MAUREEN V. McINTYRE MFA E-mail: drm_mvm@shsu.edu Professor of Theatre Head of the Acting Program Department of Theatre and Dance Box 2297 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas 77341 Phone: 936/294-1337 Fax: 936/294-3898

Education | Awards | Employment | Classes Acting | Directing | Grants | Service | Personal Links

EDUCATION

• Annual workshops on a variety of theatrical subjects, Texas Educational Theatre Association, 1988 - present
• Acting workshops with film actor, Kevin Cooney 1996
• Acting workshops with professional actor, Bill Roberts, "Acting Shakespeare" 1986
• Workshop, "Getting an Agent," with professional agent, Sharon Wilner 1986
• Film acting workshop with prominent Hollywood film actor/director, Cliff Osmond 1985 Mime and circus training, Avner Eisenberg 1977 - '79
• Film acting workshop at a variety of professional studios, Los Angeles for a summer 1975
• Theatre acting workshops at a variety of professional schools, New York for a summer 1974
• M.F.A. University of Texas at Austin (Production and Directing Emphasis) 1970
• B.F.A. University of Texas at Austin (Major: Theatre Education; Minor: English) 1967

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Nominee for Texas Women's Hall of Fame 2000
• Huntsville, Texas, Mayor Bill Green presented a proclamation declaring June 6th to be "Maureen McIntyre Day" in the city at a reception given by the Huntsville Arts Commission at City Hall and an award was presented which read, " In Appreciation Huntsville Arts Commission Hereby Honors MAUREEN V. McINTYRE For Her 20 Years of Outstanding Leadership With Children In The Arts June 6, 2000" 2000
• TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR, COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY 1993 - '94
• AWARD OF APPRECIATION presented "FOR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO ALPHA PSI OMEGA," Sam Houston State University 1991
• Award for "OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS" presented by The City of Huntsville 1986
  HONORARY MEMBER OF ALPHA PSI OMEGA, "In Honor of Outstanding Recognition of and Service to Alpha Psi Omega National Honor Dramatic Fraternity The Iota Iota Cast of Sam Houston State University Confers Upon This Day, May 10, 1985, The Position of Honorary Member Of Alpha Psi Omega" 1985
• Nominated for Outstanding Service Award, Sam Houston State University 1986 - '87, 1987 - '88
  OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP and TEACHING AWARD, Sam Houston State University College of Arts and Sciences 1983 - '84
• Chosen by the faculty of Sam Houston State University to be the first woman Speaker for the Honors Colloquium for the College of Arts and Sciences 1983
• Chosen by the Sam Houston State University Interdisciplinary Committee to be presenter for the "Teacher Effectiveness Colloquium" to give workshops to the university faculty on effective teaching methods. 1982
• U.I.L. Texas State Best Actress, AAAA, "Ah! Wilderness" 1962

EMPLOYMENT

• Sam Houston State University Department of Theatre and Dance. Professor 1970 - present, tenure awarded 1976
• Huntsville Summer Children's Theatre Festival. Director 1980 - present
• Robert E. Lee High School, Houston, Texas. Theatre teacher 1967 - '68, Victoria, Texas Summer Theatre. Director 1965 - '69

CLASSES

• THEATRE 164: ACTING. A study of basic techniques in body, voice and characterization as they re applied to the performance of stage tasks by the actor.
• THEATRE 268: ACTING II. A concentration on techniques of freeing the body, body language, movement, mask and characterization for the development of the actor and of theatrical performances.
• THEATRE 431: ACTING FOR THE CAMERA. An intensive and practical study of the special echniques of acting for film and television with extensive work in front of the camera. In addition, all elements of the search for an agent and for roles are covered.
• THEATRE 433: PERIOD ACTING STYLES. Scripts, manners, customs, social structures and movement characteristics of Greek, Elizabethan, Restoration and several modern theatrical styles will be studied through acting in and researching styles of plays from those times.
• THEATRE 467: ADVANCED DIRECTING. Actual direction of short scenes from musical theatre, Greek Classical theatre, with additional choices from Shakespeare, modern comedy, Albee, Brecht, Pinter, Ionesco.
• THEATRE 469: DIALECTS AND ACCENTS FOR THE THEATRE. Emphasis is placed upon the regional dialects of Great Britain, France, and Russia with additional work in the dialects of the United States, Italy and Germany as they color the spoken English language for stage performance purposes. Practical application is applied through reader's theatre performances and the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

