Kerry Graves, Ph.D.
Professor of Theatre and Speech Communication
kgraves@sienaheights.edu
517-264-7893
Education
- B.S., M.A.: Eastern Michigan University
- Ph.D.: Texas Tech University
Recent Awards and Achievements
- Member of the Board of Trustees for the Croswell Opera House
- SHU-COLA committee Conduct Board
- Task Force for Mediation and Restorative Justice
- Member of Actor’s Equity Association
- Theatre Communications Group
- The Croswell Opera House
- The Performance Network
- The Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Alpha Psi Omega
- Awards, Publications, Gallery Shows (last 4 years) Wrote and Directed:
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
- No Nonsense, Please!
- Flip-Flopped Folktales
- Directed and Choreographed
- Flora the Red Menace
- Christmas Celebration
- Directed
- Tartuffe
- Macbeth
- Choreographed
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Into the Woods
- Oliver
- Anything Goes
- Directed and Choreographed (Croswell Opera House)
- Hello Dolly!
- The Sound of Music
- Quilters
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Beehive
- Point of Pride
- More than 15 years working as a professional actor/singer/dancer on both coasts before becoming a director, choreographer, playwright, and costume designer
Teaching Philosophy
“I left a tenured position at EMU to work at Siena because I was excited to be part of their dynamic theatre program and the creative dramatics program for children. Perhaps, even more importantly, I wanted to be a part of a university that had such outstanding liberal arts goals for their students. It means a great deal to me to share in the challenge of developing students who are well-grounded in such learning outcomes as ethical integration, diversity in community and social responsibility.”