Tim Howard – Professor, Coordinator of BFA Musical Theatre
Tim Howard听(Musical Theatre Coordinator, Professor: MT Workshop, Acting, Audition Techniques, Director)听has had a diverse career as a Director/Actor/Singer and Music Director.
Directing highlights include collaborating with the writers of听Hair听to premiere the 20th Anniversary production of the legendary musical. His direction of听Big River听at Oldcastle Theatre Company garnered 2016 Berkshire Theater Award nominations for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production of a Musical as well as a Critic鈥檚 Choice Award. He also received a Critic鈥檚 Voice Award from TIME Magazine for his work on听Get Any Guy Thru Psychic Mind Control or your Money Back.
In 2022, as part of the New Works-New Voices series at 吃瓜头条,听Tim鈥檚 direction of The Radium Girls: A Jaw Dropping New Musical received five national awards, as well as a BroadwayWorld Award for his direction.听 He also has the rare distinction of having his direction acknowledged by KCACTF (Kennedy Center) for three consecutive years in a row for Evita (2018), The Drowsy Chaperone (2017) and Parade (2016), all winning top national awards.
As an actor, Tim was featured as Jake in the Broadway National Tour of听Show Boat, directed by the legendary Harold Prince and choreographed by Susan Stroman. He had the honor of working with Mr. Prince again as J.N. Starnes in听Parade听conducted by the Tony award-winning composer, Jason Robert Brown. While on the road, he wrote and starred in听Leachman and Howard:听Together at Last听with the late Oscar/Emmy award-winning, Cloris Leachman.听 Most recently, he co-starred in Souvenir at Oldcastle Theatre in Vermont.
New York credits include听The Happy Prince, creating the role of Cedric in the New York Musical Theatre Festival,听Shine听(National Music Theatre),听Jubilee听(Ensemble Studio Theatre, the workshop of听Hunchback of Notre Dame听for ABC Television,听Abelard and Heloise (Roundabout Theatre Company) and听Elegies, directed by Bill Russell (National Dance Institute).
Regional: Studio Arena, Capital Repertory, Boston Shakespeare, Merrimack Repertory, Stamford Theatre Works, Pittsburgh CLO, Stages St. Louis, and Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Television:听Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Loving,听and听Late Night with David Letterman.
Contact Information
Tim Howard, Professor and Coordinator of BFA Musical Theatre
Department of Theatre Arts
203-837-3205
howardt@wcsu.edu
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