Rylan Brenner
Division of Humanities and Education
Professor of Theater
Director, Theatre
Artistic Director, BCC THEATRE REP

     Office: H113
     Extension: x2440

Education:
M.F.A. Brown Univesrity
B.A., Herbert H. Lehmann College (C.U.N.Y.)

Philosophy:
TO TEACH IS TO OPEN THE INNER WORLD OF IMAGINATION SO THAT IT MAY ILLUMINATE THE OUTER WORLD WITH DISCOVERY. To set on fire a passion, to explore, to receive, to discover new ways of experiencing, a new way of seeing. To teach is to form an agreement with each student that you will facilitate a journey, that you will set in motion the tools, provide a means of illumination, help to create a pathway toward discovery. To teach is to ignite a passion and to set it forward with the tools of discovery - imagination, confidence, courage, and a way to receive. To teach is to learn again for the first time.

Courses Taught:

Affiliations:
Association for Theatre In Higher Education
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Awards:
Tenure
Silver Shield
Scepter and Scroll
Whiting Foundation Fellowship (1995, 2003)
N.I.S.O.D. AWARD for Excellence in Teaching (2006)
National Fellowship for Directing - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (2007)
Residency - Directors Lab - West (2008)

Interests:
New forms of theatre