1998 Winner of the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award
for Distinctive and Innovative Contributions to Undergraduate Education at
Senior Lecturer, Emerita Drama,
e-mail: patryan@stanford.edu
Bachelor of Arts - 1964
Master of Arts - 1967 Wayne State University Theatre/Speech [attended 1966-68]
Completed all course work and languages toward Ph.D. Unpublished MA thesis: "Peter Brook- A Survey of His Directorial Achievements"
1970 -Southern
1971 -
1977 -Pennsylvania State University (Acting for the Camera)
1978 -Acting and Performance- a workshop with Joseph Chaikin
1979- Theatre Games - a workshop with InterAction of London
1980 -86 Tai Chi Chuan study with Chung Liang Huang of the Living Tao Foundation
1980 - The
This was funded by a grant from Stanford's
East Asian Studies
1982 -
1982 –
1983 -
1984 - Actor's International Workshop with YoshiOida in
1982-97 - Eleven workshops with Professor Keith Johnstone of the
1987 - Certification Training in Morita Guidance, Health Center Pacific, Maui, Hawaii (Japanese psychology) with Dr. David K. Reynolds
1988 - International Improvisation School- U. of Calgary with Professor Keith Johnstone( matching grant from Stanford H & S and Drama Dept.)
1988-1994 Shintaido (Japanese martial art) weekly classes in SF
1989-97 Bay Area Theatresports School of Improvisation - classes in Musical Theatre, Acting and Storytelling
2005 Private intensive workshop with Keith Johnstone- Half Moon Bay, California
2007 Introduction to Botanical Art and Perspective in Botanical Art - Filoli Gardens- Instructor, Catherine Watters
·1967-69 - Wayne State University - Graduate Teaching Assistant
·1968 - Detroit Cultural Enrichment Program (summer)
·1969-1975 Denison University - Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
·1975-77 Pennsylvania State University - Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting (Theatre Arts)
·1979-83 St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park - Lay Faculty Member teaching Homiletics (part time)
·1983-85 St. Joseph's College, Los Altos - Lay Faculty Member teaching Oral Interpretation (part time
·1977-2005 Stanford University - Senior Lecturer in Drama (9-12 courses per year) (Head of Undergraduate Acting)
·1989-present Stanford University - Continuing Studies Program -Faculty (65 courses taught)
·1997
Summer Stanford University - Continuing Studies Program
"Constructive Living: Common Sense Wisdom from
Japanese Roots" - a five week course
·1995-97 Faculty- Bay Area Theatresports Summer Improv School
·1999-present Esalen Institute - Faculty - Teaching weekend courses on "The Tao of Improvisation", "Constructive Living: Japanese Wisdom"
and "Improvising Your Life"
·2002 for the School of Engineering/Product Design Division (Stanford) "Design Improv" a ten week course on the creative process (Spring, 2002)
Workshops taught:
1992-2001 California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (
1992 Bay Area Theatresports Coaches "Teaching Improvisation" and "Playing with Difficult People"
1992 Apple Computers, Inc. "A Day
of
1993 Price Waterhouse, Inc. "A Day of Team Building and Spontaneity"
1993 Stanford School of Medicine Social Workers - "Team Building and Working Together"
1993 Stanford's Cowell Health Services - Mental Health Professionals In service lecture and workshop on the "Value of Improvisation to Mental Health"
1993 The Environmental Protection Agency "Team Building and Opening the Imagination" (for Creative Advantage)
1994 The California Institute of Integral Studies, SF - Master of Business Program - "Team Building and Problem Solving" for Professor Claude Whitmyer, Director of the MBA Program
1994 Stanford's Department of Product Design (School
of Mechanical Engineering) March, 1994 weekend intensive (EXPE) on "Creativity
and Improvisation" for corporate business groups. (An evening of Improvisation
and
1995 Vega Institute, (Oroville, CA) "Living Your Life to the Fullest- Constructive Living Principles for Cancer Patients" - a one day workshop
1995 California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology - Graduate Seminar on "Finding the Spontaneous Self - Creativity in Everyday Life" (Dr. Jill Mellick, sponsor)
1997 Hewlett Packard - Workshop on "Building Community in the Workplace" (offsite training)
1998 EXTEMPO Systems, Inc. (software company)- Six week course for employees on "Creating Characters Through Improvisation"
1998 Collaborative Economics - Workshop on Creativity and Team Building
1999 Digital Impact, Inc. - Workshop on Creativity and Team Building
1999-2002 Guest Lecturer- Mayfield Fellows- Stanford
2001 The Lucille and David Packard Foundation - Workshop on "Listening to Each Other - Spontaneity and Teamwork"
2001-2007 The Esalen
Institute,
1999-2004 Guest Lecturer “Creativity and Entrepreneurship”for Engineering 145
2003- May Keynote Speaker - Stanford Women's Health Initiative "Healthy Living Conference- Lake Tahoe" Topic: "Improvising Our Lives During Crazy Times"
2003 - September "A Day of Naikan Practice" A workshop led
for the Palo Alto Buddhist Women's Association
2004 - March - Keynote speaker "Spontaneous Living: Parenting,
the Ultimate Improvisation" for the Palo Alto Mothers' Symposium, Stanford University
2004- March - Plenary Presenter "Improvisation: Thinking INSIDE the
Box" for the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance
(NCIIA) San Jose, CA
2004 December - The Gap Leadership Team -offsite- Torrey Pines Lodge,
San Diego "Improvising: Tools for Rethinking Customer Service"
2006 Banff Centre for Leadership Studies - "The Leader as Improviser" Workshop for Design Symposium
2006 International Society for Performance Improvement - Plenary Speaker _ Improvising Our Performance: "Faking It or Making It Better?"
