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Biography
- Wayne Brinda
Wayne
Brinda, Ed.D. As an educator, researcher, and
stage director, Wayne is the founder and Artistic
Director of Prime Stage Theatre since 1996.
He has directed several productions including
Treasure Island, The Outsiders, Twelve Angry
Men, The Snow Girl, I Never Saw Another Butterfly
and The Terezin Promise, and last year’s
premiere of The Giver.
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Wayne
Brinda
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Wayne
is also an Assistant Professor at Duquesne University
in the School of Education where he teaches and
conducts research on adolescent literacy. His
dissertation, Bringing literature to life for
sixth grade “reluctant readers:” A collaborative,
participatory study using Theatre for Young Audiences
experiences to address aliteracy, was nominated
for a national research award by the American
Alliance for Theatre and Education. As a Museum
Teaching Fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
in Washington DC, Wayne produces Holocaust theatre
productions and conducts research on using young
adult literature and the theatre to teach the
Holocaust. He has delivered papers and presentations
in Budapest, Hungary, Krakow, Poland, and for
the National Council of Teachers of English, The
Teachers Teaching Teachers conference, the International
Reading Association 21st World Congress on Reading
in Budapest, and the American Alliance for Theatre
and Education. Wayne has published articles in
Stage of the Art and publications for Seton Hill
University. Prior to teaching at Duquesne, he
was an instructor at The Oakland School and Sewickley
Academy.
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