LSU THEATRE HOSTS BEN CAMERON AS PART OF CHANCELLOR'S DISTINGUISHED
LECTURESHIP SERIES
Baton Rouge - Ben Cameron, Executive Director of Theatre Communications
Group (TCG), will speak at the Reilly Theatre on April 29 at 2 p.m.
as part of the LSU
Chancellor's Distinguished Lectureship Series. The event is
free and open to the public, and a reception will immediately follow.
Theatre Communications Group is the national organization for professional
not-for-profit theatres in America, of which LSU's Swine Palace
Productions is a constituent member. Cameron was selected for the
lectureship series thanks to a proposal submitted by Kristin Sosnowsky,
Managing Director of Swine Palace.
"Ben Cameron is one of the foremost arts advocates in the
nation," said Sosnowsky. "His vast experience in theatre
and continuing dedication to philanthropy make him an excellent
candidate for the Chancellor's series. In nominating him, I felt
that attending his lecture would be a wonderful opportunity for
LSU students and faculty as well as the larger Baton Rouge community."
Prior to joining TCG in 1998, Cameron was active in corporate philanthropy,
first as Senior Program Officer at the Dayton Hudson Foundation
and subsequently as Manager of Community Relations at Target Stores.
In this position, he supervised a $51 million national giving program.
Cameron also worked for the NEA, serving as Director of the Theatre
Program. His experience working in not-for-profit professional theatre
includes three years as Associate Artistic Director at Indiana Repertory
Theatre; Literary Manager for PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel
Hill, NC; among others.
Cameron taught theatre at the Yale School of Drama, the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,
and is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia University.
He has published many articles on theatre, including a monthly editorial
column in American Theatre.
Cameron received an M.F.A. in dramaturgy from the Yale School of
Drama in 1981, where he was the first recipient of the Kenneth Tynan
Prize, and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, where he was a John Motley Morehead scholar. In 2001, he was
awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from DePaul University
in Chicago; he also received an honorary MFA in Acting from American
Conservatory Theatre in 2003.
More information is available at 225/578-4174.
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