2006 Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Association of YMCA Professionals - Keynote speaker - "When You Need to Improvise"
2006 Konya, Turkey - Rumi Symposium - "Listening to Rumi: Advice for Everyday Life"
2006 Istanbul, Turkey - Creativity workshop for Intekno Group
2007 IDEO- Palo Alto - Improvisation workshops - "Play Opens the Mind"
2007 Carnegie Mellon West - Software Engineers Offsite Retreat - “The Magic of Teamwork: Making Your Partner Shine”
2007 The Woods Institute for the Environment - Stanford University - "Building a Creative Team"
2007 Health, Work and Wellness Conference Toronto, Canada "Making Friends with Chaos" Preconference Workshop
1963 UNTO THESE HILLS, (Outdoor Drama) Ashville, NC - Wilani (Leading role)
1964 THE LOST COLONY, (Outdoor Drama)
1967-69 Hilberry Classic Repertory Theatre, Detroit :(three years as an actress) representative roles include: Helena -A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, Lysistrata -LYSISTRATA, Maria- TWELFTH NIGHT, Lady Britomart- MAJOR BARBARA, Calpurnia- JULIUS CAESAR, Lucienne-A FLEA IN HER EAR
1972-73 Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder (two seasons) Paulina -THE WINTERS TALE, Olivia - TWELFTH NIGHT, Thaisa- PERICLES, Charmian- ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA
1974 -75 Timberlake Playhouse, Mt. Carroll, Illinois (two seasons) Mama Rose - GYPSY, Joanne - COMPANY, All roles -TWIGS
1975 Denison University Evy- THE GINGERBREAD LADY
1977 Pennsylvania State University - Helen-A TASTE OF HONEY
1977 The Nebraska Repertory Theatre (guest artist) Dolly Levi - THE MATCHMAKER, Maxine-THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, Fr. Schneider-CABARET
1978 Stanford University Department of Drama - Louise Rafi -THE SEA
1982 Stanford University Department of Drama - Goneril - KING LEAR, Directed by Goeffrey Reeves
1987 and 1993 Stanford University Office of Development - JANE STANFORD: The Idea of the University (a one woman show) directed by Professor Charles Lyons for the Cornerstone Celebration [Selections performed at inauguration of President Caspar]
1997 - Olga Knipper - "Readings from the Letters of Anton Chekhov" BROTHER CHEKHOV Continuing Studies Celebration (July)
1976
1969-75 Denison University (Fifteen Productions ) including - THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN, AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE, ANTIGONE, PATIENCE, and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
1978 Theatreworks , Palo Alto - THE GOODBYE PEOPLE
1980 and 1985 Stanford University THE MADNESS SHOW directed for Dr. Philip Zimbardo for presentation to Psychology I classes.
1990-present - The Stanford Improvisors
founder and coach. 30-40 performances per year and 20+ workshops led.
