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CHRIS HEROLD, Lecturer
(Acting, Scene Study) Ph.D. Drama, UC Berkeley. Chris Herold teaches acting and directing for TDPS. His directing credits with TDPS include Three Sisters, Escape From Happiness, Orestes, Pterodactyls, Good, Noises Off, The Crucible, My Uncle Sam, and Funeral Games . Herold is also a member of the Studio faculty at American Conservatory Theater where he teaches Scene Study, Shakespeare, and Master Acting Classes in the Summer Training Congress. At A.C.T., he has directed studio productions of Escape From Happiness, Galileo, and The Kentucky Cycle Part II. Mr. Herold has also taught acting at Stanford University and The Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre. The former Artistic Director and a founding member of Jawbone Theatre Ensemble, his work with that company includes direction of the San Francisco premiere of Manfred Karge's Conquest of the South Pole and Samuel Beckett's Play for the Bay Area Intimate Theatre Festival. In the Bay Area, Herold has appeared in roles at the Aurora Theatre, Central Works, Theatre Rhinoceros, Victoria Theatre, Yerba Buena Gardens, and with Shotgun Players. Herold holds a doctorate in Dramatic Art (Director/Scholar) from UC Berkeley.

Email: ctherold@comcast.net

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