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Education:	Ph.D., Theatre, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1992. Dissertation: "Acting Hysteria: An Analysis of the Actress and her Part". M.A., Print Journalism, New York University, Internship: "The Nation".1987. B.A., History major, Philosophy minor, Secondary Education Sequence, Hunter College. Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude.1985 Three Year Professional Acting Program, The Drama Centre, London
Teaching: 1986-present:	Staging Presentations: vocal and physical expressiveness: Graduate Programs in the Freie Universitat, Berlin. Present and ongoing-- Communication and Teaching Skills for the Academic World, Ph.D Program in American Studies at the JFK Institute of the Freie Universitat, Berlin. Playwriting workshops and Theatre courses, Hunter College, occasional/ongoing-- Over fifteen years of college teaching of Theatre, Playwriting, Dramatic and World Literature, and Communications courses-- including Speech, Voice, Public Speaking-- at Hunter, Baruch, Virginia Commonwealth University, Freie Universität, Berlin. English as a Second Language, Courses and Workshops, ongoing-- Staging Presentations Workshops,ongoing-- Years of experience substitute-teaching in New York City Public Schools.
Editing:	Freelance Editor of English Texts, ongoing. Including editing and rewriting of customer support materials/texts, educational materials/texts, dissertations, brochures, catalogues, scholarly and journalistic articles and various books.
Writing:	Plays include "An Accident" "Atlantis" "Ghost Mall" "American Tet" "On Clarion" "Safe House" "Lady Lay" "The Glamour House" "The House of Lily" "Happy Ending" "The Secret Journals of Desiree von Wertheimstein" and "Monte Carlo". "House of Lily", "The Glamour House", "Safe House" and "American Tet" published and translated into German by Per Lauke Verlag, Hamburg. "American Tet" published by Broadway Play Publishing. Anthologized in drama collections by Heinemann, Applause, Smith and Kraus. Essay-contributor to culture journals, including the Brooklyn Rail.
Selected Productions (1994-2010):	"An Accident" Magic Theatre, San Fransisco, upcoming Spring 2010 "American Tet" English Theater Berlin "The House of Lily" Theater Independence, Forum Theater, Stuttgart "The Last Standing Protester" Stageworks/Hudson "The End of Civilization as We Know It" Diverse City Theater, NY "American Tet" Contemporary American Theatre Festival. WV "The Last Standing Protester" HB Studio Theatre, NY "The House of Lily" Theater Independence, Theaterhaus Stuttgart "The End of Civilization as We Know it" HB Studio Theatre "The House of Lily" Schauspiel Essen "The Glamour House" Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago "The House of Lily" Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago "Picture on the Wall" Italian American Playhouse, NY "Monte Carlo" Perseverance Theatre, Alaska, "Monte Carlo" Denver Center Theater
Selected Festivals and Workshops:	"Safe House" Leapfest 5, Stage Left, Chicago "On Clarion" High Desert New Play Development Workshop, NM "On Clarion" Women's Theatre Festival, Rivendell Theatre, Chicago "American Tet" Actors Centre, London "Ghost Mall" at William Inge Center for the Arts "On Clarion" PlayPenn Conference "Safe House," Pittsburgh Public Theatre "Safe House" Biennale Bonn "Safe House" Burning Coal Theatre "Lady Lay" ACT/Hedgebrook Women Playwrights' Festival, Seattle "How the Heart Works" Cleveland Public Theatre Play Festival "Monte Carlo" Carnegie Mellon New Plays Festival, Cleveland Playhouse New Play Festival, Denver Center Theatre New Plays Festival "The Fine Things in Life" Cleveland Playhouse New Play Festival
Readings:	Theatres including Urban Stages, New Georges, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizon, Manhattan Theatre Club, WPA Theatre, Women's Project and Productions, Dixon Place, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theatre, McCarter Theatre.
Other:	Member of Dramatist's Guild and PEN American Center Recipient of Berrilla Kerr Foundation's Playwright Award New play commissions from Pittsburgh Public Theatre and Geva Theatre, Rochester.
Contact:	info@lydiastryk.com Elaine Devlin, Literary, Inc. at edevlinbei@aol.com