Marion, Thomas

Marion, Thomas

Assistant Professor
Performing and Fine Arts

Phone: 718-262-3705
Office Location: AT-105 (Performing Arts Center)
tmarion@york.cuny.edu
http://www.tommarion.net

Office Hours
W	12-1
Th	12-1
F	12-1

Areas of Expertise

Poetic and rhetorical text communication
Voice and Speech Production
Acting

Articles in Field Of Expertise

Marion, T.. "Lunch-talk, Part 1: The Glottis, Driving Pressures, & Bernoulli’s Big But." Voice & Speech Review. 8:2 2014: 179-198.

Reviews in Field Of Expertise

"Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism" Spring 2015: 179-181.

 

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances

" Live, Laugh, Love, Cry! The Poetry of Lindamichellebaron (DIRECTION, CREATION), in conjunction with P.S. 176Q " Oct 23-27, 2015: York College.

" Out of the Past (ACTOR) " July-Sept 2015: 4 performances in Manhattan and upstate tour.

" The Puzzle Box (ACTOR) " June 19+20 2015: Les Sage Fous et Saison de theatre insolite, Tois Rivieres, Quebec.

" Phonetic Pillows: Thought in Action (WORKSHOP PRESENTER) " March 7, 2015: SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference) 66th Annual Convention - Chattanooga,TN.

" A Sense of Direction (LECTURER) " March 3, 2015: NAfME (National Association for Music Education) at York College.

" As You Like It (TEXT COACH, ACTOR) " July 21-Aug 10, 2014: 8 performances with Camden Shakespeare Festival (also, company Speech and Text Coach).

" A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, a co-production with The Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center (DIRECTOR) " May 2 - May 11, 2014: York College.

" Tuskegee Airmen Project (WRITER; EDITOR) " Oct. 25 - 29, 2013: York College.

" 12th Night (TEXT COACH, ACTOR) " July 20-Aug 8, 2013: 8 performances with Bath Shakespeare Festival / also, company voice and speech coach.

" Salamanticus (ACTOR) " July 20-Aug 8, 2013: 8 performances with Ziggurat Theatre Company, Maine.

" A Flea In her Ear (TRANSLATOR/DIRECTOR) " Dec 4 - 12, 2012: York College.

" Communication from a Cockroach: Archy and the Underside (ACTOR) " July - Sept 2012: 6 performance in Manhattan and upstate tour.

" Presentational Voice (WORKSHOP PRESENTER) " June 1, 2012: The 41st Annual Voice Symposium: Care for the Professional Voice presented by the Voice Foundation & The American College of Surgeons. Philadelphia, PA.

" HeartBEAT (Creator/DIRECTOR) " Mar 11 - 16, 2012: York College.

" Prosody 400 Workshop (DIRECTOR) " February 6, 2012: Local269, 269 Houston St., NYC, NY.

" Macbeth R.I.P. by William Shakespeare (DIRECTOR) " Dec. 2 - 10, 2011: York College.

" Istwa! Storytime for a Small World, York College Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival (CREATOR/DIRECTOR) " Aug 12-27, 2011: Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., Manhattan, part of the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.

" The Old Boat Goddess - Songs of the Ainu (ACTOR) " July - Sept 2011: 7 performances in Manhattan and upstate tour.

" Charlie Victor Romeo, college world premier; in conjunction with CUNY Aviation Institute, featuring a forum with Persident Obama appointee Dr. Mark Rosekind of the National Safety Transit Board (DIRECTOR) " May 7 - 15, 2011: York College.

" Classroom Methods for Speech Training and Learning (WORKSHOP PRESENTER) " Feb. 10, 2011: York Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).

" Istwa! Storytime for a Small World, York College Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival (CREATOR/DIRECTOR) " Oct. 22 - 26, 2010: York College.

" The Women Who Fell from the Sky (ACTOR) " July - Sept 2010: 6 performance in Manhattan and upstate tour.

" The Tempest, in conjunction with The Learning Tree Multicultural School of Corona Queens (DIRECTOR/Mask Designer) " April 30 - May 8, 2010: York College.

" Fabulation, (DIRECTOR) " October 23 - 27, 2009: York College.

" Beyond the High Valley (ACTOR) " July - Sept 2009: 6 performance in Manhattan and upstate tour.

" The Exonerated (DIRECTOR) " March 27 - 31, 2009: York College.

" Speak Out, (CREATOR/DIRECTOR) " February 10, 2009: Bowery Poetry Club, Manahattan.

" Speak Out, (CREATOR/DIRECTOR) " Dec. 5 - 9, 2008: York College.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

CUNY Steward Travel Award Recipient (for 2012 The Voice Foundation's 41st Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, PA): March 2012.

Provost's Award for Student Research Engagement: April 19, 2012.

Grants-In-Aid

PSC CUNY Traditional-A, Langston Hughes in Harlem. February 2016: $3500.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service

Joint Simulation Day, York College School of Health, Department of Nursing (Departmental Liaison/ACTOR COACH): December 4, 2015.

Poster presentation at The 5th Annual Day of Assessment: October 11, 2012.

Poster presentation at 4th Annual Day of Assessment: Oct. 13, 2011.

Demonstration and poster display for CVR at 2nd Annual York College Student Research Day: April 13, 2011.

Shakespeare Workshop, for The Garden School of Jackson Heights, featuring cast members from York College production of The Tempest (Workshop Presenter): May 5, 2010.

Istwa! Storytime for a Small World (CREATOR/DIRECTOR): Toured to Public School 40, Jamaica, Queens: Dec. 10, 2010.

FORUM: "U.S. Criminal Justice & The Demon of Error," featuring Hon. William M. Erlbaum, NY Supremem Court Justice & Member of the City Bar Association Capital Punishment Committee, Elizabeth Webster from The Innoncence Project. (Principle Investigator/MODORATOR): March 27, 2009: York College.

DISCUSSION with 2009 Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage, collaborated with Cultural Diversity Program (Co-Sponsor/HOST): Oct. 23, 2009.

Provost sponsored special presentation of SPEAK OUT (Director/Creator), for Black History Month (Acedemic Core Bldg): Feb. 15, 2009.

Poster presentation at The 3rd Annual Day of Assessment: Oct. 12, 2010.