Sessional teaching 2024W – Theatre Studies Program

Sessional teaching 2024W – Theatre Studies Program

Posted: April 29, 2024

The Theatre Studies program, within the Department of Theatre and Film, is pleased to advertise openings for the 8 instructional months (September 2024 to April 2025) of the upcoming academic session, 2024W. The Theatre Studies BA program offers first to fourth year courses leading to Honours, Major, and Minor degree options.

Preference will be given to applicants with a Ph.D. in Theatre and experience in teaching at the college or university level, but applicants without a Ph.D. who are ABD will also be considered.  An excellent teaching record based on relevant experience in theatre studies or related courses is required. In your cover letter, you should indicate the range of courses that you are able to teach. *Applicants interested in teaching THTR 440B must provide a sample syllabus.

Sample syllabi for other courses are optional.

We expect to fill the following courses:

  • THTR 120-001 Introduction to Theatre (Term 1)
  • THTR 120-002 Introduction to Theatre (Term 2)
  • THTR 211-001 Drama: Forms and Ideas II (Term 2)
  • THTR 310-001 Theory of Drama Performance (Term 1)
  • THTR 325B-001 History of Canadian Theatre (Term 1)
  • THTR 440B-001 Topics in Theatre (Term 1)*

Courses are expected to be taught in person and instructors must be living in BC to be eligible to work.

Applicants should include with their letter of application:

  • curriculum vitae (detailing post-secondary teaching experience)
  • names and contact emails of three referees

Please apply directly through our online portal here.

Deadline for applications: May 23, 2024 @ 5pm PST

All positions are subject to availability of funds and will be governed by UBC’s “Agreement on Conditions of Appointment for Sessional Lecturers.” The minimum salary for 2024W will be $9559.11 per 3-credit course. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 

Sessional teaching 2024W – Cinema Studies Program

Posted: April 29, 2024

The Cinema Studies program, within the Department of Theatre and Film, is pleased to advertise openings for the 8 instructional months (September 2024 to April 2025) of the upcoming academic session, 2024 W. The Cinema Studies BA program offers first to fourth year courses leading to Honours, Major, and Minor degree options.

Preference will be given to applicants with a Ph.D. and experience in teaching at the college or university level, but applicants without a Ph.D. who are ABD will also be considered. An excellent teaching record based on relevant experience in cinema studies or related courses is required. In your cover letter, you should indicate the range of courses that you are able to teach. You may provide sample syllabi.

We expect to staff the following courses:

  • CINE 100-001 Introduction to Cinema Studies (Term 1)
  • CINE 100-003 Introduction to Cinema Studies (Term 2)
  • CINE 240-001 Media Industries (Term 2)
  • CINE 331-002 Studies in Film Theory (Term 1)
  • CINE 332-001 Studies in Genre or Period (Term 2)
  • CINE 334-001 Seminar in Documentary (Term 1)

Courses are expected to be taught in person and instructors must be living in BC to be eligible to work.

Applicants should include with their letter of application:

  • Curriculum vitae (detailing post-secondary teaching experience)
  • Evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g.: sample teaching evaluations)
  • Names and contact emails of three referees

Please apply directly through our online portal here.

Deadline for applications: May 23, 2024 @ 5pm PST

All positions are subject to availability of funds and will be governed by UBC’s “Agreement on Conditions of Appointment for Sessional Lecturers.” The minimum salary for 2024W will be $9559.11 per 3-credit course. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 

Teaching Assistantships for 2024/2025 Academic Session

Posted April 29, 2024

The Department of Theatre and Film aims to appoint part-time Teaching Assistants from among the MA/MFA/Phd students to assist in the following courses:

Theatre Studies Courses

  • THTR 120: Introduction to Theatre. Lecture Term 1.
There is a total of 2 positions available (at 50%)
  • THTR 120: Introduction to Theatre. Lecture Term 2.
There is a total of 2 positions available (at 50%)
  • THTR 210: Drama: Forms and Ideas I. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 3 positions available (at 50%)
  • THTR 211: Drama: Forms and Ideas II. Lecture Term 2. There is a total of 3 positions available (at 50%)

