Department of Communication and Theatre DePauw University
mail P.O. Box 37
Greencastle, IN
46135-0037
Work(800) 447-2495
(765) 658-4489
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FAculty and staff
Faculty and Staff
Andrew M. Hayes, Ph.D.
Theatre
Associate Professor
Andrew Hayes is a graduate of the University of the South, where he received his B. A. in Theatre and Political Science. Dr. Hayes also attended Vanderbilt University where he studied law, and received a Ph. D. in Theatre Studies from the University of Nebraska in 1999. Dr. Hayes has been teaching at DePauw University since 2002, and teaches courses such as Acting 1, Acting 2, History of Theatre, Theatre Production, and First Year Seminar: The Theatrical Experience. Prior to DePauw, Dr. Hayes taught at many other institutions, including Indiana Wesleyan University (1998 to 2002), University of the South (1997), and University of Nebraska (1993-1996).
At DePauw, Andrew Hayes is involved in the Petitions Committee, and Student Life and Activities Committee, as well as directing plays for DePauw Theatre. Dr. Hayes has an overwhelming amount of experience in theatre. His major roles on stage include Tylbalt in Romeo and Juliet, Matt in Talley's Folly, Derby in Richard III, Ensemble in Caucasian Chalk Circle, Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night, Duncan/Seward in MacBeth, Tieresias in Antigone, Lyle in When You Comin' Back, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Player in The Dinin Room, The Herald in Marat/Sade, Tedy in When You Comin' Back, and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost. Andrews acting experience also stretched to film, including roles in The Caretaker, The Writer's Room, and Remnant.
Outside of acting, Dr. Hayes has also directed many plays, including Blithe Spirit, Dr. F, Servant of Two Masters, Steel Magnolias, Comedy of Errors, The Music Man, Ten Little Indians, Antigone, Beau Jest, To a God Unknown, Equus, At Home, The Typist and the Tiger, and Atomic Pomegranate. His fight choreography includes Wesoo Hamlet, Cabaret, Hamlet, Servant of Two Masters, Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors, Ten Little Indians, Antigone, Oleanna, MacBeth, Extremities, and The Outsiders. Dr. Hayes is also very active in other areas of theatre including wardrobe, make-up, lighting, set design, and sound engineering.
Dr. Hayes is currently researching the development of a Fight Directors Collection for the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, an examination of the physiological process of death and injury and its interpretation on the stage, and a systematic study of introductory theatre theories modeled on Em Griffin's A First Look at Communication Theory. He is Treasurer of The Society of American Fight Directors, and a member of American Theatre in Higher Education, Theatre Communication Group, and Association of Theatre Movement Educators.
Office: 719 S. Locust
Extension: x4596
email: amhayes@depauw.edu
