7.19 A Conversation with Mary Beth Frank
This week Jimmy talks with Indiana theatre teacher and professor Mary Beth Frank. She talks about the beat cycle, taking care of our kids, and utilizing processes to make things run smoother.
Mary Beth's Recommended Resources:
Michael Wainstein’s Stage Directing: A Director’s Itinerary
Barbara Adrian’s Actor Training the Laban Way (Second Edition): An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement
Professor
Mary Beth Frank is an adjunct professor of theatre at Huntington University, as well as a guest director, directing one show a year. She is also the Director of Theatre at Blackhawk Christian School, where she runs a theatre program for 6-12th graders. Mary Beth teaches theatre in and around the Fort Wayne area, as well as runs camps for youth, and guest directs as several local community theatres. Mary Beth hosts online training seminars for high school directors who have had no to little training, helping them with processes and tools to make their directing experience a more enjoyable one. She is the mother of two young adult men, Marshall and Scotty, and has been married to her husband, Jeff, for 25 years this year!