ACTING

• On-camera narrator, "Elements of Theatre," video, currently used in many Texas high schools, Educational Videos, Huntsville, Texas 1998
• Voice-overs KSAM radio commercials 1996 - '00 Voice-overs, numerous film strips and videos, Educational Video, Huntsville, Texas 1985 - '1996
• Actress, "Abused Women," award-winning docu-drama, Producer: Gary McDonald, Criminal Justice Media Center, Huntsville, Texas. (Used in numerous centers for battered women.) 1982
• Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Sam Houston State University 1980
• Actress in comedy series, Channel 7 TV, Sam Houston State University 1978
• Nancy in Oliver! A.C.T., Austin, Texas 1969
• Numerous college roles in play productions, University of Texas 1962 - '67
• Texas State Best Actress, AAAA 1962
• Actress, "The Clown Who Ran Away," Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas 1960
  

DIRECTING

University Productions

• The Madwoman of Chaillot 2002
• A Child Is Born 2001
• The Tempest 2000
• Brigadoon 1999
• The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild 1997
• A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley 1996
• Picnic 1996
• Funny Girl 1995
• After the Fall 1994
• The Grapes of Wrath 1992
• Summer and Smoke 1991
• A Chorus Line 1989
• Camelot 1989
• Quilters 1987
• Romeo and Juliet 1986
• Man of La Mancha 1985
• The Infernal Machine 1984
• " Dance of Death" with Music Department 1984
• Carousel 1983
• The Taming of the Shrew 1982
• The Glass Menagerie 1981
• " American College Theatre Festival" 1981
• Caesar and Cleopatra 1980
• The Ice Wolf 1980
• The Bacchae 1979
• A Streetcar Named Desire 1978
• A Renaissance Festival 1977
• The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild 1976
• The Marvelous Land of Oz 1976
• Lysistrata 1975
• The Indian Captive 1975
• A Midsummer Night's Dream 1974
• The Puppet Prince 1974
• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds 1973
• Rhinoceros 1973
• The Clown Who Ran Away 1972
• The Obit Man 1971
• After the Rain 1971

Children's Theatre Festival

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2001
• Stuart Little 2000
• Jungalbook 1999
• Thumbelina 1998
• Snow White 1997
• Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There 1996
• Dinosaurus 1995
• Pinocchio (musical) 1994
• Dragonsong 1993
• The Little Mermaid (also co-authored by McIntyre) 1992
• The Snow Queen 1991
• In One Basket 1990
• Ozma of Oz 1989
• Aesop's Falables (musical) 1988
• Alice in Wonder 1987
• Little Red Riding Hood 1986 The Wizard of Oz 1985 The Man in the Moon 1984
• Golliwhoppers 1983
• Trudi and the Minstrel 1982
• The Great Cross-Country Race 1981
• The Strange Case of Mother Goose (musical) 1980

GRANT ACTIVITIES

• Annual recipient of $1,200 of grants ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 from Huntsville Enrichment Activities Program, or Texas Commission on the Arts, or The Huntsville Arts Commission to direct a summer Children's Theatre Festival Production using local children ages 6 to 18. Remainder of grant provides funds for college student designers and production costs. 1980 - present
• H.A.R.C. Houston Area Research Council with S.H.S.U. Science Group to create series of live video speeches on "Big Bang Theory." I trained six speakers for on-camera work, my portion of the grant was $500. 1990 - '93

