Neil Scharnick

• Assistant Professor of Theatre

Neil Scharnick, '99, joined the Carthage faculty in 2004 after serving as Assistant Coordinator for Distance Education Academic Services at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill. Prior to that post, he was general business manager for Acacia Theatre Company in Milwaukee and interim director of the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center. He earned his B.A. in both Religion and Communication & Performing Arts from Carthage in 1999, and his M.A. in Theatre from Northwestern University in 2001. He is currently A.B.D. in pursuit of his Ph.D. in Theatre Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Neil has presented his work at the annual conferences of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and the Association for Asian Performance.  He is also a member of Christians in Theatre Arts (CITA).

Prof. Scharnick teaches Play Reading & Analysis and the cycle of theatre history courses.  He also teaches Ensemble & Experimental Acting and directs one production each season.  Past Carthage productions include Brian Friel's Translations, David Auburn's Proof, G.B. Shaw's Arms and the Man, Jean-Claude van Itallie and Joseph Chaikin's The Serpent, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mohan Rakesh's One Day in the Season of Rain, and Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone.

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate — Theatre Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.A. — Theatre, Northwestern University
• B.A. — Religion, Communication & Performing Arts, Carthage College

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