Tim McDonough
Theater Studies
Associate Professor
Theater Emory
Artistic Director & Resident Artist
Rich Building, Room 216
404-727-4654
Tim McDonough began his acting career in Boston's small theaters, where he collaborated on the development of many new works. In 1980 he and Vincent Murphy co-founded Theater Works, for which he performed, directed and wrote. Regional theater appearances include the American Repertory Theatre, Trinity Square Repertory, the Sacramento Theater Company and Shakespeare festivals in California and Idaho. In Atlanta he has acted at the Alliance, Theater in the Square, Horizon Theater, and Theater Gael. At the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, where he is an Associate Artist, he has played Lear, Shylock, Moliere's Imaginary Invalid and Miser, and Arthur Miller's Willy Loman. At Theater Emory he has played both central and supporting roles; adapted and directed stories by John Berger and Tim O'Brien; written and directed American Wake and Untitled. He regularly teaches Acting: Speeches and Monologues, Shakespeare in Performance, and Developing a Role. The Center for Teaching and Curriculum has given him an Excellence in Teaching Award; he also received the 2002 Fine Award, voted by Theater Studies majors and minors, for a faculty member who has influenced the growth of his students. He is the author of Acting Narrative Speeches: The Actor as Storyteller. He is currently the Artistic Director of Theater Emory.
