SCHC 366Q (Part 1)

Those of you who read my blog know that I take an honors course having to do with the theater in order to satisfy my fine arts requirement. This course is called SCHC 366Q.

The class is all about taking a play from the written word to the actual theatrical production. Very interesting, most of the time. Far more interesting is my professor.

My professor is named Robert Bourne. But he calls himself Robert Richmond. Why does he have two names? We may never know, as he didn't seem very inclined to tell us himself.

He is british, from somewhere on the coast towards France. At any rate, he definitely mentioned being from a seaside town. Because he had to explain to some people what a boardwalk is.

From what I can tell, he has two different looks. Mondays and Wednesdays he comes in a nice button-down shirt with nice slacks, a long overcoat, and a fedora, of which he has several. There is almost always a silk hankercheif tucked into his coat pocket as well. Fridays he wears casual slacks, sneakers, a hoodie which he doesn't remove, and a baseball cap which he does. He is also bald, which may be the reason for the hats.

He does not care about offending people, generally speaking. Curse words are a natural part of his vocabulary. You get used to it after a while. He doesn't mind making lewd jokes from time to time, assuming they are related to the topic of conversation.

He is obviously well-qualified for his job; he has directed a multitude of plays, many of which have been in New York City. His directing is also very innovative. For instance, he is putting on The Skin of Our Teeth in a few weeks and the entire first act will be in black and white. Yes, a live play will be in black and white. How do you pull that off? Well one of our assignments was to think about that and come up with ideas.

Think of him what you will, he is a theater professor, and that alone qualifies him to be very interesting. Pondering things from the desk of

Jackie