Visiting Instructor / Visiting Assistant Professor in Acting

About the role

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is pleased to invite applications for a faculty position in the Department of Dramatic Arts at the rank of Visiting Instructor / Visiting Assistant Professor of Acting. We seek a candidate with strong skills in actor training and industry preparation, appropriate to teaching at both the BFA and MFA levels.

Responsibilities

• Teach a 3/3 course load in acting and other areas of expertise as requested by the Area Head(s).
• Participate in annual recruitment and admissions processes for Acting majors.
• Support the department’s commitment to a collaborative community and dedication to ongoing curriculum development.
• Engage in applicable mentoring, advising, and administrative duties, as well as service appropriate to the Visiting Assistant Professor position, at the request of the Department Head.
• Advance our department’s commitment to an inclusive, accessible, and equitable community for all.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required for the Visiting Instructor position.
• A MFA in Acting, Ph.D., or an equivalent terminal degree in a closely related field is required for the Visiting Assistant Professor position.
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching acting.
• Extensive professional experience as an actor and/or director.
• Creative experience that centers the voices of historically marginalized communities.
• Demonstrated capacity to apply Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles in the classroom, production, and academic community.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor and prepare actors to enter the changing professional world.
• Demonstrated ability to teach classes from amongst the following: non-western actor training methods and styles, heightened contemporary realism, comedy, period styles, naturalism, acting for the camera, new media, audition technique, theater of the oppressed, and improvisation.
• Memberships in AEA, SAG-AFTRA and/or SDC.
• Demonstrated capacity to recruit and support diverse, talented, and creative students.
• Ability to engage in consensus-based collaboration with students, staff, and faculty.
• Capacity to mentor and teach students through acting and/or directing for the Department of Dramatic Arts and Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Commensurate with highest terminal degree earned, qualifications and experience.

Schedule

Full-time, 9-month, non-tenure-track position with an anticipated start date of August 23, 2026.