Lynne Porter

The Shakespeare Festival hired former Susquehanna faculty member Lynne Porter to design the set for Julius Caesar.

Porter , an instructor in communications and theatre arts at the University from 1985 to 1989 , was always really enthusiastic about getting students out working in the field , says Nicholson.
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The Julius Caesar set assignment challenged Porter with the task of transforming a bank building , the headquarters of the Historic Harrisburg Resource Center , into a multi-level , arena-style theater-in-the-round.The end result seated 70 people.About 700 saw the production.

The summer of 1996 will see the Festival producing As You Like It in Reservoir Park in June and an August production of Hamlet at a yet to be determined location.

For more information, contact Artistic Director Lynne Porter, director of Fairfield University's Theatre Program, at 203-254-4000, ext. 3406 or ShakespeareVentures

Contact: Lynn Porter

Fairfield University

1073 North Benson Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

Lynne Porter, Associate Artistic Director
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Lynne Porter, J. Clark Nicholson, Melissa H. Nicholson

Lynne Porter, 203-254-4000

Lynne Porter, Artistic Director

Lynne Porter, Artistic DirectorLynne is Founder of Shakespeare Ventures, as well as the Director of the Theatre Program at Fairfield University where she has been teaching and making theatre since 1995.Before that she held teaching positions at Susquehanna University, Mars Hill College and the University of North Texas.She is also a scenic designer with credits at theatres across the country.Her design work in Shakespeare includes Hamlet, A Comedy of Errors and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at Maine Shakespeare Festival, as well as numerous shows with the Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival.

The drill represents a "great improvisational exercise for an actor," Lynne Porter, a theater professor at Fairfield University, said."I would highly encourage our theater students to participate."

Playing dead is actually hard work.

"Any professional actor could do it quite convincingly.But it takes a lot of focus and concentration," said Porter, who is director of Fairfield University's theater program."The actor needs to focus on going to a very still place in their head.It's a tricky thing.It's probably harder to play dead or dying convincingly than someone who's just sick," Porter said."It would be analogous to be a still mannequin in a window."

DPH and local health officials say they expect to videotape the drill for review.

Porter suggests volunteers who participate "do some research into the specific injury or trauma so they understand what's happening to the body.

"Twelfth Night" is directed by Lynne Porter, currently the Director of the Fairfield University Theatre Program.Ms. Porter's professional credits include Harrisburg Shakespeare, The Arden Theatre, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Maine Shakespeare and Oregon Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Ventures, under the leadership of Lynne Porter, Artistic Director, offers engaging series of acting workshops at Fairfield University in Fairfield for young actors and performers.