and staff. Design and implementation of curricular and co-curricular goals reside, for the most part, within the individual Programs. The Department is strongly committed to the Mission of the University and has a special concern for issues of social justice and the dialogue between faith, culture, and the arts.

The Department serves a diverse population of students. The Theatre Arts Program serves over 200 majors, as well as dozens of minors, graduate students and the general student population. Students and faculty come from increasingly diverse backgrounds: ethnic, socio-economic, sexual orientation, and age, among others. The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance is committed to enhancing diversity and creating an inclusive learning and working environment.

Required qualifications include:

• MFA in Acting/Performance or International equivalent,
• At least 3 years teaching experience at the university level,
• Demonstrated expertise in teaching acting and/or actor coaching for stage and screen,
• Demonstrated expertise in intimacy direction / choreography.

Desired qualifications include:

• Ability to teach a wide range of performance classes at various levels,
• Knowledge of performance pedagogies,
• Membership SAG/AFTRA, VASTA, and/or AEA.

The position requires the professor to teach courses in acting, potentially including:

• Acting all levels
• Acting - styles
• Acting for Camera
• Acting Pedagogy
• And other courses based on successful candidate's expertise and the department's needs.

APPLY through WORKDAY: (1) Letter of application, (2) curriculum vitae, and (3) list of three references.

Priority will be given to applications received by Applications will not be accepted after December 15, 2024.

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Faculty Regular

Reasonable expected salary: $65,000.00

Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)