Prof andrei serban biography

Andrei Șerban (born June 21, 1943) is a Romanian-American theater director.
Andrei Serban (Pericles) has been associated with the American Repertory Theater for more than two decades, and has directed Lysistrata, The Merchant of Venice.
Andrei Serban.

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Serban, Andrei 1943–

PERSONAL

Full name, Andrei George Serban; born June 21, 1943, in Bucharest, Romania; immigrated to the United States in 1969; son of Gheorghe and Elpis (maiden name, Lichardopu) Serban; married; two children. Education: Attended the Theatre Institute of Bucharest, 1963–68; also attended the University of Bucharest; has studied Asian theatre.

Addresses:Office—Columbia University, School of Arts, 601C Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027–6902.

Career: Director. International Theatre Institute, Paris, France, assistant to Peter Brook, 1970–71; La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, director, 1970–77; Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, and Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, professor of drama, both 1974; Paris Conservatory (also known as La Conservatoire de Paris), Paris, France, professor of drama, 1975; Yale University, New Haven, CT, guest professor of drama, 1977; Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, associate director, 1977–78; American Repertory Theatre, Cambr

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Andrei Serban

BIOGRAPHY

Director Andrei Serban (Pericles) has been associated with the American Repertory Theater for more than two decades, and has directed Lysistrata, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, The King Stag, Sganarelle, Three Sisters, The Juniper Tree, The Miser, Twelfth Night, and Sweet Table at the Richelieu. In the United States, Mr. Serban has also worked with LaMama ETC, the Public Theater, Lincoln Center, Circle in the Square, Yale Repertory Theatre, the Guthrie Theatre, A.C.T., and the New York City, Seattle and Los Angeles Operas. In Europe, Mr. Serban has worked at the Welsh National Opera, Covent Garden, Théâtre de la Ville, Helsinki Lilla Teatern, the Bucharest Municipal Theatre, and the Paris, Geneva, Vienna, and Bologna Opera Houses, among others. He has worked in Japan with the Shiki Company of Tokyo. He has taught acting and directing at Yale, University of California, Carnegie-Mellon, Sarah Lawrence, the Paris Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, and the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for

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Romanian theater director explains why he quit Columbia University teaching post

Romanian theater director Andrei Șerban explained at the TV show Profesioniștii (The Profesionals), aired by the public television TVR, that he quit his teaching post at Columbia University when he felt that his freedom of expression as a professor and an artist was hindered, Mediafax reported.

The director recounted two episodes that lead to his resignation.

On one occasion, when involved in a hiring decision, he was told that the preference was for a woman of color, “who if she is gay, it is very good, and if he is a man, it would be preferable to be Puerto Rican or of color.”

“Political correctness is a sort of jaundice of America. We, the professors at the Acting School, where I was head, were summoned and told we need to set up a commission to hire a new professor, because someone had retired and there was a place to fill. […] The dean of the Art School told us that there are too many white professors, too many male professors, heterosexuals, and that it would be better if we hired a profes