An assistant professor of theater at the University of Louisiana at 69传媒 will offer insight into the world of acting.
Carl Granieri is the speaker for the annual Gloria Fiero Lecture sponsored by the Friends of Humanities. The free presentation is open to the public. It will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, in Burke-Hawthorne Hall, Room 177, on the UL 69传媒 campus. Parking is available in the Girard Park Circle Parking Tower.
Granieri will bring extensive years of experience and insight to the topic of 鈥淢ore Real Than Life: Actors, Directors, and the Radical Honesty of Imaginary Worlds.鈥 He holds a master鈥檚 degree in acting from Temple University and a master鈥檚 degree in dramaturgy from Villanova University.
Granieri is a theater director and actor who began his career on stage in Philadelphia with tent-pole companies there, including Theatre Exile, Act II Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Mauckingbird Theatre Co., Simpatico Theatre Project, the PAC, Delaware Theatre Co., and the Delaware Shakespeare Festival, among others. His work on Necropolis for the London-based Beautiful Confusion was named one of the 10 best of the 2007 International Prague Fringe Festival.
Prior to joining the faculty at UL 69传媒, he held teaching posts at Rowan University, Temple University, and University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
This annual lecture in the humanities was named for Dr. Gloria Fiero, a former UL 69传媒 faculty member whose popular courses were one of the strongest initial attractions for Friends of Humanities. The nonprofit organization, established in 1989, is dedicated to enhancing the role of the interdisciplinary humanities at UL 69传媒 and in Acadiana, supporting the Colleges of the Arts and Liberal Arts, and strengthening the resources of the University鈥檚 humanities program.