SERVICE

Theatre and Dance Department

• Directed over 60 major dramatic productions for S.H.S.U. and for the Huntsville community (See "Directing-University Productions" and "Directing-Children's Theatre Festival") 1970 - present
• Co-developer with Dr. Tom Soare of Web Site Alumni Brag Board 1998
• Founded Former Students Association for theatre and serve as faculty liaison 1998 - present
• Often teaches gratis voice lessons to students 1997 - present
• Initiated "Honored Theatre Alumni Award," 1999 - present developed selection process; and serves as supervisor of process 1999 - present
• Originated and produced the annual Theatre and Dance Department Gala, raising the patron list from 60 to 300 and eventually averaging $20,000 per event 1986 - '91 and 1992 - '93
• Initiated lobby Alumni Brag Board 1994
• Contest Manager for U.I.L. Region III, 4A One-Act Play Contest 1978 - present
• Contest Manager Region III, 3A U.I.L. One-Act Play Contest, State of Texas 1988 - '89
• Co-supervised all student directed productions 1988 - present
• Supervised half of all student-directed productions 1978 - '87
• Host and Supervisor for U.I.L. One-Act Play SuperConference (one of only four sites for State of Texas) 500 to 600 high school students and teachers each year 1987 - present
• Student recruiter at over 100 scholarship auditions each year at the Texas Educational Theatre Association Convention 1986 - present
  Conducted recruitment activities at Texas Thespian Convention 1985, 1998, 1999
• Faculty sponsor of Alpha Psi Omega Drama Service Fraternity 1971 - '91
• Supervisor for One-Act Play Critique Workshop for 20 high schools annually, raising $2,000 for S.H.S.U. scholarships 1981 to present
• Recruitment officer for the Theatre program (developed recruitment program, several annual mail-outs, departmental brochures, training student recruiters, traveling to various high schools and Thespian Conventions, attending state scholarship auditions and supervising several big on-campus recruitment events annually) 1980 - present
• Created new course in Stage Dialects and Accents, Advanced Theatre Speech, Period Acting Styles, and Acting for the Camera. 1980's and '90's
• Developed and taught first summer college courses for high school teachers in the Theatre Program 1981 - '87
• Took 20 S.H.S.U. theatre students on field trip to U.T./Austin to attend "Jean Cocteau - A Retrospective" and play production. Material for 3-day event was then related to the play "The Infernal Machine" by Cocteau which I was directing 1985
• " Fine Arts Sampler" Directed performance for high school students recruitment for S.H.S.U. Campus Career Day 1983
• Properties Designer and Crew Supervisor for Properties for all S.H.S.U. Theatre Productions 1971 - '80
• Presenter for "Care and Feeding of the Costumer' and "Designing Movement in Costumes" for S.H.S.U.Dance Program 1972
• Costume Designer for all S.H.S.U. Theatre productions 1970- '71

University:

• Founder and faculty Liaison to the S.H.S.U. Former Students Association for the Theatre program. 1998 - present
• Advisor for S.H.S.U. Mandatory Advisement Program 1997 - present
• Faculty Director for Mexican Field School/S.H.S.U. 1992 - '95
• Sponsor of Alpha Psi Omega Drama Service Fraternity for twenty years 1971 - '91
• Spearheaded a significant ruling by the Faculty Senate which impacted artistic and academic freedom campus-wide 1986
• Faculty Senate member/committee chair 1981 - '86
• Voice-overs for S.H.S.U. television commercials/ Houston area 1982
• Founding member of Faculty Senate and co-author of Faculty Senate By-Laws 1981
  Faculty Council member 1980 - '81
• Speaker, judge or writer for numerous on-campus groups such as Alpha Chi, Black Awareness Week, S.H.S.U., Library Festival, Dormitory Speaker Series, S.H.S.U. Forensic tournaments, Gifted and Talented Student Seminars, East Texas Folk Life Festival, Sam Houston Folk Life Festival, Circle K, News 7 Anchor Competition, Fine Arts Day, Dance Program 1970 - present
• Member of over 40 Sam Houston State University Committees 1980 - present (See below)

Committees:

