City College of San Francisco
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Ann Fajilan B.F.A., University of California, San Diego; M.F. A., University of California, Davis |
Ms. Fajilan has taught at CCSF for the past seventeen years. She is a member of Actor's Equity Association and a recipient of the Kennedy Center's Excellence in Education Award.
She has directed, production/stage-managed for the Magic, Bay Area Playwright's Festival, Marin Theatre Company, Teatro Campesino, University of California, Davis, Chinese Culture Center, Soon 3, Teatro Ng Tauan, MIRA, Asian American Theatre, Garbeau's, Julian, Hillbarn, lesser mortals, Sanctified Tour, Joseph Chaikin, S.R.T. and the Santa Rosa Junior College.
She has taught Intro to Theatre, Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Acting, Production, Created Dramatics and Improvisation, Multicultural Theatre, Directing , Telecourse-Dramatic Literature and Modern Drama. She is concurrently on the faculty of the Theatre Department at California State University, East Bay.
She is the Producer/Director for the "Festival of American Playwrights of Color Serie" and the kid-friendly: "Celebration of Multicultural Folktales". She is currently focusing on Oral Histories and First Story.
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Susan J Jackson B.C.A., University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
Professor Jackson has been a teacher at CCSF since 1983.
Professor Jackson is a student advocate for acting (coaching) and directing (providing opportunities to mentor students to direct major productions). She has developed a playwrighting curriculum that incorporates playwrights, actors, and directors.
Professor Jackson has been an Actress with the highly acclaimed Pear Avenue Theatre Company, Palo Alto Players, Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, and Act Now! in Walnut Creek, portraying major roles that received high praise. She is an Adjudicator with the Kennedy Center-American College Theatre Festival. She is a Board Member of the Eugene O'Neill Foundation.
She was selected for WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN TEACHERS in 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Her extracurricular activities include jogging, painting and writing. She has published several short stories, poems and had several plays produced in the Bay Area.
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Jose L Leiva Theatre Arts Department |
B.A., University of San Francisco ; M.F.A. , Stanford University
Mr. Leiva has been teaching at CCSF for the past nineteen years. He has been faculty advisor to several student organizations, clubs and theatre groups at school and in the greater Bay Area.
"It is a privilege", Mr. Leiva says, "to be able to communicate ideas and knowledge about theatre. I try to encourage dialogue among students and from this dialogue to elicit as many questions as possible about the many disciplines that are related to theatre. My goal is to open the minds of students and to help them explore the world in many different ways through theatre."
Mr. Leiva's professional accomplishments include: playwright ("The Young and The Restless", "El Siguiente", "The Loss", "Cross-Eyed Butterfly" and "Chicle"); translator of nine plays from Spanish to English; director of plays at CCSF ("Man of La Mancha", "West Side Story", "Rashomon", "Arsenic and Old Lace", world premieres of the political drama "Tangoleando" and the musical "Frieda and Diego"); director of numerous plays in other venues, including "The Wizard of Oz" at the Fringe Festival in Edinburg, Scotland and the premiere of "What a Crime: Garcia-Lorca" at the MCCLA (Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts) in San Francisco. He is also in charge of the department's costumes and make-up section.
Mr. Leiva enjoys reading (science-fiction, poetry, history and folkloric tales) drawing and painting. He likes to fish and explore parapsychological phenomena. In earlier years he worked as an archaeological technician at Tikal, Guatemala.
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David J Parr Mr. Parr has taught at CCSF for the past 22 years. |
He is a Bay Area actor and director. His credits include California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, Magic Theatre and TheatreWorks, among many others.
Mr. Parr is former Artistic Director, Eureka Theatre, Board Treasurer, Centralworks Theatre Company. He is also General Partner in Videosyncracy Productions and has produced documentaries in Nepal and Africa. 10 year Resident Director for the California Revels. He founded the City Summer Opera program at CCSF.
He is a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors' Equity Association, and the Screen Actors' Guild.
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Deborah A Shaw Ms. Shaw is a native San Franciscan who has been teaching at City College since 1987. She has also taught at San Jose City College, Cal State Hayward and the Asian American Theatre Center. |
Some of her directing credits include "A Chorus Line", "Godspell","Big River", "Bleacher Bums" and "Bad Habits". She has co-produced an independent feature film. Ms. Shaw is the recipient of the Peninsula Childrens Theatre Association Award. She is most proud of her two favorite projects, her daughters, Mia and Kaeli.
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Patrick A. Toebe BA Industrial Relations from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO MFA in Lighting and Scenic Design from San Francisco State University |
Prof. Toebe has been teaching at CCSF since 2006
Patrick has an extensive background in lighting and scenic design. His work has been seen across the United States and in Japan. His work includes lighting design for Theatre Flamenco (8 years), the World Institute on Disabilities (8 years), California Revels (7 years), Sacramento Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Alabama Ballet, Knoxville City Ballet, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Sierra Shakespeare Festival, Centre Repertory, and Solo Opera. He has created lighting and scenic designs for Theatre of Yugen, Foothill Theatre Company, Pacific Alliance Theatre Company, Summer Repertory Theatre, A.C.T.'s Junior Rep, Centre Repertory, and many more.
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Gloria M Weinstock Chair, Theater Arts Department Ms. Weinstock has taught at CCSF since 1978. |
She is a member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG).
Ms. Weinstock is well known to Bay Area theatre goers. She was a company member with the American Conservatory theatre for five years. She has also worked with theatre companies throughout the states. She was last seen as Annie in Lorraine Hansberry's Production of "A DANCE ON WIDOWS' ROW" by Sam Art Williams Her acting credits include "FENCES", "JOE TURNERS' COME AND GONE", "PIANO LESSON", "SEVEN GUITARS", "DUTCHESS OF MALFI", "FULL MOON", "MISS EVERS' BOYS", "KONVERGENCE", "FLYIN' WEST", "TOD ... THE BOY TOD", "THREE ACTS OF RECOGNITION", and "SUGAR MOUTH SAM DON'T DANCE NO MORE" and Paramount Production's film "JADE". As an administrator, Ms Weinstock was the founder and program director for Black Arts community Theatres United (BACTU), an international arts service organization. As a director, Ms Weinstock has two current productions touring the Bay Area: Jeff Stetson's "THE MEETING" - a fictitious meeting between Martin Luther king Jr. and Malcom X - and "THE CLITORIS CELEBRATION" by Sia Amma.
Ms. Weinstock is a member of the Council on Black American Affairs, The Bay Area Black Green room, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and Black Theatre Network. She serves on the boards of Global Women in Tack and the African-American Shakespeare Company.
She says that "One must be willing to fall down; get back up, and try it again, and again, and again."
Her extracurricular activities include painting, drawing, dancing, grooming and riding her horses, roller-blading, and play with her grandchildren.
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John R Wilk Mr. Wilk has taught at CCSF for sixteen years. His educational goals are inclusion, extending into the community, to empower students and train them for real world jobs (entry-level). |
Mr. Wilk is the author of "Creation of Ensemble, The First Year of the American Conservatory Theatre".
He has been involved in Multimedia Studies and SCANS.
In his spare time, he enjoys tennis and basketball coaching.