Sheila Gordon, Associate Professor of 代理 and Voice at St. 凯发国际集团, is Head of the BFA in 代理 program at St. 凯发国际集团. Specializing in both Michael Chekhov and Feldenkrais, she has an extensive background in movement related approaches to both acting and voice production.
Sheila Gordon is Head of the BFA in 代理 Program at SEU. She is a professional actor, solo performer and dialect coach. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA and VASTA. Gordon is an award winning solo-performer, who has performed regionally and internationally. 她最近的节目， 莉斯 and 瓢虫:Whistlestop, 1964! appeared at the Bullock State 历史 Museum and the Missouri Solo Play Festival. Other performance credits include several roles at MMNT, Vivian in 智慧希瑟·伍德伯里的 《双城记 at New York’s Public 剧院, and as Brandon Teena's Mom in the film, 男孩不哭. She has worked extensively as a dialect coach in theatre, 电影和电视, and has coached several Emmy Award and Oscar winning actors.
Professor Gordon has engaged in interdisciplinary research on the integration of Feldenkrais movement with vocal expression, resulting in two published articles and a documentary film. Gordon also spent several years researching the role of women in politics during the 1964 Presidential campaign. Her research on this subject culminated in a full length play, 莉斯 & 瓢虫:Whistlestop, 1964!. In 2018 and 2019 Gordon curated theatre historian and acting teacher Mel Gordon's (1947–2018) collection of research on method acting, 德国 cabaret and the Grand Guignol, as well as hundreds of rare sound recordings that capture performances of vaudeville, early twentieth-century Broadway theatre, and interviews with noted actors and directors. Professor Sheila Gordon's work was paramount in landing a permanent home for the collection at the Harry Ransom Center.