• Faculty Grievance Committee 2001 - '02
• East Texas Folk Life Festival 2000 - '01
• Women's Studies Program Committee 1999 - '00
• Dance Thesis Committee 1998 - '99
• Distinguished Professor Review Committee 1998 - '01
• Committee to Prevent Student Attrition 1996 - '97
• Student Retention Committee 1993 - '94
• Dance Critique Panel 1990 - '93
• Sam Houston Folk Life Festival (Decorations and Activities Placement) 1991 - '92
• Presidential Inaugural Committee (Decorations) 1990
• M.C. for Distinguished Lecturer Committee Presentation 1989
• Committee to Study the Needs of the Science Departments 1989
• Undergraduate Program Committee for Self-study for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (sub-committee chairperson for Admissions and Completion Requirements) 1987 - '88
• Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Research & Creative Accomplishments Newsletter 1988
• United Way Faculty Representative for Fine Arts and Communication 1987 - '88
• Amphitheatre Committee 1986
• Ad Hoc Merit and Promotions Committee 1985 - '86
• College of Arts and Sciences Academic Scholarship Committee 1985
• Committee to Study Non-Teaching Evaluative Criteria for College of Arts and Sciences 1984
• Committee for the Conference on Sexual Equality S.H.S.U. 1984
• Faculty Tenure Advisory Committee 1984
• Search Committee for the Assistant Dean's Position for the College of Arts and Sciences 1984
• Fine Arts Day Committee 1983 - '84
• Committee to Develop an Institutional Policy on Voluntary Modification of Employment 1983
• Chairwoman for Academic Affairs Committee for Faculty Senate 1983
• Hostess and Committee Member for Friends of Fine Arts Day 1983
• Ad Hoc Committee to Develop Guidelines on Outside Employment of Faculty 1983
• Served on a different Faculty Senate Committee for 4 years 1982 - '86
• Women's Advisory Council 1982 - '83
• Career Day Committee 1982
• Distinguished Lecturer Series Committee 1981 - '82
• Committee to Write the By-Laws for Faculty Senate 1981
• Committee to Write the Charter for Faculty Senate 1980
• Faculty Council Member 1980 - '81
• Faculty Grievance Procedure Committee 1980
• Adviser for the Committee on the Status of Women at S.H.S.U. 1980
• Fine Arts Recruitment Committee 1980
• Three Thesis Committees for the Dance Department

Community:

• Supervisor, student directed productions, Sam Houston Folk Festival 2000
• Director, Annual Huntsville Children's Theatre Festival Production in summer (See "Directing - Children's Theatre Festivals) 1980 - present
• Speaker, "Backstage Madness and Miracles," Elkins Women's League 2000
• Celebrity Reader, Huntsville Public Library 1990, 1999
• Active Member, Huntsville/Walker County Chamber of Commerce 1988 - present
• Mentor, H.I.S.D. "Career Connections" 1998 - present
  Performer/Director, "Valentine! Valentine!," Huntsville Association of Retired Persons 1999
  Speaker, Huntsville Study Club, "Brigadoon" 1998
• Speaker, Newcomer's Club 1994, 1998
• Cultural Center Task Force 1996
• Committee member, "Huntsville Cultural Plan - 2000" 1996
• Author/Director, "Shadows of the Past, Sam Houston Folk Festival 1994
• Board member, Friends of the Huntsville Library 1989 - '94
• Trainer, Speaker Bureau for Champion International 1990 - '94
• Leader, "Individual Development Training Seminars," Huntsville Business and Professional Women, (a number of trainees won local, area and regional contests)
• Co-leader for series of fundraisers: Great Escape Bicycle Tours, Casino Nights, Club vice President 1983 - '93
• Speaker, "Stress/Body Language," Walker County Federal Credit Union 1993
• Trainer, "Business and Professional Speaking," Chamber of Commerce annual Huntsville Leadership Institute Retreat, Waterwood, Texas 1986 - '91
• Member, First United Methodist Church of Huntsville, director of annual Easter and Christmas pageants, sculptor of life-size Nativity figures, Worship Committee, Vacation Bible School teacher 1990 - present
• Trainer, "Negotiation Skills," Region VI 1988, '89, '90
• Trainer, "Job Images/Job Site." Walker County Federal Credit Union 1990
• Advisor for founding of East Texas Toastmasters 1990
• Trainer, SAAFE House, "Reading Stressful Body Language, Family Violence Council 1990
• Irish Storyteller, Irish Booth, Sam Houston Folk Festival 1990
• Trainer, Huntsville Youth Leadership Institute 1988
• Founding supervisor for "Showstoppers!" an annual summer musical review which raised $2,000 to $3,000 each year for Walker County Children's Protective Services 1985 - '89
• Advisory Committee member for founding of Huntsville Community Theatre, continues to serve as resource person 1988 - present
• Director, "A Star Spangled Salute," East Texas Folk Life Festival 1988
• Trainer, "Service , Presentation Through Body Language," El Chico Restaurant series 1988
• Speaker, "Body Language on the Business Site," Huntsville Optimists, Lions, and Huntsville Memorial Hospital 1988 - '89
• " Mrs. Sam Houston's Birthday Celebration," Director, Sam Houston Memorial Museum 1987
  Teacher, Huntsville Enrichment Activities Program, Creative dramatics for children, summers 1977 - '87
• Trainer, "Methods of Self Presentation," Argonauta Women's League, The Woodlands, Texas 1986
• Trainer, "Dressing Professionally Seminar" Huntsville Business and Professional Women 1986
• On-camera personality for video on local fine arts, Huntsville's 151st Birthday Celebration 1986
• Director/Trainer, "Acting Shakespeare," Mance Park Junior High School 1985
• " Winning in the Business World," trainer for Huntsville Rotary and Business and Professional Women of Conroe on separate occasions 1985
• " The Tremendously Terrific Children's Tent Shows," director of two productions for the Walker County Fair and Rodeo 1985
• Costume designer for original Huntsville Community Chorale 3 year annual production of Amahl and the Night Visitors 1981 - '84
• " Carl Sandburg, Director/producer of educational film developed gratis as a teaching aid at the request of Huntsville Independent School District 1972

