Betty Bernhard
Acting / Directing
Bbernhard@pomona.edu
#213 (909) 607-4378

Professor Betty Bernhard has taught a range of theatre courses including acting at all levels, directing, women playwrights, senior seminar, terrorism and theatre,and theatre for social change. She has five videos in distribution on aspects of both folk and classical Indian theatre based on her frequent research trips throughout India and her productions of Sanskrit plays in English at Pomona done in collaboration with veteran Indian artists Her play productions include Shakespeare, a wide range of contemporary work, musical theatre, opera, and original devised class projects. As a two-time Fulbright scholar to India, she lectured on American theatre and directed five plays including Big Love for the School of Drama in Thrishur, Kerala in Malayalam. She is looking forward to directing it this year in English at Pomona. Betty is a frequent presenter at conferences in Australia, Amsterdam, Hawaii, Montreal, Pakistan, India, and in the United States. She was a student of Kristin Linklater (voice),Herbert Blau (performance theory),and Augusto Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed (Augusto Boal). She is an avid theatergoer and loves to travel.