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Master of Fine Arts in Directing
Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA.
with Colleen Kelley (directing), Matt Davies (directing), Giles Block (directing), Mary Coy (voice), Todd Ristau (playwrighting), Paul Menzer (editing), Alan Armstrong (dramaturgy), Allison Glenzer (Acting), and Ralph Alan Cohen (pedagogy).
Thesis: A Late Dispatch from the Crucible of Chaos: The Collaborative Process of Modern Play Development as Reflected in The Ballad of Dido.

Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Performance
Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA.
with Ralph Alan Cohen (verse and rhetoric), Paul Menzer (textual studies), Colleen Kelley (acting), JP Scheidler (acting), and Roslyn Knutson (Shakespeare's theatre).
Thesis: Textual Necromancy: Performance as a Model for Editing Early Modern Texts.

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and English
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY.
with Kimberley Bouchard (acting, directing, stage management), Nola Rocco (acting), Susan Neal (acting), Michael Williams (directing, theatre history), Clayton Horan (scene design), Judith Weise (medieval, classical, and renaissance literature), Gerald Ratliff (reader's theatre, play analysis), Nil's Samuels (American realism and romanticism), Paul Saint Amand (composition), Anthony Boyle (composition), Charles Marshall (data structures), and Barbara Nostrand (language and machine theory).
Magna Cum Laude

Additional Training and Coursework
Directing Musicals with Marcia Milgrom Dodge. Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Instructor) The Drama League.

Theatre and Globalization. Professor Christopher Balme (Instructor). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen. Coursera.

The Data Scientist's Toolbox Prof. Jeff Leek, Prof. Roger Peng, Prof. Brian Caffo (Instructors). Johns Hopkins University. Coursera.

Arts and Culture Strategy. Peter Frumkin and Mrs. Russell Willis Taylor (Instructors). The University of Pennsylvania and National Arts Strategies. Coursera.

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Tambasco, Tony. "Review of Hamlet, by William Shakespeare (Directed by Selina Cadell for Westbeth Entertainment, Mick Perrin Worldwide, and John Gore) at the Greenwich House Theater in New York City, 20 February 2024." Forthcoming in Shakespeare.

Tambasco, Tony. "Child's Play: The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Young People to Appropriate Shakespeare." Etudes, vol. 9, no. 1. December 2023. www.etudesonline.com/dec2023tambasco.html

Tambasco, Tony. "Combating White Supremacist Appropriations in Shakespeare's Politicized Representations." Theatre Symposium, vol. 30, 2023, pp. 29 — 39.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men by Lucy Munro. Renaissance Quarterly, 75(4), 2023, pp. 1449 — 1450. DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2022.425

Tambasco, Tony. Review of The Kit Marlowe Project. Early Modern Digital Review, vol. 5, no. 4, 2022, pp. 216 — 219. DOI: 10.33137/rr.v45i4.41389

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher (Directed by Jesse Berger for the Red Bull Theater) at New World Stages in New York City, Streamed Digitally 5 February 2022, Shakespeare, DOI: 10.1080/17450918.2022.2101512

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Shakespeare Republic. Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation, vol. 13, no. 2, 2020. borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/borrowers/article/view/95/189

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions edited by George Rodosthenous. SDC Journal, Fall 2018/Winter 2019, pp. 45 — 46.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of the Aquila Theatre's production of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Didaskalia, vol. 13, 2016, http://www.didaskalia.net

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Christopher Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris at the MSA Conference, 24th June 2013 (II). The Marlowe Society of America Newsletter, vol. 33, no. 1, Fall 2013, pp. 6 — 7.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage at the American Shakespeare Center. The Marlowe Society of America Newsletter, vol. 32, no. 1, Fall 2012, p. 4.

Other publications

Tambasco, Tony. "Turning the Page." Forthcoming in Suffolk County Poetry Review.

Tambasco, Tony. "Reasons You Didn't Get the Job." Stage Directions Magazine, March 2019, pp. 16 — 17. http://stage-directions.com/

Tambasco, Tony. "Getting the Most out of Your Set Rental." Breaking Character Magazine, 11 August 2016, http://www.breakingcharactermagazine.com/?p=5534

Tambasco, Tony. Notes from the Breach. The Shakespeare Standard. The Shakespeare Standard. January 2012 - September 2014. Monthly column for electronic publication about performance and scholarship related to the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Available online at http:///www.theshakespearestandard.com

Tambasco, Tony. et al. The American Shakespeare Center's 2009 Blackfriars Conference Live Blog. The American Shakespeare Center. October 2009. Available online at http://ascblackfriars2009.blogspot.com/

