Robert Barry Fleming

Director of Theatre Arts

Office: Camino 130A
E-mail: rfleming@sandiego.edu
Phone: (619) 260-2249

Bio:

Robert recieved his M.F.A. from The University of Alabama/ Alabama Shakespeare Festival/ Professional Actor Training Program. Joined the Theatre Arts faculty at USD in 2004. Teaching specialties are in the area of Performance: Acting, Voice and Speech, Singing, Musical Theatre and Dance Theatre.

Professional acting credits include Broadway (RAGTIME, STAND-UP TRAGEDY), Off-Broadway ( INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY@ The Public/ NYSF), Regional (Young Jelly in the World Premiere of George C. Wolfe’s JELLY’S LAST JAM @ The Mark Taper Forum; Flick in the West Coast Premiere of Violet @ A Contemporary Theatre; Scapin in SCAPIN; The Fool in KING LEAR; Lysander in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM; Holofernes in LOVE’S LABOURS LOST; JULIUS CAESAR; THE WHITE DEVIL; KING JOHN; SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER@ The Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Film (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS), and TV (The Disney Channel’s  ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND as a series regular and guest spots on THE GEORGE CARLIN SHOW; FAMILY MATTERS; BUDDIES; THE GOOD LIFE.

Directing and Choreography credits include SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (USD) and the graduate and undergraduate joint production of MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss (USD). THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE (San Jose Rep, dir. Timothy Douglas), THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR (A Contemporary Theatre, dirs. Timothy Near and Michael Butler), TWELFTH NIGHT (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, dir. Kent Gash), MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (Theatre Memphis), HONK! (Playhouse on the Square/ Circuit Playhouse). Robert adapted and directed an original hip-hop/gospel adaptation of Dicken’s classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL titled A MEMPHIS CAROL (Theatreworks) ,and has written a solo piece about Malagasy poet Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo which he performed at the Centre International Artistique de Roy Hart in Malerague, France where he is a member.

Vocal and Dialect Coaching credits include The Old Globe: SIGHT UNSEEN (dir. Esther Emery), The Arena Stage: VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (dir. Daniel Aukin) and DEATH OF A SALESMAN (dir. Tim Bond), The La Jolla Playhouse: THE WIZ (dir. Des MacAnuff), THE ADDING MACHINE (dir. Daniel Aukin) and MOST WANTED by Jessica Hagedorn (dir. Michael Grief).

Awards and Honors include The SDTCC 2007 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical (AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' @ The San Diego Repertory Theatre) and a Dramalogue Award for Featured Performance in a Play (PUDDIN' AND PETE @ The Old Globe).

Upcoming: Robert will direct and choreograph AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Center Rep (August 2008) and THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED at the Diversionary Theatre (May 2009).