1970 Mansfield, Ohio - Industrial Management Club "Woman in a Man's World"
1974 Denison University "Woman and Financial Independence"
1974 Ohio Wesleyan University "On Directing for the Theatre"
1975 Ohio University "Chekhov's THE SEAGULL"
1985 Western Psychological Association "On Psychology and Drama-The Interface" a joint address with Professor Philip Zimbardo
1986 American Association of Drama Therapists, Antioch University "Psychology and Drama: Tools for Conscious Change" a joint address with Professor Philip Zimbardo
1987 The Nijubashi Society of San Francisco "The Oomoto Experience"
1989 Duke University - Asian Pacific Studies Institute - Triangle East Asia Colloquium "A Plain Talk about Two Eastern Therapies-Morita and Naikan: Common Sense from Japan" [I was the keynote speaker for the Fall Symposium on Buddhism and Psychotherapy]
1990 International Association of Morita Therapy (Japan) paper on "Morita Therapy for the Well: Towards a Superior Life" presented in April in Hammamatsu, Japan
(also published in the Journal of Morita Therapy, Vol. 1, No., October, 1990)
1990-2002 (yearly) "Improvisation: Open Your Mind" : a lecture and demonstration class - Stanford's Department of Mechanical Engineering (Department of Product Design) guest lectures for Professor Rolf Faste undergraduate course in Visual Thinking and graduate course in Ambidextrous Thinking
1991 International Naikan Congress (Tokyo, Japan) Invited lecture on "Naikan in America" September at Aoyama University- Gakuin Congress Hall in Tokyo
1992 and 1994 Meaningful Life Therapy Group - The Pasteur Institute,
1992 Stanford Sierra Camp - Faculty speaker - "Improvisation- Don't Be Prepared"
1994 (June) Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley - Symposium on Improvisation. Paper - "Improvisation-The New Paradigm"
1997 (June) "Creativity in Business" - a keynote speech for Sun Microsystems - Nihon Branch Managers group
1997 (September) "Taming the Voice of Judgment" for Stanford's Graduate School of Business course: CREATIVITY IN BUSINESS
1998 (January) Distinguished Lecturer Series (
1999 Stanford Sierra Camp - Faculty speaker - "Improvisation- Don't Be Prepared"
2002 (May) Stanford Sierra Camp's ninth annual Healthy Living Women's Retreat during the weekend of May 15 -18, 2003- Guest Presenter
1971-73 University Senator
1972-73 Coordinator of the Arts (University wide administrative position)
1972-75 Chair, Faculty Research Development Council
1973-74 Director of Recruiting- Great Lakes Colleges Association- New York Arts Program
1975 Chair, Senate Amendments Committee
1975 University Governance Review Commission
1969-74 Director of Experimental Theatre
1969-75 Admissions Committee, Library Committee and Freshman Advisor
1972 and 1974 Director London Theatre Trip (January Term)
1974 Director - New York Theatre Trip
1976-77 Vocal Coach to the University Theaters
1976-77 URTA MFA Acting Referee
1980 - Freshman Advisor (several other years as well)
1979-1994 Audition coach for URTA national auditions
1981 & 84 Drama Department Production Committee
1985, 1989 and 1994 Head of Undergraduate Acting Program
1989-90 Freshman Orientation -Program leader
1990 - "The Voice of Jane Stanford" for the Stanford Development
Office
1990 - Workshop for the American House on Improvisation
1991 - Founded the STANFORD IMPROVISORS (ongoing group which I coach)
1992 - Performed as Jane Stanford for the Centennial Green Commemoration
Ceremony
1992 -
1993 and 1994 - STANFORD SUMMER IMPROVISATION SCHOOL- Director and
faculty
1997 - Founder and Coordinator of the "Creativity Initiative" (Stanford)
2002-2005 Performed as Jane Stanford for Community
Day, Founders Celebration - Stanford
1985-87 President Board of Directors THE APPRENTICE
1985-2001 Board of Directors (Treasurer) Bay Area Theatresports
1987-88 Board Member, The
1986-96American Coordinator THE OOMOTO SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE
ARTS Kameoka,
1982-87 Volunteer teacher of speech (weekly) to Corpus Christi Monastery
(cloistered nuns)
1987 -present Director of the
1988-present Volunteer - delivering meals to AIDS patients (weekly)
for Project Open Hand, San Francisco
1982 Master class in American Voice methods to the National School
of Drama in
1992 - OMI Neighbors In Action -
Tree Planting Committee
1992 – 1999 San Francisco Broom Brigade (Neighborhood cleanup)
1997
2000 – Half Moon Bay Rotary Club – Guest Speaker “Improvising, a Way of
Life”
2003-07 Zen Center of San Francisco Financial Advisory Board
1980 East Asian Studies grant to attend the Oomoto School of Traditional Japanese Arts in
1981 Stanford H and S grant to study in
1984 Matching grant from H & S and Drama Dept. to attend training
in
1987 Dean's grant to attend Constructive Living Certification Training,
1989 Matching grant from H and S and Drama Dept. to attend
1995 Private Grant to the Department of Drama (Mrs. Billie Achilles)
for a writing sabbatical to work on book: IMPROVISING:
1998 Winner of Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive and Innovative Contributions to Undergraduate Education at Stanford
"Constructive Living," MINDFULNESS AND MEANINGFUL WORK. Claude Whitmyer, ed., Parallax Press, Berkeley, 1994.
"Constructie Living for the Well: Toward a
[This article was first presented as a paper to the
First International Congress of Morita Therapy in
________________"Shidosha,"
PLUNGING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
Dr. David K. Reynolds, ed.,
________________"The Dancing Lesson," RAINBOW RISING FROM A STREAM. Dr. David K. Reynolds, ed., William Morrow & Co., NY, 1992.
________________"Naikan at Senkobo," FLOWING BRIDGES, QUIET WATERS: Japanese
Psychotherapies, Morita and Naikan. Dr.
David K. Reynolds, ed.,
_____________________"A Plain Talk about Two Eastern Therapies- Morita and Naikan: Common Sense from Japan," a paper delivered as the keynote speaker of the Triangle East Asia Colloquium on 'Buddhism and Psychotherapy,' -DUKE University, October 28, 1989, Department of East Asian Studies.
______________________"Naikan in America," a paper given at the First International Naikan Congress, Aoyama University-Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan, September 15, 16, 1991.
_______________________"Using
Morita Therapy in Education," a paper given at the International Congress
of Morita Therapy in