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Vermont Stage. Northern New York Flair, June 2007, p. 11.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Parenting 101: The Musical at the Waterfront Theatre. Northern New York Flair, May 2007.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Childen of Men. Northern New York Flair, April 2007, p. 8.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. Northern New York Flair, February 2007, p. 6.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Apocalypto. Northern New York Flair, January 2007, p. 6.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Catalyst Theatre Co.'s The People Speak. Northern New York Flair, November 2006, p. 12.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Camelot at The Depot Theatre. Northern New York Flair, August 2006, p. 14.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley. Northern New York Flair, August 2006, pp. 10+.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Angels in America: Peristroika at Pendragon Theatre. Northern New York Flair, August 2006, p. 10.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of While We've Still Got Feet by David Budbill. Northern New York Flair, July 2006.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of One Act Play Festival at SUNY Potsdam. Northern New York Flair, June 2006, p. 8.

Tambasco, Tony. "SUNY Potsdam's One Act Play Festival." Northern New York Flair, May 2006, pp. 4+.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Dancing at Lughnasa at SUNY Potsdam. Northern New York Flair, May 2006, p. 4.

Tambasco, Tony. Review of Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg. Northern New York Flair, April 2006, p. 4.

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Feeny-Williams, Rachel, host. "The Panel Presents." Theatrical Shenanigans Podcast., episode 9, Theatrical Shenanigans, 2 March 2024, theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/the-panel-presents-episode-9-rachel-kim-loretta-tony/

Grasso, Nicholas. "Shakespeare in the Park back in Greenport village." The Suffolk Times. 4 August 2023. suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2023/08/shakespeare-in-the-park-back-in-greenport-village/

Haber, Gary. "'The Tempest' coming to Shorefront Park on Aug 3." The Long Island Advance. 19 July 2023. www.longislandadvance.net/stories/theres-a-storm-brewing,92953

Sansone-Braff, Cindi. "A Stellar Production of 'Capriccio Radio' at the BACCA Center" (review of Capriccio Radio). Smithtown Matters. 4 May 2023. www.smithtownmatters.com/long-island-theater/2023/5/4/theatre-review-capriccio-radio-at-bacca-center.html.

Crighton, Robert, host. "Discussing: Jack Straw with Tony Tambasco." The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast, episode 250, Beyond Shakespeare, 10 February 2023, beyondshakespeare.org/2023/02/10/discussing-jack-straw-with-tony-tambasco/.

"A new-look 'Mikado' comes to Bethpage." Mid-Island Times, 23 June 2022, www.midislandtimes.com/articles/a-new-look-mikado-comes-to-bethpage/.

Kostelec, Dan. "Shakespeare's Coffee Break." Facebook, uploaded by Shakespeare's Coffee Break, 14 April 2021, www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=452446616056386

Mulcahy, Lisa. "Get to know Tony Tambasco." Stage Directions Magazine. September 2018. p. 25.

Loschiavo, LindaAnn. "Anna Karenina Lives! Interview With Tony Tambasco, Director Of Bad Quarto." L'IDEA Magazine. 19 Oct. 2017. lideamagazine.com/anna-karenina-lives-interview-with-tony-tambasco-director-of-bad-quarto/

---. "Mae West To The Rescue In Russia. STAGE REVIEW: Anna Karenina Lives! By Germaine Shames." L'IDEA Magazine. 19 Oct. 2017. lideamagazine.com/mae-west-rescue-russia-stage-review-anna-karenina-lives-germaine-shames/

Eddy, Michael. "Muslin, Paint and Light." Stage Directions Magazine. April 2017. pp. 18 - 26.

Miller, Howard. Review of The Life and Death of Jack Straw. Talkin' Broadway. 7 November 2016. talkinbroadway.com/page/ob/11_07_16.html

---. Review of Hamlet, The First Quarto. Talkin' Broadway. 2 April 2016. talkinbroadway.com/page/ob/4_02_16.html

Fisher, Tanyia. Review of The Greenhouse Ensemble Ten Minute Play Soiree. Stage Buddy. 21 June 2016. stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-greenhouse-ensembles-ten-minute-play-soiree

Hudak, Ryan. "Ryan Hudak interviews Artistic Diretcor Tony Tambasco on Bad Quarto's production of The Taming of a Shrew. New York Theatre Review. 17 October 2015. newyorktheatrereview.blogspot.com/2015/10/ryan-hudak-interviews-artistic-director.html

Mellerup, Rick. "Liked, but Didn't Swoon Over I Love a Piano." The Sand Paper. 13 September 2013. Web.

Cofta, Mark. Review of The Merry Devil of Edmonton. City Paper. 12 September 2010.

