David Weber
(He/Him)
Assistant Professor
Theatre
- Assistant ProfessorTheatre
- 405-744-7744 (Work)
BIO & RESEARCH INTERESTs
David Weber is an accomplished actor, professional director, and theatre educator. He is a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers, The Michael Chekhov Assosciation, Actors' Equity Association and has an MFA in Acting from California State University Long Beach where he studied acting and acting pedagogy under the direction of Alexandra Billings, Hugh O'Gorman, Ezra LeBank, Dr. Shanti Pillai, and Andrea Caban. He has been recognized by Bert Osborn, critic at AJC as one of the Top Ten Actors in Atlanta, for his work in Terrence McNally's "A Perfect Ganesh." David is currently pursuing MICHA's certificate of completion in the Michael Chekhov technique and his research is in non-trauma based acting pedagogy, playing actions, clown, and Stanislavski's event analysis. Recently, he played Master Ford / Brook in Merry Wives of Windsor at Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park where he previously played Claudius / Hamlet's Ghost in their production of Hamlet and directed Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, Revised, Again. He will tour his criticially acclaimed one man Christmas Carol, An Actor's Carol: One clown's Dickensian marathon towards redemption, at the end of November - December.
Research Interests:
Acting, Clown, Performance Pedagogy
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant ProfessorOklahoma State University, Theatre, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United StatesMay 2023 - present
DEGREES
- MFA ActingCalifornia State University System, Long Beach, United States14 Jul 2014 - 18 Jul 2016
- BFA PerformanceUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States16 Aug 2010 - 10 Jun 2013
CERTIFICATIONS
- Teaching ClownThe Clown School, Los Angles, Los AngelesOne on One study with David Bridel - ten unit deep dive on teaching clown.
CAMPUS
- Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
DEPARTMENT
- Theatre