Theresa McCarthy
Theresa McCarthy
Associate Professor, Performing Arts
Acting and theatre making
theresa.mccarthy@wagner.edu Main Hall 9 Mon and Wed 1-2:00Tues and Thurs 2:30-3:30
in office or on zoom and by appointment M.F.A. UC San Diego
B.A. University of Michigan
Theresa McCarthy has originated roles in innovative works on and off-Broadway including TITANIC, FLOYD COLLINS, SATURN RETURNS, and QUEEN OF THE MIST. She is featured vocalist on those sound tracks, and on the Nonesuch recordings BRIGHT EYED JOY the songs of Ricky Ian Gordon; Stephen Sondheim's THE FROGS/EVENING PRIMROSE; and Audra McDonald's debut recording WAY BACK TO PARADISE. She was a soloist in Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's acclaimed BERNSTEIN MASS which played in Baltimore, at Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center with an acclaimed recording by Naxos. TV and other recorded media include appearances on NBC's LAW AND ORDER and Netflix's HOUSE OF CARDS.
She has been a teacher of acting, The Viewpoints and vocal music for students of all ages and experience levels. She has directed new works for NYU Grad Musical Theatre Writing Program. For NYU Tisch Department of Drama while she was a member of the faculty at NYU's Playwrights Horizons Theatre School (PHTS). At PHTS she founded New Music Theatre Collaborative (NMTC), a page-to-stage exploration of new musical works created/chosen for the student company. NMTC works included that of emerging student and recent graduate composers and writers.
Since joining the faculty, Theresa has cultivated and directed new works on Wagner's stages including: MOUTH PIECES by Sophia Chapadjiev and Allison Leyton-Brown, OUR NEW TOWN with text by Gabriel Jason Dean & Jessie Dean and original music by David Dabbon, and IN THE LIGHT OF ONE ANOTHER by Martin Moran, Lori Weintrob, Theresa McCarthy with original music by David Dabbon. She has also directed for Wagner: TROJAN WOMEN: A LOVE STORY, THE DISTANT SHORE by Gao Xingjian, and GOBLIN MARKET by Polly Pen and Peg Harmon.
Courses taught: Acting I, Acting II, Acting Techniques III-Classical Styles. LC1 Reflective Tutorial, Script Analysis, Oral Traditions and Narrative Theatre, Devised Theatre, Acting for the Camera
Course Code | Course Title | Course Description | Time & Location |
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TH018-07 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | ||
TH018-06 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | ||
TH018-05 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | ||
TH229-TL | Devised Theatre | Stage One 1 | |
TH018-02 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | Main Hall | |
TH018-03 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | Main Hall | |
TH229-IL | Devised Theatre | Stage One 1 | |
TH018-04 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | Main Hall | |
TH103-01 | Script Analysis | Main Hall 7 | |
TH018-01 | Dramaturgy: Production Practicum | Main Hall | |
TH417-01 | Acting Techniques IV | Stage One 1 | |
TH217-01 | Acting Techniques II:Scene Study | Stage One 1 |
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