Paul Kassel
Associate Professor/ Head of Performance
Area: Acting, Performance, Directing
Personal Web page
Office: CT 110
Phone: (845) 257-3624
E-mail: kasselp@newpaltz.edu
Office Hours:
Monday/Wednesday 3 - 4 PM
Tuesday/Thursday 12- 1 PM
Courses:
Bio:
Paul heads the Performance area at SUNY New Paltz, teaching all levels of acting and directs plays. His book, Acting: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of Playing, was published by Allyn & Bacon in April 2006. His most recent role was "Serge" in Art, produced by New Paltz Summer Rep, for which he also directed Marry Me a Little. Previous to that he played "Uncle Peck" in How I Learned to Drive, produced by the Long Island Play Project at Stony Brook. In the summer of 2002, he played "Gabe" in Dinner with Friends and Dr.Kelekian in Wit at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre. In the fall of 2002, he adapted and directed Asylum Theatre Company's production of what remains: long island voices of 9/11. In September 2001 appeared as "He" in Taller--the inaugual production of Asylum Theatre Company, of which Paul is a founding member. For the Department of Theatre Arts, Paul directed A Flea in Her Ear in February 2005, and Anything Goes in October 2005. This Fall he will appear as "Caldwell Cladwell" in the Department's production of Urinetown: The Musical.
Paul received his M.F.A. in Performance from the Florida State/Asolo Conservatory of Professional Actor Training. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors' Guild, and a member of the following professional organizations: Voice and Speech Teachers Associations, Association for Theatre Movement Educators, Society for Stage Directors and Choreographers, and The Florida Project - a network of professional theatre artists from Florida State University.