State of Texas:

• U.I.L. One-Act Play Critic Judge 2002
• Adjudicator - Texas Junior College Theatre Festival 2002
• Adjudicator for One-Act Play Critique Workshop, Madison High School, San Antonio 1998, 2000
• Narrator on-camera and script editor for "Elements of Theatre," a video on the eight essential elements, which is used in many Texas high schools 1997 - present
• Host and supervisor for U.I.L. One-Act Play SuperConference (S.H.S.U. is one of only four sites for this event.) 1987 - present
• Founder, Supervisor and Adjudicator for U.I.L. One-Act Play Critique Workshop on S.H.S.U. campus which brings20 high school teams on campus annually and raises $2,000 for S.H.S.U. Theatre student scholarships 1981 - present
• Member of Texas Educational Theatre Association 1980 - present
• Contest Manager for Region III, 4A U.I.L. One-Act Play Contest 1978 - present
• Contest Manager for Region III, 3A U.I.L. One-Act Play Contest 1988 - '89
• Speaker at Texas Educational Theatre Convention annually 1984 - present
• Member of Texas University Interscholastic League Advisory Committee 1986 - '87
• Speaker at the Southwest Theatre conference, "Movement for the Performing Artist" 1985
• Speaker at State Thespian Convention, annually 1984 - '87
• Member of Texas Committee on Creative Dramatics 1983
• Adjudicator for various high school play workshops and in-service training teacher, and speaker for high school Career Day 1983 - present

PERSONAL

Maureen Virginia McIntyre is a native Texan whose roots run deep in the rich Texas soil. Born in Wharton, Texas, to Cap. Roy McIntyre and Marjorie Sledge McIntyre, Maureen and her family moved to San Benito in the Rio Grande Valley when Maureen was five. Her grandfather, E. H. Sledge planted much of the original cotton and citrus in the valley at Southmost Plantation.

Maureen had a wonderful childhood in scouting, Rainbow Girls, choirs, and she excelled scholastically. She was writing and performing in school plays and had chosen a life in the theatre by the eighth grade when her family moved to Houston. There she attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School where she was an active thespian, won state acting honors, scholastic honors and graduated as Salutatorian.

Maureen became a theatre major at the University of Texas in 1962, receiving a B.F.A. in Drama Education in 1967 and taught drama at Robert E. Lee High School in Houston. Her program flourished and won awards, but she returned to the University of Texas in 1968 to pursue graduate studies. Every summer from 1965-69 she was Director of the Victoria, Texas Summer Theatre. Maureen received an M.F.A. in Theatre Production in 1970. She began teaching costuming and creative dramatics at Sam Houston State University. Two years later, at her request, she was reassigned to teach her first loves, acting and directing. She has created new classes in Advanced Theatre Speech, Stage Dialects, Acting for the Camera and Period Acting Styles. Her passion for teaching and directing has never diminished. She has been honored by her peers on the state and local level. (See Awards and Honors.) However, she was most honored to be named Texas Educational Theatre Association Theatre Educator of the Year/Colleges and Universities, 1993.

Maureen is married to Burton L. Aber and says she has "the best husband, the best job and the best theatre students in Texas!"