William R Deluca

Title: Professor, Theatre Arts

Department: Theatre Arts

Office: LCH E-311
Phone Extension: x2400
Email Username: bdeluca

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Plays Written and Directed

Rancho Dominguez - Teatro Touring Play, CSU Dominguez Hills 2006-7 . Wrote and directed a one act history play about the Dominguez family and their lives in 1840s California . Written as a collaboration with the Rancho Adobe Museum and toured to local fourth grade classes in Carson with multicultural theatre company, Teatro Dominguez. Information Script (Script copyright held by Bill DeLuca)
Healing Stories - Teatro Dominguez Play, CSU Dominguez Hills 2004 . Wrote and directed a one act play toured to second graders about alternative healing and the importance of good nutrition. Performed at Caroldale, Ambler, 186th St. , Bonita Street , Carson Elementary, and Dominguez School . Script
Local Heroes - Teatro Dominguez Play, CSU Dominguez Hills 2002 . Wrote and directed a one act play about the heroes everywhere around us, and toured it to local schools in the Carson area.
Coyotita: The Little Coyote - Folktale Play, CSU Dominguez Hills 2000. Wrote and directed Native American fable used for Touring Production of Teatro Dominguez to local elementary schools.
Martina's Surprise and Magic Waters - Folktale Plays, CSU Dominguez Hills 1994-95 . Short plays used for Touring Production of Teatro Dominguez.
Pinocchio - Play Adapted from Carlo Collodi Novel, Wilton , NH 1983. Written and directed at Andy's Summer Theatre.
Marlowe - Play about Christopher Marlowe, New York , N.Y. 1982. Written with John Yinger, staged at Astor Place Theatre, with Tony Heald.

Plays Directed

The Little College on a Hill by by Brenda Killian and Naomi Buckley. Carson Bridge Project, November 2007. Information Photo Gallery
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Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage. Information Photo Gallery
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A House Named Eden by José Cruz González (Carson Bridge Project). Information Photo Gallery Script Script by Jose Cruz Gonzalez.
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Antigone
Boy by Diana Son
Twelfth Night (Photo Gallery)
Tales of the Lost Formicans (Photo Gallery)
The Misanthrope
Luminarias by Evelina Fernandez
Harvest Moon by José Cruz González
For Colored Girls (Photo Gallery)
On The Verge
Little Shop of Horrors
Man of the Flesh by Octavio Solis
Fences

Articles

"Mask Acting: Creating Characters with Masks." Article on Acting 1991. Submitted to Dramatics Magazine.

Selected Presentations

"Theatre of the Oppressed" - Dialogue on Diversity, Dominguez Hills 1999 . Lecture and Workshop in techniques used for helping communities to solve social problems using theatre.
"Augusto Boal and Paulo Freire" - Paulo Freire Conference 1998 . Presentation on the collaboration of Brazilian educators Augusto Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed) and Paulo Freire (Pedagogy of the Oppressed). Presented at Montclair State University .
"Monologuing" - Diversity Conference, Center for Internationalization 1996. Lecture and demonstration for local teachers on how to use real life stories for creative writing in the classroom.
Quarc - Active Learning Presentation 1995. Presented to ISETA (International Society for Educational Teaching Alternatives) and Lily-West Conferences.
"Creative Research Papers" - Term Paper Writing Presentation, CSU Fullerton 1995 . Presented at CSU Symposium.
"Teatro Dominguez" - Presentation on a Multicultural Theatre, Philadelphia , PA 1994. Presented at ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education) Conference.
"Working with Masks" - Acting Workshop, CSU Humboldt 1993. Presented at California Summer Arts' Faculty Exchange Program.
"Mask Acting" - Character Development Workshop for Actors, San Diego, CA 1991. Presented at SCETA (Conference of Southern California Educational Theatre Association).
"Chekhov: Man of Contradiction" - Paper on Russian Playwright, Wooster , OH 1986 Presented at College of Wooster Symposium.

Awards and Honors

City of Carson Grants - Fine Arts and Historical Commission, Carson , CA 2005-2007. Grant to fund the creation and development of two community-based theatre productions, The Carson Bridge Project and the Dominguez Bridge Project, created from interviews with local residents.
Mask Web Site Grant, 1999. Center for Teaching and Learning Grant to digitize mask images for the development of a Dominguez Hills web site devoted to masks.
African-American Theatre, 1996. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Program Grant to research Black Theatre and create a CD Rom for use in Theatre Arts classes.
Technology Grant, 1996. Funding for Hardware and Software for CD Rom development and creation of a web course (Playwriting on the Internet).
CD Rom of Worldwide Masks, 1996. Faculty Development grant to create a CD Rom of over 400 scanned images of masks used in ritual, theatre, dance, and carnival for use in Humanities classes.
Teatro Dominguez - CSU Dominguez Hills, 1995-2007. IRA Grants (Instructionally-Related Activities) from Associated Students to tour folktale performances in local schools with student assistants.
Folktales - CSU Dominguez Hills, 1994. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Program Grant to research Folktales and develop a library for potential Teatro Dominguez performances.
Mexican Masks - CSU Dominguez Hills, 1993. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Program Grant to travel to Oaxaca and research Mexican Masks.
Chicano Theatre - CSU Dominguez Hills, 1991. Faculty Development Grant to research Hispanic-American Theatre.
Teatro Dominguez - CSU Chancellor's Office, 1991. Academic Program Improvement Grant to develop Teatro Dominguez, a multicultural theatre company.
The Power of Masks - CSU Dominguez Hills, 1991. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Program Grant to research the origins and uses of performance masks.

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