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Inductees for 2002
HAROLD R. OAKS
Associate Dean
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Brigham Young Univesity
Provo, Utah
Dr. Harold R. Oaks holds both the BA and MA from Brigham Young
University, and the PhD from the University of Minnesota with majors in
Theatre Arts. Prior to joining the Brigham Young University faculty in
l970, he taught at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, the University
of Nebraska at Kearney, and Frostburg State University in Maryland. He is
Associate Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communications, and Coordinator
of the Drama/Theatre for Young People program at Brigham Young
University. He was Chair of the BYU Department of Theatre and Film for 12
years. He has directed more than 45 plays, including performances at
Disneyland and festivals in the US, Austria, Yugoslavia and Norway. He
has written over 50 articles and publications and has edited AOutstanding
lays for Young Audiences International Bibliography, Vol II, III, IV, V
and VI and was founding editor of AInternational Hot Line.
Dr. Oaks is president of the International Association of Theatre for
Children and Young People, ASSITEJ/USA, based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is
past president of the American Alliance for Theatre and Educationa, Rocky
Mountain Theatre Association, and has been an officer of the national
Association of Schools of Theatre, The American Theatre Association, the
Childrenís Theatre Association, the University and College Theatre
Association, the Utah Alliance for Arts Education, the Utah Playwriting
Foundation, and was a founding member and president of the Utah Theatre
Association.
ANDREW TSUBAKI
Professor Emeritus
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
After receiving his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1967, Dr.
Andrew Tsubaki joined the faculty of the University of Kansas where he
taught in both the Department of Theatre and Film and East Asian
Languages and Cultures until his retirement in 2000. He specialized in
the Japanese classical theatre forms, Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki. He also
practices Ki-Aikido in which he holds the Fourth Degree black belt and is
head instructor of the Kansas Ki Society in Lawrence. He served as
president of Heart of America Japan-America Society in the Greater Kansas
City area, and last year as the Executive Director of the Japan Festival
for Greater Kansas City. Internationally he has served as choreographer
for productions in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, and Hungary. He has also been
called upon to stage productions, lecture in Holland, Monaco, Poland,
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Italy as well as many locations across
America. He has published articles in the area of Japanese theatre and
translated a number of plays from Japanese to English.
ETHEL PITTS WALKER
Professor of Theatre Arts
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
Dr. Ethel Pitts Walker holds the BA degree from Lincoln University,
Missouri, the MA from the University of Colorado, and the PhD from the
University of Missouri-Columbia where her dissertation was The American
Negro Theatre. Her books include African American Scenebook, co-edited
with Kathryn Ervin, AThe New/Lost Plays by Ed Bullins: An Anthology, and
AThe American Negro Theatre chapter in A Black Americans in the Theatre,
edited by Errol Hill. She has directed over 25 productions, acted in
numerous others, and presented many panels and demonstrations for
professional associations. She is the Executive Director of the African
American Drama Company of San Francisco. Recently she was awarded the
Living Legend Award from the National Black Theatre Festival, received
the Outstanding Arts Educator Award from the California Arts Council, and
was inducted into the Educational Theatre Association Hall of Fame. She
has served as the president of the California Educational Theatre
Association and Californiaís Legislative Action Coalition for Arts
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