Cinema and Media Studies Courses 

  • CINE 100-001, CINE 100-003, CINE-004: Introduction to Cinema Studies. Term 1 and Term 2. There is a total of 9 positions available (at 50%).
  • CINE 220-002: Hollywood Cinema 1930-1960. Lecture Term 2. There is a total of 3 positions available (at 50%)
  • CINE 240-001: Media Industries. Lecture Term 1. There is one position available (at 50%)
  • CINE 240-002: Media Industries. Lecture Term 2. There is one position available (at 50%)
  • CINE 300-001: Cult Cinema. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 2 positions available (at 50%)
  • CINE 340-001: Media Audiences. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 1 position available (at 50%)

Theatre/Film Courses

  • THTR 150A: Introduction to Production. Lecture/Lab Term 1.  There is a total of 1 position available (at 50%)
  • THTR 245: Play-Interpretation and Production-Analysis. Lecture/Lab Term 1. There is a total of one position available (at 50%)
  • THTR 205A: Graphics for Theatre and Film Design. Lecture/Lab Term 1. There is a total of 2 positions available (at 25%)
  • FIPR 101: Introduction to the History of Film Production. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 1 position available (at 50%)
  • FIPR 131: Introduction to Screen Acting. Studio Term 2. There is a total of 2 positions available (at 50%)
  • FIPR 133-001: Introduction to Film and Media Production. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 1 position available (at 25%)
  • FIPR 230-001: Introduction to Motion Picture Directing. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 2 positions available (at 25%)
  • FIPR 234-001: Production Planning and Professional Practices. Lecture Term 1. There is a total of 2 positions available (at 25%)

To apply for any of these positions, please submit your application materials through the Department of Theatre and Film application portal here. Deadline for applications is May 23, 2024 by 5pm PST.

Please note that the above listed TA positions are dependent on Department of Theatre and Film budget approval. Some positions will be appointed at 50% (half time) or 25% (quarter time) and will have their duties and salaries adjusted accordingly.

Qualifications: At a minimum, the applicant will have a BA/BFA degree or its equivalent, with academic and/or professional experience. The applicant must have a solid knowledge of theatre history, film studies or film production, depending on the course for which they are applying.  Students cannot always be assigned to the course that is their first choice, and so it is helpful to provide a range of courses for which you feel equipped to TA.

Duties: TAs may be required, at a minimum, to mark, attend classes, lead seminars, advise students, supervise production labs, hold office hours, give demonstrations and on occasion provide instruction in the courses they have been assigned to.

Hours of work: Varies by course. The average is 12 hours per week for 26 weeks (384 hours) for a full TA position. Please note that TA positions can range from 25% to 100% and hours are scaled accordingly.

Salary

Masters Students: GTA 2 $37.53/hour (as of Sept 1, 2023)

Doctoral Students: GTA 1 $38.99/hour (as of Sept 1, 2023)

Undergraduate Students: UTA 1 $25.63/hour (as of Sept 1, 2023)

Application: A letter of application including your curriculum vitae, all contact information, your year of study, and experience in the discipline that you wish to apply. Please indicate whether you are a full–time or part–time student and whether you hold a degree in another field of study at a Masters level or higher.

Deadline for applications is May 23, 2024 by 5pm PST

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

Ripley Twardzik Ching

(She/Her)
BFA Acting

Ripley is a Singaporean-Canadian actor and BFA graduate. She strives to create unity and empower others to do the same through her work. Recent projects include UBC’s Saint Joan of The Stockyards (Martha), Concord Floral (6/Nearly Wild), The Birds (Hummingbird), and The (Un)usual Suspects (Mr. Green), and Bleed Through Theatre’s independent initiative Loose Assemblage as an actor and choreographer.

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

The depth of creative and personal relationships that I’ve formed with my colleagues and dear friends. Witnessing our growth as artists and performers over these short years has been a gift.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

Collaborative projects that inspire love amidst difficulty and pain. Work that is accessible for, and interacts directly with communities and individuals. Art as a tool for social action and transformation. I hope to expand my repertoire to include the full creative process, including writing, directing and designing.

