Liz (Mary) Shipman

Lecturer, Theatre Arts

Office: Camino Hall 172
E-mail: lshipman@sandiego.edu
Phone: (619) 260-2783

Bio:

Liz Shipman is Co-Founder and Associate Director of the Kings County Shakespeare Company in New York City having served as its Co-Artistic Director from 1985-2001. Liz is a Certified (Laban) Movement Analyst, specializing in a movement-based approach to acting. She was movement teacher for Ruth Nerken’s “Technique for the Whole Actor” Studio from 1990-1997 and has taught all levels of students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Manhattan Marymount College, The Atlantic Theatre Company, T. Schreiber Studio and the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (NYC). She served as a member of the core faculty of Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts in St. Louis from 2000-2005. She has directed and choreographed at Webster, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, New Avenue Theatre Project, Utah Shakespearean Festival, the Old Globe and elsewhere.