David currently directs the four productions each season
(he has passed his 70th) as well as teaches classes in acting,
improvisation, voice, Introduction to Theatre, History of Film and others. He received an MFA in acting
from UC Davis, an MA in Drama from San Diego State and a BA in Drama from CSU
Sacramento. He has performed professionally in the Bay Area with theatres
such as Berkeley Repertory, Marin Theatre Company and Shakespeare San
Francisco and more recently played Quentin in Arthur
Miller's After the Fall as a guest artist at San Joaquin Delta College,
Valmont in Les Liaisons
Dangereuses and Bob in Beyond Therapy at the Boathouse Theatre
and was able to perform at the historic Piper's Opera House in Virginia
City playing the Doctor in Sondheim's Passion. Dave also co-wrote, produced and directed
three original full length musicals with Music Director Mark Williams;
Beauty,
a standard book musical,
Guilty Pleasures
a Tahoe oriented musical review and
Lysistrata's War,
a rock opera based on the ancient Greek play Lysistrata. Lysistrata's
War was performed by the college at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
summer 2005, where it received 3 and 4 star reviews and will perform at
the fringe Festival in Victoria B.C. summer 2008.
As an instructor, Dave has been very
involved in the issues of college teaching. He has attended the Great
Teacher’s Seminar and Berkeley Institute for teaching as well as other
teaching and learning workshops. He is a certified Instructional Skills
Workshop facilitator, and also conducts other workshops for the college.
In 2002 David received the National Institute for Staff and Organizational
Development (NISOD) award of excellence for teaching. He has been involved
with the California Educational Theatre Association as both an officer and
board member and also received the 2002 award for theatre educator
of the year from the northern division. In 2001 he started a summer theatre institute at LTCC to help
participants become better theatre teachers.
Phone: (530) 541-4660 Ext. 240
e-mail:
Hamiltonda@LTCC.edu
LTCC Theatre
Department
