Recent professional acting experience in multiple mediums (including television, film, theatre, video games, voice-over, audio narration, live events, and/or commercials); Experience teaching acting and acting disciplines at the university, college, or professional studio level; First-hand knowledge of current industry practices; Demonstrated ability to teach Shakespeare and heightened language; Directing and/or devising experience at the college or professional level; Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following approaches or practices: Alba Emoting, Linklater, Fitzmorris, Intimacy Direction; Ability to teach pedagogy in the performing arts at the graduate level. The Department of Theatre and Dance is housed in Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts on the West Lafayette, IN campus, and are closely affiliated with the innovative Fusion Studio for Entertainment and Engineering, a university center focused on developing and disseminating the best teaching and learning practices at the intersection of engineering and the entertainment industry.