Denise Pullen

Adjunct Professor of Theatre

Theatre - Business, Theatre and Dance

Denise Pullen, Adjunct Faculty of Theatre and Dance Department, joined the faculty in 2002, where she teaches performance and dramatic writing courses. She is an awarded playwright and screenwriter. Denise directs plays and musicals for the Department. She teaches Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy for the Carnegie Mellon University Drama Precollege Program.

Education

MFA Dramatic Writing, Carnegie Mellon University 2000
BFA Theatre (Directing,) Carnegie Mellon University 1997

Publications

Theatre Topics, Book Review, Leroy Jone's PRACTICAL PLAYWRITING, Spring 2008

Awards

Toastmasters International Speech Contest - First Place, Area 24 International Speech Contest
2000 Sloan Foundation Award, 2002 and 2006 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships, John R. Pasquin Award 2001, Winning Play, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival 1998

Organizations

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
SAFE ZONE
Member - Voice and Speech Trainers Association
Member - Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Member of Actors Equity Association
Member of American Federation of Radio, Film and Television Artists
Member Dramatists Guild
Member Toastmasters, CC/CL

Presentations

Greenwood, T, Pullen, D. "Making BIPOC Voices Heard in Educational Theatre,” 2024 Global Virtual VASTA Symposium: In/Corporate
"Setting the Stage: Using Simulations to Build Family Conferencing Skills with Pre-Service Educators" presented with Dr. Tricia Shelton, October 2021
Clybourne Park Panel Discussion, 2019

Certifications

Member of Actors Equity Association, Member of American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, Member Dramatists Guild, Member Theatre Honorary Alpha Psi Omega

Achievements

Direct plays and musicals each year for Theatre and Dance Department Awarded Public Speaker, Speech Coach Published in Theatre Journal Presented PAC-TE Conference Awarded playwright and screenwriter