Schlesinger, Lee. "Soundboard is a sound option for stage performances." Sourceforge Community Blog, 21 July 2010, sourceforge.net/blog/soundboard-is-a-sound-option-for-stage-performances/.

Crean, Elisabeth. "Getting Down Under" (Review of Our Country's Good). Seven Days. 26 March 2008. www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/getting-down-under/Content?oid=2133131.

---. "Southern Exposure" (Review of To Kill a Mockingbird). Seven Days. 7 May 2008. www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/southern-exposure/Content?oid=2133429.

Hallenbeck, Brent. Review of Closer. The Burlington Free Press. 20 October 2007. p. 1C.

Burns, Gail M. Review of The Bakerloo Theatre Project's Macbeth. Gail Sez. July 2007. Web.

---. Review of The Bakerloo Theatre Project's The Tempest. Gail Sez. July 2008. Web.

---. Review of The Bakerloo Theatre Project's Cherry Orchard. Gail Sez. July 2008. Web.

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Show	Role	Author	Producer / Company	Performance Venue	Location
The Tempest	Director	William Shakespeare	Northeast Stage	Eastern Long Island tour	multiple
Capriccio Radio	Director	Larry Rinkle	Modern Classics Theatre Co. of Long Island	BACCA	Lindenhurst, NY
Fun Home	Director	Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori	The Studio Theatre of Long Island	Manes Studio Theatre	Lindenhurst, NY
The Mikado: A Long Island Fantasy	Director/Choreographer	Gilbert & Sullivan	The G&S Light Opera Co. of Long Island	Long Island tour	multiple
Ion	Director	Plato	αgora θeoria	streamed	online
The Unnatural Combat (reading)	Director	Philip Massinger	Sweet Tea Shakespeare	streamed	online
"Fathers Playing Catch with Sons"	Director	Marty Madden	Almost Adults Productions	streamed	online
Stranded: Views from Quarantine	Assoc. Director with Phyllis Kaye	Stage Partners Playwrights	Pride Performing Arts	streamed	online
All About Image / We Are the Elite	Director	Marcina Zaccaria	The New York International Fringe Festival	The Kraine Theater	New York
The Comedy of Errors jr.	Director	Adapted from the play by William Shakespeare	The Bay Street Theater	The Bay Street Theater	Sag Harbor, NY
Gödel (staged reading)	Director	William Hugel	William Hugel	Theater for the New City Cino Theater	New York
Romeo and Juliet	Director	William Shakespeare	The Sheboygan Theatre Co.	Leslie W. Johnson Theatre	Sheboygan, WI
Anna Karenina Lives!	Director	Germaine Shames	Bad Quarto Productions	48th St. Studio	New York
"Second Hand Life"	Director	Kim Catano	White Plains Performing Arts Center	White Plains Performing Arts Center	White Plains, NY
The Life and Death of Jack Straw	Director	anonymous	Bad Quarto Productions	48th St. Studio	New York
"Rude Awakening"	Director	Geanice Gee	Leela NYC Theatre Festival	Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center	New York
"Green Sound"	Director	John Patrick Bray	The Greenhouse Ensemble	Franciscan Community Center	New York
Hamlet, The First Quarto	Director	William Shakespeare (?)	Bad Quarto Productions	48th St. Studio	New York
As You Like It	Co-Director with Jeremy Fiebig	William Shakespeare	Sweet Tea Shakespeare	Local Tour	Fayetteville, NC
The Taming of a Shrew: The 1594 Quarto	Director	William Shakespeare (?)	Bad Quarto Productions	48th St. Studio	New York
The SantaLand Diaries	Director	David Sedaris	Bad Quarto Productions	The Off Center / North End Studios	Burlington, VT
"Actor/Acted"	Director	Tom Block	Grex Group Theatre	Theatre 54: Shetler Studios	New York
Julius Caesar	Director	William Shakespeare	Sweet Tea Shakespeare	Local Tour	Fayetteville, NC
Camp Rock (selections)	Director	Faye Greenberg and Robert L. Freedman	Camp Walden	HHC Playhouse	Denmark, ME
My Fair Lady (selections)	Director	Lerner and Loewe	Camp Walden	HHC Playhouse	Denmark, ME
Bye Bye Birdie (Young Performers Ed.)	Director	Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse, and Lee Adams	Camp Walden	HHC Playhouse	Denmark, ME
The Little Mermaid Jr.	Director	Menken, Ashman, Wright, and Slater	Camp Walden	HHC Playhouse	Denmark, ME
Guys and Dolls Jr.	Director	Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling	Camp Walden	HHC Playhouse	Denmark, ME
Cinderella Kids	Director	Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II	Camp Walden	HHC Playhouse	Denmark, ME
The Cronicle Historie of Henry the Fift	Director	William Shakespeare	Bad Quarto Productions	48th St. Studio	New York
The SantaLand Diaries	Director	David Sedaris	Bad Quarto Productions	Tour	Burlington, VT; Jeffersonville, VT
The Ballad of Dido	Writer/Director	Tony Tambasco	Bad Quarto Productions	Tour	Philadelphia, PA; Staunton, VA
The Byron Project	Asst. Director to Matthew Davies	George Chapman	Mary Baldwin University Graduate Program in Shakespeare and Performance	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
As You Like It	Director	William Shakespeare	Weathervane Playhouse	Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Big River	Asst. Director to Brice Corder	William Hauptman and Roger Miller	Weathervane Playhouse	Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Asst. Director to Matthew Davies	William Shakespeare	Mary Baldwin University Graduate Program in Shakespeare and Performance	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
Our Town	Director	Thornton Wilder	Stuart Hall School	King Theatre	Staunton, VA
The Vagina Monologues	Director	Eve Ensler	Bad Quarto Productions	Masonic Hall	Staunton, VA
The Second Shepherds' Play	Director	Anonymous	Bad Quarto Productions / Stuart Hall School	King Theatre	Staunton, VA
The Merry Devil of Edmonton	Director	Anonymous	Bad Quarto Productions	Tour (Blackfriars Playhouse and Philadelphia Fringe Festival)	Staunton, VA; Philadelphia, PA
The Producers	Asst. Director to Erika Twining	Mel Brooks	Weathervane Playhouse	Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The Fairie Queen	Asst. Director to Amanda Devlin Knowlton	Henry Purcell	Mary Baldwin University Graduate Program in Shakespeare and Performance	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
The Second Shepherds' Play	Director	Anonymous	Stuart Hall School	King Theatre	Staunton, VA
An Experiment with an Air Pump	Director	Shelagh Stephenson	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
Closer	Director	Patrick Marber	Catalyst Theatre Co.	Waterfront Theatre	Burlington, VT
Just Friends	Assoc. Director with Veronica Lopez	Kathryn Blume	Catalyst Theatre Co.	University of Vermont	Burlington, VT
Noises Off	Asst. Director to George Pierce	Michael Frayn	Waterbury Festival Players	Waterbury Festival Playhouse	Waterbury, VT
Just Friends	Assoc. Director with Veronica Lopez	Kathryn Blume	Catalyst Theatre Co.	University of Vermont	Burlington, VT
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change	Director	Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
"Not I"	Director	Samuel Beckett	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)	Director	Karel Čapek	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
"The Informer"	Director	Bertolt Brecht	Bunbury Theatre Co.	Bunbury Theatre	Jamestown, NY
The Threepenny Opera	Director	Bertolt Brecht	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Director	William Shakespeare	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Director	Dale Wasserman	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
The Second Shepherds' Play	Director	Anonymous	SUNY Potsdam	Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY
"What Where"	Director	Samuel Beckett	SUNY Potsdam	Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY
"The Field"	Director	Robert Spera	SUNY Potsdam	Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY

