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Dr. Justin P. Cowan<\/strong>\u00a0(Department Chair, Associate Professor<\/em>)\u00a0<\/i>has many areas of expertise including Musicianship for Musical Theatre, Musical Theatre History, Musical Theatre Performance, Audition Techniques\/Vocal Coaching for Musical Theatre, and Stage Directing.\u00a0 He is also an accomplished Musical Director, holding a DMA in Conducting with a Cognate in Stage Direction from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, as well as undergraduate and masters degrees in Voice and Conducting, respectively.<\/p>\n As a Musical Director\/Conductor, credits include: NY Regional:\u00a0West Side Story, The Producers, Hairspray, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun<\/i>. Other Regional:\u00a0Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George\u00a0<\/i>(North Carolina Summer Rep). \u00a0Damn Yankees, Avenue Q, Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Legally Blonde, How To Succeed…\u00a0<\/i>(Ocean State Theatre Company).\u00a0 South Pacific, Man of La Mancha, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Dirty Blonde, A Christmas Carol<\/i>\u00a0(Triad Stage).\u00a0 [Title of Show], The Fantasticks<\/i>\u00a0(Florida Repertory Theatre).\u00a0The Drowsy Chaperone, Annie, The Great American Trailer Park Musical\u00a0<\/i>(Maples Repertory Theatre).\u00a0 Always\u2026Patsy Cline, Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow\u00a0<\/i>(Florida Studio Theatre). \u00a0Little Shop Of Horrors, Something\u2019s Afoot, A Grand Night For Singing<\/i>\u00a0(The Schoolhouse Theatre).\u00a0\u00a0Into the Woods, The Secret Garden\u00a0<\/em>(Gallery Players).\u00a0Caroline, or Change, Heathers, Hairspray, Into the Woods, Monty Python\u2019s: Spamalot, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, A Year With Frog And Toad, Dani Girl, Cabaret\u00a0<\/i>(UNCG School of Theatre).\u00a0 Church Basement Ladies, Are We There Yet?. The Winter Wonderettes\u00a0<\/i>(Prather Entertainment Group). \u00a0Little Women<\/em> (The University of Alabama).\u00a0Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ain\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019, Das Barbec\u00fc, Songs For A New World, The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee<\/i>\u00a0(BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theatre).<\/p>\n NYC concerts include:\u00a0Dream a Little Dream with Hamilton’s Deon’te Goodman\u00a0<\/em>(54 Below) and\u00a0An Evening with\u00a0<\/em>D’Archangelis and Horneff<\/em>\u00a0(Greenroom 42).<\/p>\n International Conducting: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade<\/em>\u00a0(Bohuslav Martin\u016f Philharmonic Orchestra<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span>Krom\u011b\u0159\u00ed\u017e<\/span> Castle in <\/span>Krom\u011b\u0159\u00ed\u017e<\/span>, Czech Republic).<\/span><\/p>\n As a Producer\/Director, Dr. Cowan previously served as the Artistic Director for the\u00a0Herb Strauss Theatre<\/i>\u00a0on Sanibel Island, FL as well as the Founding Artistic Director of\u00a0North Carolina Summer Rep<\/i>, a professional theatre in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.<\/p>\n Additional directing credits include:\u00a0Allegro (Upcoming), Melancholy Play, a chamber musical, Hedda Freeman: a contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler\u00a0<\/em>(WCSU),\u00a0The Santaland Diaries <\/em>(Paperlantern Theatre),\u00a0<\/em>A New Brain,<\/em> Melancholy Play, a chamber musical, <\/em>T<\/em>he Piano Lesson\u00a0<\/em>(University of NC-Greensboro).<\/p>\n More information about Dr. Cowan can be found at ConductorCowan.com<\/a> and\/or DirectorCowan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contact Information<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\nDr. Justin P. Cowan, Chair
\nDepartment of Theatre Arts
\n203-837-8476
\ncowanj@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n