Theatre, Film and Dance Department - Cornell University
Department Faculty - Theatre
David M. Feldshuh
(Ph.D., M.D., University of Minnesota), Professor/Artistic Director
David Feldshuh
has been artistic director at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts since
1984. His play, Miss Evers' Boys, has been produced throughout the U.S.,
received the New American Play award, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and
won seven Emmy awards as an HBO movie. He co-produced the video Susceptible
to Kindness, for which he interviewed observers as well as survivors of
the Tuskegee syphilis study. In 1994 the video won three awards: the Cine Golden
Eagle, the Intercom Gold Plaque, and the International Health and Medical Film
Festival award. David's television script Harmony was written
for an educational television project dedicated to teaching science to children
and sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation. His short story "Are
You Satisfied, Thomas Becket?" was recently published in a collection of stories
by physician-writers. Although full-time at Cornell, David continues
to practice medicine and lectures frequently on the subject of human experimentation
and the use of theatre in exploring important social issues.
He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, is a member of Actor's Equity, and began his career at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis where he also served as an Associate Director.
David Feldshuh
has been artistic director at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts since
1984. His play, Miss Evers' Boys, has been produced throughout the U.S.,
received the New American Play award, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and
won seven Emmy awards as an HBO movie. He co-produced the video Susceptible
to Kindness, for which he interviewed observers as well as survivors of
the Tuskegee syphilis study. In 1994 the video won three awards: the Cine Golden
Eagle, the Intercom Gold Plaque, and the International Health and Medical Film
Festival award. David's television script Harmony was written
for an educational television project dedicated to teaching science to children
and sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation. His short story "Are
You Satisfied, Thomas Becket?" was recently published in a collection of stories
by physician-writers. Although full-time at Cornell, David continues
to practice medicine and lectures frequently on the subject of human experimentation
and the use of theatre in exploring important social issues.
He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, is a member of Actor's Equity, and began his career at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis where he also served as an Associate Director.