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Instructor
Pride Performing Arts; Smithtown, NY
Instructor for "Introduction to Directing," and "Tuning the Actor's Instrument."

Instructor
Pride Performing Arts; Smithtown, NY
Instructor for "Introduction to Performing Shakespeare."

Guest Teaching Artist
The Bay Street Theater; Sag Harbor, NY
Guest teaching artist for "mini-mainstage" production class focussed on an adaptation of The Comedy of Errors. Over the course of the week, I taught students ages 9 - 12 the basics of Shakespearean text, verse, and staging conditions, culminating in a public performance on the main stage at the Bay Street Theater.

Guest Teaching Artist
Sheboygan Area School District; Sheboygan, WI
Guest teaching artist for multiple sections of 9th grade English classes studying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Taught students about Shakespearean language and staging conditions, and discussed how to use these as guides for reading the plays. Workshopped scenes in class so they could experience the effect of some of these linguistic and staging conditions in their classrooms, and to help prepare them for what they would see when they attended a student matinee of Romeo and Juliet (a production that I directed for the Sheboygan Theatre Co.).

Guest Teaching Artist - "Staging Shakespeare's Verse."
Kids for Kids Productions, Inc.; Oakdale, NY
Workshop in learning to perform Shakespeare's plays with a working knowledge of how verse and staging conditions can help an actor better understand those plays and make meaningful acting choices for a mix of secondary school and college students. Introduced students to scansion techniques and the verse forms that Shakespeare deploys, and how rhetorical figures can compliment verse. Also taught students to read the plays with an understanding of staging conditions like universal lighting, audience contact, and actor's patrs in mind.

