About me
Emilio G. Robles (MFA) is an Assistant Professor and Teaching Artist in Applied Theatre at Indiana University-Indianapolis. Emilio is an actor, coach, director, teaching artist and voiceover professional, and SAG-AFTRA member. A veteran artist educator , prior administrative and teaching artist credentials include CCAP at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Ingenuity Inc., Chicago Public Schools Department of Arts Education, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Emilio joined the faculty at IU-Indianapolis school in the fall of 2019 and was brought onboard to re-envision, reinvigorate, and realign the theatre program towards Applied Theatre practice in the support of a new program. He has brought his expertise and passion in curriculum design, cultural literacy, multi-disciplinary arts integration, and devised work in contribution to the department and the School of Liberal Arts’ new ATFT major with focus on the Applied Theatre concentration. Simultaneously, he has infused existing theatre courses with new pedagogies and engaging praxis for diverse students centering around a shared vocabulary of values, choice-making and the creation/nurturing of a much needed “artist identity” at an “urban research (R1) university”.
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