Teddy Warren

TRAINING

 

Virginia Commonwealth University

 

In 2026, Teddy received his MFA in Performance Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University.  He used the two year program to build out his thesis: a genre of pedagogical theatre that combines Dungeons and Dragons,* and Theatre of the Oppressed, and a playful use of airsoft projectiles called Dodgeballs and Dragons. Through this medium he produced 24 original plays, writing or co-writing 9 of them, and directing 8. In addition to these performances, he also assistant directed the main stage production of Rhinoceros. He studied under Dr. Keith Byron Kirk for directing and acting, Dr. Jesse Njus for theatre history and pedagogy, Karen Kopryanski for voice and speech, and Dr. Aaron Anderson for Movement and Applied Theatre. 

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Southern Methodist University

 

Teddy graduated from SMU with a BFA in Theatre Studies from the Meadows School of the Arts.  While there, he studied directing with Stan Wojewodski, Jr and playwriting with Gretchen Smith in addition to his core classes under the auspices of Blake Hackler, Michael Connolly, Bill Lengfelder, and Anne Schilling.

 

First Stage Theater Academy

 

From 1999 to 2010, Teddy studied with local professional actors in a conservatory setting.  He continues to return in the summers as a teacher to give back to the organization that taught him so much.