Luke Jorgensen
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Biography
Professor Jorgensen's scholarship centers on theatre education, actor training, the development of new plays and the work of Augustus Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed. His professional acting credits include: voices work for “Albino Lullaby” (video game), The Shaughraun at the Huntington Theater and Smoke Signals at Chicago’s Remains Theatre. He has appeared in various roles on television and film, including the film School Ties and Starving Artists . Luke is currently the Artistic Director of the Tufts University Children’s Theatre. Recent productions he has directed at Tufts University include Noises Off, The Pillowman , Six Degrees of Separation , and The Arabian Nights . At Boston College Luke services as the director and consultant for the First Year Experience, and he is also the faculty advisor for My Mother’s Fleabag , and Hello Shovelhead! Luke has also directed various productions at BC, including The Servant of Two Masters , A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Moliere’s The Flying Doctor, and The Forced Marriage , The Crucible, The King Stag, Metamorphoses (Winner of a KCACTF Ensemble Award), and Codemonkey (which he also wrote). Codemonkey was a semi-finalist in the NY Musical Theatre New Works selection process.
Official evaluation summary
Courses taught
- UNCS2201 Courage to Know
- THTR1103 Acting I: Fundamentals of Performance
- THTR3378 Creative Dramatics
- THTR2268 Theatre for Youth
- THTR1170 Introduction to Theatre
- THTR1013 Production Lab: Acting Practicum
- THTR1038 Theatre Production Lab III: Assistant Director
- THTR1052 Advanced Production Lab: Music Director
- THTR4901 Readings and Research in Theatre
- THTR5548 Theatre Practicum in Directing