Teaching
"Regardless of where you are in your professional development, David Coolidge can get you one step closer to your performance goals. With his unique approach, David treats every student with professionalism and respect and he pushes those he is training to exceed their own expectations. If you are a young person interested in the performing arts, I cannot recommend training with David Coolidge any higher."
Matthew Teague Miller
Artistic Director, Clinton Showboat Theatre
Education
M.F.A, Acting - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2014
B.F.A., Musical Theatre - Cincinnati College Conservator of Music, 2000
Certifications/Training
Certified Master Teacher, Archetypes for Singers and Actors, 2016
Intimacy Direction Workshop - Intimacy Directors International, 2019
Intimacy Direction for the Stage: 3-day Intensive, (March 2020)
Teaching Philosophy
Studio Courses
Acting 1: Improvization
Acting 2: Meisner Activity & Scene Study
Acting 3: Stanslavski Scene Study
Acting 4: Acting for the Camera
Musical Theatre Styles 1: Acting Through Song
Vocal Coaching, 1920-1960
Musical Theatre Styles 2: Acting Through Song
Vocal Coaching, 1960-present
Voice & Movement 1: Linklater
Voice & Movement 2: Laban & Archetypes
Audition Techniques
Directing 1
Academic Courses
Theatre Genres & Analysis: Script Analysis
Theatre History
Introduction to Musical Theatre Studies
Fundamentals of Acting
New Work/Devised/Student Driven
Workshop: Student Written/Directed Scenes
"New Works" Writing Group: Playwriting
Play Reading Series: Most Produced Plays
Lyric Theatre Workshop: Scene/Role Study
Senior Thesis Projects