Alan Wade Professor of Theatre Director of C.A.S.T.

Alan Wade (Ph.D., Northwestern; AEA, AFTRA, SAG, SSDC) is professor of theater and a professional actor and director. Mr. Wade most recently directed for the university a workshop production of Shakespeare's Dog, a new play by Rick Chafe, in association with The Manitoba Theatre Center of Canada. His directorial credits include nine National Players Company tours, five productions for The Washington Stage Guild and a staged reading of Anastasia Traina's In Audela with TV's Scott Cohen (Law and Order) at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Mr. Wade has appeared off-Broadway at The Atlantic Theatre and regionally at Baltimore's Center Stage and several Washington, DC, theatres including Arena Stage, The Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, The Potomac Theatre Project (for which he received a Helen Hayes Award nomination), The Washington Stage Guild and The Olney Theatre. On network television he has been seen on Homicide, A Man Called Hawk and John F. Kennedy and His Times. Mr. Wade's movie credits include The Pelican Brief and Major League II. He has lectured at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, at Richmond University, London, and The University of Sussex in Brighton, England. He is a former editor of Literature in Performance and of the editorial board of Text and Performance Quarterly. Mr. Wade is a member of the Board of Directors of The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts and serves on the advisory boards of The Washington Stage Guild and The Potomac Theatre Project. At GW Mr. Wade teaches Introduction to Acting and several scene study courses including Realism, Post-Realism, and Shakespeare. He is the faculty mentor for the Shakespeare Living and Learning Community, a Freshman-year experience for interested GW students. With acclaimed actress Halo Wines he facilitates the "Workshop for Working Actors" at the Olney Theatre Center.