Teacher

Year	School	Position	Class Content
2008	Sydney Theatre School at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art)	Director, Accent Teacher and Deviser of the Stage Play: Barack America	Professor John Higgins was hired by the Sydney Theatre School to do a Master Class in Standard American. This class of six graduate students who had never done American Accents before met once a week for two hours over a period of one semester (ten weeks). The class concluded with a public performance at NIDA on Sunday 9 November at 2pm. The performance was sold out. It was also filmed. By clicking on the link below, you can see a selected seven minutes from the play Barack America, directed, devised and American Accents by John Higgins.
Seven minutes from the play Barack America performed at the Parade Studio Theatre at NIDA in 2008. (Coming soon)
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1996-1997	San Jose University San Jose, California	Lecturer in Theatre Administration	Advertising, Marketing and Publicity Design & Distribution (programs & posters) Ticket and Program Sales Advertising Telemarketing Season Subscription Sales Fundraising and Sponsorship
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1989-1990	Pacific Shakespeare Company, Palo Alto, California	Artistic Director and Head of Acting Program	Acting Shakespeare Verse speaking (Rhyme, metre and scansion)
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1989	The Actors Centre London	Teacher/Seminar Lecturer	Shakespearean Verse speaking Workshop on The Tempest Workshop on As You Like It Workshop on Macbeth Seminar on Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Michael Weller, John Guare & Israel Horovitz Seminar on ‘Acting Shakespeare’ Acting (Intermediate and Advanced) Speech and Voice Production Audition Technique
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1980	Santa Barbara City College, California	Acting Teacher / Voice, Speech and Audition Coach	Rehearsal and Performance Acting (Advanced) Multi-media theatre techniques Audition technique
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1977-1978	Orange Coast College, Cost Mesa, California	Acting Teacher / Speech Teacher / Stage Directing Teacher	Acting Directing Speech Theatre Photography
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1976-1977	Market Theatre Johannesburg, South Africa	Acting Tutor	Acting (Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced) Speech, American Accent & Dialects
Year	School	Position	Class Content
1964-1965	Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, California	Acting Tutor/Stage Production Tutor	Acting Stage Management Stage Technology (Scenery and Prop construction)
Degrees and Diplomas

Year	Degree/Diploma	Institution
1979	Diploma in Teaching Acting	H.B. Studio (Herbert Berghof) New York, NY
1968-1970	Master of Fine Arts – Theatre Arts	University of California, Los Angeles
1967	Acting & Speech Diploma	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London
1960-1964	Bachelor of Arts Degree	San Jose University (Major – Speech & Drama)
1960	High School Certificate (HSC)	St Ignatius College Riverview, Sydney