Guest Teaching Artist - Windsock Camp - "Introduction to Shakespeare's Verse and Staging Conditions."
Weathervane Theatre, Whitefield, NH
Taught a workshop in Shakespeare's verse and staging conditions with theatre campers aged 8 - 12 using Romeo and Juliet 2.2 (the balcony scene) as an exemplar. Introduced students to basic scansion techniques and how to use those in performance; as well as the opportunities afforded by universal lighting, audience contact, playing darkness, and how to use paraphrase to help understand a Shakespearean play.

Guest Teaching Artist - Introduction to Theatre - "Playing the Chorus in Medea"
University of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, NC
Taught workshop/lecture in ancient Greek theatre, focussing on Euripides' Medea and how music and dance may be used in the performance of the choral odes. Provided broad overview of ancient Greek culture and theatre in a brief introductory lecture.

Adjunct Professor of Communication - Introduction to Public Speaking
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Taught undergraduates how to properly organize and deliver public speeches in civic, academic, and ceremonial settings, with special focuses on classical rhetoric as described by Aristotle and invitational speaking as described by Cindy L. Griffin.

Teaching Fellow / Instructor - Intermediate Composition
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Taught undergraduates (primarily first semester freshmen) the techniques of proper organization and construction of academic research and writing.

Teaching Fellow / Lab Instructor - Introduction to Public Speaking
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Taught undergraduates how to properly organize and deliver public speeches in civic, academic, and ceremonial settings, with special focuses on classical rhetoric as described by Aristotle and invitational speaking as described by Cindy L. Griffin as a lab instructor for Dr. Bruce Dorries' introductory public speaking class

Guest Instructor - "The Shepherds' Waltz"
Nelson County Middle School, Lovingston, VA
Taught lessons on the influence of verse and rhetoric on stage compositions to Nelson County Middle School students as part of their annual Shakespeare Festival Day. Explored the role of Silvius and Phoebe, who were cut from NCMS's production of As You Like It, in act 5, scene 2.

Guest Instructor - "Playing with Gender Roles and Audience Contact in Othello"
Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA
Taught Introduction to Composition students studying Othello. Explored different interpretations of Desdemona's power in act 2, scene 1.

Guest Lecturer - "Brush Up Your Middleton"
The American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA
Presented a combination lecture/workshop to help acquaint the general public with Thomas Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One, and to compare and contrast Middleton's and Shakespeare's comic styles.

Teaching Artist
Stuart Hall School, Staunton, VA
Taught Introduction to Theatre class to high school freshmen, incorporating the works of Peter Brook, Bertolt Brecht, and Uta Hagen, using Thornton Wilder's Our Town as a focus for the class, mounting a production at the end of the marking period.

Guest Instructor
Nelson County Middle School, Lovingston, VA
Taught middle school students to find textual clues for building a character and ways of playing these on stage as part of Nelson County Middle School's annual Shakespeare Festival day.

Instructor of Acting
Creative Spirit Arts Center, Potsdam, NY.
Taught high school age students the foundational principles of acting. Taught them to develop a sense of the practice of acting, the process of observation, ways of expressing themselves non-verbally on stage, script analysis for the actor.

Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Taught undergraduates the principles of computer science. Established CIS 100 as a survey of computer science course to introduce non-majors to the principles of hardware and software design, algorithms, operating systems, and programming.

Lab Assistant - Introduction to Data Structures
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Assisted Students enrolled in various sections of Introduction to Data Structures (introduction to Computer Science for Computer Science majors) by providing out of class tutoring and mentoring during regular hours in the computer science lab. Occasionally graded written assignments as requested by Computer Science faculty.

Teaching Assistant - Freshman Composition, Honors
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Assisted Dr. Judith Weise with preparing and grading assignments, lecturing, and providing out-of-class tutoring and mentoring for the honors section of Freshman Composition.

Teaching Assistant - Freshman Composition, Honors
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Assisted Dr. Roberta Schreyer with preparing and grading assignments, lecturing, and providing out-of-class tutoring and mentoring for the honors section of Freshman Composition.

Writing Center Tutor
State University of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Tutored students of all disiciplines on basic principles of grammar and structures of academic writing as part of the writing center staff.

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"'Child's Play:' The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Young People to Appropriate Shakespeare." 'Whither wander you?' New Directions in Premodern Performance, Premodern Performance Cultures online symposium, 8 July 2021.

"Political Shakespeare's Contribution to White Supremacy." Theatre Symposium 30: Theatre and Politics, SETC virtual conference. 10 April, 2021.