Check out Ripley’s work here:

Talia Peck

(She/Her)
BFA Acting

Talia Peck is an actor originally from Eugene, Oregon, who is now based in Vancouver. Her love for storytelling began from a young age through her very-well-put-together childhood YouTube channel and youth theatre. Her most recent work includes TomorrowLove (Rylan), Concord Floral (Forever Irene), Some Old Farce (Tatyana), and helping devise and perform in this year’s Naked Cinema project.

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

Being surrounded by the creativity and passion of my friends has been the highlight of my time at UBC. I have learned so much about both myself as a person and as an artist through the incredible work of those around me. I don’t think I would be the performer I am today if it weren’t for my peers and the light and laughter they brought to our shared space.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

In addition to pursuing my love of acting, I want to write and direct my own films. I have always had snippets of stories running around in my head, and the process of creating Naked Cinema really opened my eyes to how improvised scene work can be used to bring them to life.

What is your dream role?

I would love to be in a period piece one day. When they inevitably do another remake of Pride and Prejudice in five years, I will be the first in the metaphorical line (because everything is online now).

What are some of your special skills?

I have basic horseback riding skills (I’m a retired horse girl), basic contact improvisation and singing, basic stage combat training, and can speak intermediate Spanish.

Who would you most like to have dinner with?

Greta Gerwig! She is such an incredible writer, director, actor, and all-around genius. Her films are part of the reason why I decided to pursue acting in the first place, seeing Little Women in theatres literally changed my life.

Check out Talia’s work here:

 

Nico Pante

(He/They)
BFA Acting

Nico Pante is an artist from “Vancouver” and a founding member of Bleed Through Theatre. He loves creating and telling enrapturing stories. Nico is interested in the absurd and experimental; his work takes form as post-dramatic, clown, and devised performance. Anti-oppressive practices ground his work. Performance is exciting and essential as it has immense connective and transformative possibilities.

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

Devising and creating with my cohort. The artists I have met – actors, designers, and technicians – have been fundamental to my learning, growth, and creative individuation. My cohort and I began our 2nd year by devising work on a near-daily basis; this propelled me further into establishing a devising practice and following the passion I have for playful and curious work.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

In the coming years I will continue writing, devising, directing, and performing with my collective – Bleed Through Theatre. I will focus on uplifting trans and queer voices in my work. Theatre performance will remain central to my work; I will explore new facets of form and how theatre can be reinvigorated. I will also work elastically, creating performance for a wide variety of ages and genres.

Who is your favourite playwright?

Sarah Kane.

What are some of your special skills?

Red nose clowning, devising, playing violin, speaking French and Italian.

Check out Nico’s work here:

Belle Nightingale

(She/Her)
BFA Acting

Belle Nightingale is a 4th year actor from Kent, England. She began loving acting when she realized it gave her the chance to be someone she usually isn’t. Works include Lennox in St Joan of the Stockyards (Jacob Zimmer), Rosa in Concord Floral (Arthi Chandra), Miss White in The Unusual Suspects (Susan Bertoia), and Diana in Pericles (Michael Corbidge). She was also featured in Naked Cinema X.

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

Moving to Canada has been the biggest dream come true, just getting to see the mountains and the ocean every day never fails to make me happy.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

I’d love to collaborate with some of my pals within the next few years, maybe on some short films? Beyond that, I’d love to get into the Film industry in Canada, and while I never imagined myself doing much film or TV work in England as it never used to appeal to me, but recently more British content has been coming out that I’m very interested in, so there’s a lot to explore!

What is your dream role?

Something like Meredith Grey from Grey’s Anatomy! Or a similar kind of show. Or an assassin. Or a spy. Someone mysterious is always fun.

Who is your favourite playwright?

Ella Hickson! She’s written some excellent plays that accompanied me well during many of my own coming-of-age moments.

What are some of your special skills?

