Davis Rider Robinson
Associate Professor of Theater
Spring 2008
- Production and Performance (DANCE 195)
- Acting II: Physical Theater (THEAT 225)
- Advanced Independent Study in Theater (THEAT 401)
| Phone | (207) 725-3424 |
| Title | Associate Professor of Theater |
| Department | THEATER AND DANCE |
| Work Location | 604 Memorial Hall |
| drobinso@bowdoin.edu |
Education
B.A., Hampshire
M.F.A., Boston University
Davis Robinson teaches acting, directing, and courses in Theater Styles, Comedy, Improvisation, Ensemble Theater, and Shakespeare. He has worked professionally as an actor and director around New England for over twenty years in film, television, and on stage. He often directs for The Shakespeare Theater at Monmouth, most recently Antony and Cleopatra, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Arsenic and Old Lace. In 2007 he was movement coach for the world premiere of Leslie Epstein’s King of the Jews in Boston. Recent shows for Bowdoin include Babes In Arms, Enemy of the People, Angels In America, and the upcoming Measure for Measure.
He trained in Paris with Jacques LeCoq, and is particularly interested in movement-based theater, re-discovered American classics, and the creation of original work. 
For several years he worked closely at Emerson College with renowned voice teacher Kristin Linklater. He is also founder and director of the award-winning Beau Jest Moving Theater with whom he acts, writes, directs, and tours nationwide, including runs Off-Broadway and appearances at Lincoln Center and the Picollo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. His book The Physical Comedy Handbook was published by Heinemann in 1999. Davis studied movement and improvisation for many years with Tony Montanaro at the Celebration Barn Theater, where he continues to teach workshops most summers.