@tambascot (Tony Tambasco). "De-Canonizing Shakespeare." Making Connections: a Humanities Commons Twitter Conference (#HCTwitterConf19), Twitter, 18 July 2019, 12:20 p.m., twitter.com/i/moments/1153059023161372678.

Tambasco, Tony. "Marlowe's Poetic Genius: Influence of Vergil and Ovid in Dido, Queen of Carthage." The Marlowe Society of America International Marlowe Conference. June 25 - 28, 2013. Discussed Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage as a better reading of Vergil's Aeneid than most modern scholarship has allowed, and argued that Marlowe's play is better regarded as a straight-forward tragedy than an attempt to burlesque Vergil's epic.

Tambasco, Tony. "Bad Quartos: Beyond the Above." College English Association Annual Conference (Blackfriars Panel). March 29 - 31, 2012. Discussed how interrogating assumptions about the possible genesis of "bad quartos" as touring scripts by staging productions of them on tour can help theatre practitioners and scholars illuminate the place of "bad quartos" in the theatrical process.

Tambasco, Tony. "Textual Necromancy: Conjuring a Fringe Festival Performance from the Corrupt and Contradictory Text of The Merry Devil of Edmonton." Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. October 14 - 16, 2010. Discussed how performance can be used to fill in some of the gaps of the anonymous Merry Devil of Edmonton, and that ways that can help editors produce texts for non-performers.

Tambasco, Tony. "The Play's the Thing." English Graduate Student Association at UNC Charlotte Annual Conference. January 29, 2009. Discussed the post-structuralist nature of the performance of medieval texts, specifically using my 2009 production of The Second Shepherds' Play as a model.

Tambasco, Tony. "One of These Things is Not Like the Other: An Examination of Human Social and Technological Conflict in Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)." English Graduate Student Association at UNC Charlotte Annual Conference. January 6, 2006. Paper exploring the relevence of Čapek's early 20th century social commentary in the context of a 21st century theatrical production.

Tambasco, Tony, Judith Weise and Anthony Parcero. "Technological Enhancement and Design Changes: The Process of Migrating Computer-based Instruction of an 8th Century Poem to a 21st Century Environment." ACM SIGDOC/IPCC Conference. Sept 24 - 27, 2000. Paper detailing the challenges and opportunities in the migration of a hypercard version of The Dream of the Rood to a web-based platform.

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Show	Role	Supervisor	Producer / Company	Performance Venue	Location
2022 Season 2021 Season 2020 Season 2019 Season 2018 Season 2017 Season 2016 Season 2015 Season	Asst. Production Manager & Rentals Manager	Brian Loesch, Production Manager	The Gateway	The Gateway Playhouse and The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts	Bellport, NY
Sweet Charity	Production and Tour Manager	Paula Hammons Sloan, Director	Boebe Productions	National Tour	National Tour
Twelfth Night, Hamlet, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead	Production Stage Manager	Tara Bradway, Artistic Director	Adirondack Shakespeare Co.	Various	Adirondack Tour
The Byron Project	Stage Manager	Matthew Davies, Director	MBC Shakespeare and Performance	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
The 6th Bi-annual Blackfriars Conference	Stage Manager	Sarah Enloe, Director of ASC Education	The American Shakespeare Center	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Stage Manager	Matthew Davies, Director	MBC Shakespeare and Performance	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
Virginia Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest	Stage Manager	Sarah Enloe, Director of ASC Education	Poetry Out Loud	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
Regional Shakespeare Competition	Stage Manager	Sarah Enloe, Director of ASC Education	The English Speaking Union of the United States	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
Love, Janis; Boomermania: The Musical; Jon Peterson's Song Man, Dance Man; The Watercoolers; The Johnny Mercer Jamboree; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; Flanagan's Wake; Live with Cyndi Miller; Nunsense: Amen; ...and Stockings for the Ladies	Production Manager	Christopher Kowalski, Producing Director	The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre	The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, DCT 2, The DCT Center, Local Tours	Rochester, NY
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Stage Manager	Veronica Lopez, Director	Catalyst Theatre Co.	The Waterfront Theatre	Burlington, VT
Flying on the Bright Wings of Despair	Stage Manager	Stephen Goldberg, Writer/Director	One Take Productions	Varius	Montpelier, VT; Burlington, VT
The Author's Voice	Stage Manager	Richard Gonyea, Director	SUNY Potsdam	The Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY
Rough for Theatre II	Stage Manager	Bryan Higby, Director	SUNY Potsdam	The Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY

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Show	Role	Author	Director	Producer / Company	Performance Venue	Location
Sweet Charity	Projection Designer	Neil Simon and Bob Fosse	Paula Hammons Sloan	Boebe Productions	National Tour	National Tour
Holly Jolly Holidazzle	Sound Designer / Engineer	Andrew Foote and Steve Steiner	Paula Hammons Sloan	Ocean Professional Theatre Co.	Ocean First Theater	Manahawkin, NJ
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Sound Designer / Engineer	James Rana	Gayle Stahlhuth	Ocean Professional Theatre Co.	Ocean First Theater	Manahawkin, NJ
Here's Killing You Kid	Sound Designer		Keith Schneider	Ocean Professional Theatre Co.	Captain's Inn	Forked River, NJ
Blondes Still Have More Fun	Sound Designer / Engineer	Misty Rowe	Misty Rowe	Jersey Shore Entertainment	Heritage Point Ballroom	Barnegat, NJ
A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline	Sound Designer / Engineer	Dean Reagan	Misty Rowe	Ocean Professional Theatre Co.	Ocean First Theatre	Manahawkin, NJ
I Love a Piano	Sound Designer / Engineer	Irving Berlin	Paula Hammons Sloan	Ocean Professional Theatre Co.	Barnegat High School Theatre	Barnegat, NJ
Once on this Island	Sound Designer / Engineer	Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty	Jacques Stewart	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
Funny Money	Sound Designer	Ray Cooney	Steve Witting	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
Shrek	Sound Designer / Engineer	David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori	Jacques Stewart	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
Les Miserables	Sound Designer / Engineer	Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg	Cristin J. Hubbard and Jacques Stewart	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
Sing a Song of Sondheim	Sound Designer / Engineer	Jacques Stewart, Colin Keating, Stephen Sondheim	Francis Kelly	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
Circle Mirror Transformation	Sound Designer	Annie Baker	Nicole Lewis	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
Annie Get Your Gun	Sound Designer / Engineer	Irving Berlin, Herbert and Dorothy Fields, Peter Stone	Jacques Stewart	Weathervane Theatre Co.	Weathervane Theatre	Whitefield, NH
S'Wonderful	Sound Designer / Engineer	George & Ira Gershwin, Ray Roderick	Paula Hammons Sloan	Ocean Professional Theatre Co.	Ocean First Theatre	Manahawkin, NJ
Anything to Declare	Asst. Sound Designer to Eileen Smitheimer	Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, Trans. by Greg Learning	Steve Tague	UD Resident Ensemple Players	Roselle Center for the Arts	Newark, DE
The Weir	Asst. Sound Designer to Eileen Smitheimer	Conor McPherson	Leslie Reidel	UD Resident Ensemple Players	Roselle Center for the Arts	Newark, DE
The Good War	Sound Designer	David H. Bell and Craig Carnelia	Jen Bender	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Chicago	Sound Designer / Engineer	John Kander and Fred Ebb	Scott Keyes	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The Sound of Music	Sound Designer / Engineer	Rodgers and Hammerstein	Brice Corder	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Big River	Sound Designer / Engineer	Hauptman and Miller	Brice Corder	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The 39 Steps	Sound Designer	Rodgers and Hammerstein	John Hurley	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Little Shop of Horrors	Sound Designer / Engineer	Menken and Ashman	Brice Corder	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Plaid Tidings	Sound Designer / Engineer	Stuart Ross et al.	Brice Corder	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Hairspray	Sound Designer / Engineer	O'Donnell et al.	Erika Twining	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Alice in Wonderland	Digital Orchestrations	Tim Kelly	Brice Corder	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The Producers	Sound Designer / Engineer	Mel Brooks	Erika Twining	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
My Fair Lady	Sound Designer / Engineer	Lerner and Loew	Erika Twining	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The Secret Garden	Sound Designer / Engineer	Norman and Simon	Matthew Trombetta	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Into the Woods	Sound Designer / Engineer	Sondheim and Lapine	Matthew Trombetta	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
The Cemetery Club	Sound Designer	Ivan Menchell	Matthew Trombetta	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Sweet Charity	Sound Designer / Engineer	Neil Simon and Bob Fosse	Erika Twining	The Weathervane Playhouse	The Weathervane Playhouse	Newark, OH
Song Man, Dance Man	Lighting Designer	Jon Peterson	Jon Peterson	The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre	The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre	Rochester, NY
...and Stockings for the Ladies	Scene Cordinator	Attila Clemann	Zach Frasier	The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre	DCT 2	Rochester, NY
Cherry Orchard	Lighting Designer	Anton Chekhov	Ryan Howe	The Bakerloo Theatre Project	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY
The Tempest	Lighting Designer	William Shakespeare	William Addis	The Bakerloo Theatre Project	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY
To Kill a Mockingbird	Lighting and Scene Designer	Adapted from the Novel by Harper Lee	Kathleen Keenan	Lost Nation Theatre	City Hall Performing Arts Center	Montpelier, VT
Our Country's Good	Sound Designer	Timberlake Wertenbaker	Joanne Farrell	Champlain College	Flynn Space	Burlington, VT
The Imaginary Invalid	Lighting Designer	Moliere	Ryan Howe	The Bakerloo Theatre Project	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY
Macbeth	Lighting Designer	William Shakespeare	William Addis	The Bakerloo Theatre Project	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY
Twist in the Rising	Lighting Designer	Sarah Dawson Brock	Teresa Langston	Moxie Productions	Harwood Union High School	South Duxbury, VT
The Giver	Lighting and Sound Designer	Eric Cable	Neilson R. Jones	Confetti Stage	Joseph Bruno Theater	Troy, NY
Anyone Can Whistle	Scene and Lighting Designer	Sondheim and Laurence	Peter Boynton	Harwood Union High School	Harwood Union High School	South Duxbury, VT
Corpus Christi	Lighting and Sound Designer	Terence McNally	Neilson R. Jones	Confetti Stage	Joseph Bruno Theater	Troy, NY
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues	Sound Designer	Jeff Goode	Neilson R. Jones	Confetti Stage	Various	Local Tour
Frozen	Sound Designer	Bryony Lavery	Neilson R. Jones	Confetti Stage	Joseph Bruno Theater	Troy, NY
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Lighting Designer	Loesser et al	Brian Crook	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
Alice in Wonderland	Sound Designer	Tim Kelly	Neilson R. Jones	Confetti Stage	Joseph Bruno Theater	Troy, NY
Final Jeopardy	Lighting Designer	Maura Campbell	Monica Callan	Moxie Productions	Harwood Union High School	South Duxbury, VT
M*A*S*H	Lighting Designer	Tim Kelly	Clifton Mills	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
The Diary of Anne Frank	Scene and Lighting Designer	Goodrich and Hackett	Matthew J. Kraft	The Bunbury Theatre Co.	The Bunbury Theatre	Jamestown, NY
The House of Blue Leaves	Scene Designer	John Guare	Lyndsey Jones	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
The Foreigner	Lighting Designer	Larry Shue	Matthew J. Kraft	The Bunbury Theatre Co.	The Bunbury Theatre	Jamestown, NY
Chicago	Sound Designer	Kander and Ebb	Brett Smock	The Papermill Theatre Co.	The Papermill Theatre	Lincoln, NH
Footloose	Sound Designer	Snow et al.	Brett Smock	The Papermill Theatre Co.	The Papermill Theatre	Lincoln, NH
Just Getting Even	Sound Designer	Matthew J. Kraft	Matthew J. Kraft	SUNY Potsdam	Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY
WASP	Sound Designer	Steve Martin	Jeremy Montroy	SUNY Potsdam	College Theatre	Potsdam, NY

