Zachary Bortot, M.F.A.

Prior to his time at CBU Professor Bortot served as the Artistic Director for BIOLA University's Theatre Program, as well as the Director of Development for the Chicago based non-profit Christian theatre company, Honest Theatre. In his career he has spent years working as an actor, director, producer, fight director, writer, and instructor in a variety of locales and venues in the U.S., both on stage and screen. He recently starred as King Hal in Henry V for the Courtyard Shakespeare Festival. This spring he is directing Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will at CBU. You can see him next as Sebastian in Rebel Run Studio’s science-fiction film adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

He earned his M.F.A. in Acting at Regent University in 2012, and his B.F.A. in Theatre (Performance Emphasis) at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2008. Research interests include Theatre of Cruelty and the application of augmented and virtual reality in the performing arts.

Zach resides in Riverside with his wife, Beka, and their Snowshoe Siamese, Momo.

THE 133 - Acting for All Majors
THE 163 - Production Practicum: Performance
THE 183 - Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting
THE 223 - Movement for Actors
THE 230 - Acting for the Camera I
THE 232 - Story Structure & Analysis
THE 283 - Acting II: Scene Study
THE 320 - Stage Combat
THE 330 - Acting for the Camera II
THE 332 - Theatre History I
THE 342 - Theatre History II
THE 353 - Directing I
THE 363 - Production Practicum: Performance
THE 383 - Acting III: Shakespeare & Style of Performance
THE 399 - Independent Study
THE 424 - Scriptwriting
THE 441 - Auditioning & the Business of Performances
THE 450/1 - Internship in Theatre
THE 463 - Production Practicum: Performance
THE 483 - Acting IV: Departures from Realism
THE 498 - Capstone Portfolio

Theatre of Cruelty
Application of augmented and virtual reality in the performing arts
Faith Integration in Theatrical Practice

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