Leslie Bennett
Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Film
The University of Kansas
Murphy Hall
1530 Naismith Drive, Room 200
Lawrence, KS 66045-3102
Phone: (785) 864-2679
Fax: (785) 864-5251
Email

Fall 2008 semester
Office hours:
- Monday: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
- Wednesday: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
and by appointment.
Courses: (Click course to view syllabus)
- TH&F 213 Movement I: The Acting Instrument (#40512)
- TH&F 213 Movement I: The Acting Instrument (#44045)
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Leslie Bennett is the Movement Specialist for the Department of Theatre and Film. She has a diverse background in theatre arts, dance and vocal music and has performed professionally in all of those venues. Her choreographic credits include Le Nozze di Figaro, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Die Fledermaus for the Boston University Opera Institute, as well as several productions for the Watertown Children’s Theatre, the Boston Children’s Opera and The Chatham Chorale. Bennett has performed the roles of Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte with Opera Aperta, under the direction of Craig Smith, Katchen in Boston Lyric Opera’s Werther and Lelia in the Early American Theatre Company’s Satanella. Other operatic credits include Rose in Street Scene, Pamina and Papagena in The Magic Flute, and Monica in The Medium. Bennett was a member of the Boston Lyric Opera’s chorus for 5 years. In the annual Playwright’s Platform in Boston, she premiered the role of Hester Prynne in A! The Letter and performed with American Stage Festival, Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the New Ehrlich Theatre.

Bennett received her MFA from Boston University in Movement and Voice and taught Movement there in the Opera and Music departments. She also taught Movement at Emerson College and was on the Applied Voice Faculty there as well. Since coming to KU, Bennett has served as choreographer for Really Rosie, The Magic Flute, George Dandin, and You Never Can Tell; as Fight Director for The Royal Family and As You Like It ; and as Movement Coach on several productions. She made her directing debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing.

Click here to view Curriculum Vitae.