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Show	Role	Author	Director	Producer / Company	Performance Venue	Location
Much Ado About Nothing	Leonato	William Shakespeare	Jeremy Fiebig	Sweet Tea Shakespeare	Fayetteville Botanical Gardens	Fayetteville, NC
Meet Ben Jonson	Ben Jonson	Michael Hirrel	Shannon Schultz	The American Shakespeare Center	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
A Game at Chess	The Fat Bishop	Thomas Middleton	Jeremy Fiebig	The American Shakespeare Center	The Blackfriars Playhouse	Staunton, VA
Desire, Desire, Desire	Stanley	Christopher Durang	Lekshmy Sankar	Clarkson University	Snell Theatre	Potsdam, NY
The Birds	Messenger Bird	Aristophanes	Kimberley Bouchard	SUNY Potsdam	College Theatre	Potsdam, NY
Lines of an Unknown Poet	Raymond Radiguet	Nola Rocco	Nola Rocco	SUNY Potsdam	College Theatre	Potsdam, NY
Down and Out	The Poet	John Patrick Shanley	Bryan Higby	SUNY Potsdam	Blackbox Theatre	Potsdam, NY

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Show	Director	Producer / Company	Performance Venue	Location
The Quintessence of Dust	Dalton Cross	SUNY Potsdam	Plays Across the Walls Festival	streamed
The True History of the Famous Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr	Katy Mulvaney	The Incarnate Word Academy	The Incarnate Word Academy	Houston, TX
The Princess of America	Pete Bowers	Darkhorse Dramatists	Tri-Cities Opera Center	Binghamton, NY
The Ballad of Dido	Tony Tambasco	Bad Quarto Productions	Tour	Philadelphia, PA; Staunton, VA

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