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Performance students at Marquette University receive a strong, yet broad foundation of theatrical training that supports the quality sequence of performance course work. This classroom study is quickly applied to the production opportunities as students are encouraged to audition for the main stage productions as early as their first year on campus. Through the multiple realized productions, performance students are provided the experiences that both challenge them and nurture artistic growth. Through the strong institutional commitment to the Liberal Arts, our performance students gain a distinctive understanding of the world around them; the world that we strive to reflect through our work as theatrical artists. It is this human experience that makes our performers successful beyond graduation. Recent Marquette University Department of Performing Arts graduates can be found performing in New York, LA, Toronto and Chicago; they can be seen on stage, network television, in commercials, and on feature and independent films. Phylis Ravel – Performance Faculty and Faculty Director
Maureen Kilmurry – Performance Faculty and Faculty Director |
Performance Season 2008-09 Department of Performing Arts Mission |
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Arriving in the fall of 1997, Marquette University was fortunate to have Phylis Ravel join the department as Artistic Director and Chair. In that role until the spring of 2008, Ms. Ravel has worked as acting faculty, producer, director, artistic director, visionary and general ambassador for her students. Professor Ravel continues as the primary performance and directing faculty member, playwright and director. Professor Ravel has extensive professional experience that she puts to work for her students to help them as they begin their careers. Her students are performing in theatre, television, and film across the country and around the world.
Besides Ms. Ravel, the faculty member performance students have the most contact with while developing performance skills is Maureen Kilmurry. She is gentle and soft-spoken, but don't let that fool you. When you work with this woman, she will keep you on your toes at all times. She currently teaches Marquette's highest level acting classes, as well as all of the voice courses. In addition, Maureen usually directs one of the department's main stage productions each season. Her value to Marquette is evident from the years of professional experience she has had as an actor, director, teacher, scenic painter, and even costume designer. Maureen recognizes the value of well-rounded students, which are an inevitable product of a liberal arts education. She has earned her living in the business, and has a strong sense of the "big picture." And by the time her students graduate, they have a pretty good sense of it themselves.