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Mark Rafael

Adjunct Professor

Biography

Mark Rafael has been a professional actor for the past 40 years. His Bay Area appearances include “Ted Kaczinski Killed People with Bombs”, “Schrodinger’s Girlfriend”, and Joe Goode’s “Body Familiar” for the Magic Theatre, and “The Best of Playgrounds 9, 11 & 27”, “Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes”, and “ReOrient Festival. He has also appeared regionally at Yale Repertory, American Stage, Wisdom Bridge, and Northlight Theatre, among others. Film and Television credits include “Titanic”, “Pushing Dead”, “Trauma”, “Star Trek Voyager”, “The Practice”, “Babylon 5”, and “Chance”. He has taught at the University of San Francisco for the past 22 years and is also on faculty at the American Conservatory Theatre, Academy of Art University, and the University of California, Berkeley.  His book, “Telling Stories, A Grand Unifying Theory of Acting Techniques”, is published by Smith and Kraus.

Expertise

  • Acting Shakespeare
  • Michael Chekhov technique
  • Stanislavski technique
  • Meisner technique

Research Areas

  • Theatre techniques
  • Emotion and memory

Education

  • Yale University, MFA in Acting, 1986
  • Brown University, BA in Theatre, 1983

Prior Experience

  • Adjunct Professor in Theatre, UC Berkeley
  • Instructor, American Conservatory Theatre
  • Instructor, Motion Picture & Television School, Academy of Art University

Awards & Distinctions

  • University of San Francisco, Steering Committee – Center for Teaching Excellence

Selected Publications

  • "The Actor’s Craft: Continuing Education for Bay Area Professionals” Article for Theatre Bay Area, 2017
  • "Stanislavski's System: The Missing Pole", Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, 2015
  • Telling Stories A Grand Unifying Theory of Acting Techniques, 2008 Smith & Kraus
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