Part-Time Faculty: Playwriting, Theatre and Visual Arts

About the role

Fordham University seeks a skilled, experienced part-time non-tenure track adjunct faculty to teach Playwriting, a required course for the playwrights and a major elective within the Theatre Program, and/or co-teach a foundational theatre major course, Collaboration, a mandatory course for incoming first-years in the program for Fall 2025. Fordham Theatre is committed to cultivating an expansive vision for the program that assures its preeminent standing, elevates its profile as an innovative leader in undergraduate theater training, and centers social justice in all aspects of its work. The Theatre Program is based at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan and is housed academically within a department alongside Visual Art.

Responsibilities

• Guide students in theatre principles and techniques
• Prepare course materials and assessments aligned with the curriculum
• Conduct lectures and workshops
• Mentor students while fostering a creative learning environment
• Bring industry experience of current trends into the classroom

Schedule

• Collaboration I: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00–12:45 pm
• Playwriting: Tuesdays 11:30 am–2:15 pm
• Semester runs August 27–December 9, 2025

Course Descriptions

THEA 3700 – Playwriting

This playwriting workshop is the cornerstone of the playwriting program. It intentionally welcomes writers of many levels of experience to one dynamic space. The workshop’s goals are to teach basic craft and create an environment that will guide the writers’ exploration of their individual voices. We concentrate on four major issues: storytelling, character, structure, and language.

THEA 2080 – Collaboration I

This course is designed to provide the student with

• Tools for effective and meaningful collaboration, including strengthening communication skills, critical thinking skills and creative problem solving skills
• A basic understanding of acting, directing, designing, stage management and playwriting
• Opportunities for hands-on experience in all disciplines
• Opportunities for how to give and receive critical feedback and offer meaningful reflection of theatrical practices

Qualifications

• Terminal degree (MFA in Theatre, specifically in Playwriting)
• A minimum of one year of experience teaching related subject matter at the college or university level
• Experience successfully working with and teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students from a range of theatrical experiences
• Demonstrated commitment to student-centered teaching and has a joy and passion in sharing knowledge and learning with students

Pay

$9,050 per course