Rodger D. Sorensen

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Rodger D. Sorensen, 2008.

Rodger D. Sorensen came to Brigham Young University in 1996. He is an Associate Professor of Theatre and Media Arts, and serves as Department Chair. Before coming to BYU, he taught at College of Eastern Utah, 1974-1979; and at Ricks College (BYU-Idaho), 1979-96, serving as Department Chair for ten years. He completed his doctorate at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1999. His dissertation is entitled Alchemy, Nature, and Time in 'Pericles' and 'The Winter's Tale'.

Sorensen has directed over a hundred theatre productions, including premieres of original scripts, adaptations of his own devised pieces, a range of interdisciplinary projects, many operas, musicals, dramas, and comedies. He worked every summer on the Hill Cumorah Pageant near Palmyra, New York, from 1978 to 2004, serving as Artistic Director from 1997. Sorensen specializes in teaching directing theory and practice for the stage. He has also taught introduction to theatre, all aspects of acting, Readers Theatre, forensics, and public speaking.

Over the years he has been a mentor to many students including filmaker T. Ryan Little.

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