My two favourite party tricks to pull out are my very bendy joints, and my go-to Californian accent. If we mean “real” skills, I grew up horse riding and skiing, and I’m not too shabby at playing video games either.

Who would you most like to have dinner with?

If Princess Diana was still around, oh the questions I’d have for her.

Check out Belle’s work here:

Abigail Millson

(She/They)
BFA Acting

Abigail Millson is a Vancouver based actor and future director. Her acting endeavors began with competing in the Canadian Improv Games, training at Moving Art and ImprovU; as well as producing shows with Yikes Comedy. Some of her past work includes; The Wolves: #25, Loose Assemblage: Mom, Naked Cinema X: Natalie, Concord Floral: 8/Fox & Tomorrow Love: Lane.

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

The Wolves was the acting highlight of my time in the BFA. That show stretched me as an artist & inspired my love for collaborative art making. Travelling to FITS in Romania, witnessing (insane) European theatre has inspired my need to direct & push the buttons of Canadian theatre. Watching my cohort grow & evolve in their own art has taught me more than anything else in the past four years.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

After the process of Naked Cinema I am itching to pursue film in the future. I also see myself creating and directing my own work. As I leave UBC I am eager to enter the world with my own creative voice at the forefront of the art I make.

What is your dream role?

I don’t have a dream role specifically but I would love to be in any film by A24 or Greta Gerwig.

What are some of your special skills?

Improv, contact improv dance, sketch comedy writing, singing, poetry writing, yoga, basketball, alpine ski racing (certified instructor).

Who would you most like to have dinner with?

I would take 10 year old me and 70 year old me out for ice cream (we aren’t the dinner types). I think we would all get along great!

Check out Abigail’s work here:

Yi Ming Liu

(She/Her)
BFA Acting

Yi Ming (she/her) is in her final year as a UBC BFA Acting student. Her recent devised work include, The Yoko Ono Cult at What Lab’s ExP and Naked Cinema X. She also appeared in UBC’s productions of Concord Floral (Arthi Chandra), The Wolves (Leora Morris) and The (Un)usual Suspects (Susan Bertoia). She will appear in UBC’s upcoming production of Saint Joan of the Stockyards (Jacob Zimmer).

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

There are too many highlights to count, from Commedia to Shakespeare to training like a soccer team for The Wolves and all the long hours in the studio but the one common factor is the raddest, baddest flock of people I get to work with every day to share these moments with.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

Aside from my goals of working as an actor in both theatre and film as well as animation, I’m drawn towards the creation process of writing and devising works. An ambition of mine is to synthesize my disciplines in visual arts with acting and theatre-making to create unique multimedia performance experiences.

What is your dream role?

My current *pipe* dream role is Hamlet.

What are some of your special skills?

I can chirp so well, you might think I was raised by birds.

Who would you most like to have dinner with?

Whoever built the pyramids maybe.

Check out Yi Ming’s work here:

Evie Hamilton

(She/Her)
BFA Acting

Evie Hamilton is a passionate artist who is driven by the desire to explore humanity and connection through storytelling. Evie has completed her training, as well as 5 productions with UBC. Other notable credits include: Clay and Paper Theatre’s Animal Nature, Crane Creations Theatre’s summer ensemble, and Soulpepper Theatre’s City Youth Academy.

What was one of the highlights of your UBC experience?

The highlight of my UBC experience has been spending each day learning from and growing with my incredible cohort. The collaboration that we have fostered makes every day and every lesson a joy, and everything I’ve learned as an artist has been propelled by the constant support and expansive perspective that they offer.

What kind of creative work do you see yourself doing in the next few years?

In the next few years I see myself acting in both theatre and film, as well as creating my own art and theatre that moves me.

What is your dream role?

I don’t think I have one specific dream role, I’ve found something dreamy in every character I’ve played!

Who is your favourite playwright?

Daniel MacIvor.

What are some of your special skills?

I love to write, and I like to sing and play some basic guitar. I also do an absolutely stellar cartwheel.

Who would you most like to have dinner with?

80 year old me, I’m sure she’d have some pressing things to tell me.

Check out Evie’s work here: