Chris Vine

Academic Director, Professor, MA in Applied Theatre

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Contact

101 West 31st Street, 6th Fl.

New York, NY 10001

Phone: (212) 652-2840

Fax: (646) 344-7269

Chris built and launched the Applied Theatre program with longtime collaborator Helen White. The program, the first of its kind in the USA, launched in 2008. Its holistic approach to theory and practice is embodied in the extensive individual and combined professional theatre, facilitation, and teaching practices of its distinguished faculty.

Chris has over 40 years of professional experience. He is a founding member of Perspectives Theatre Company (UK), the former Artistic Director of Greenwich Young People's Theatre (London), and the Creative Arts Team (New York). His work has extended worldwide. His specialties include theatre-in-education (TIE), process drama, and Theatre of the Oppressed. He is co-editor of the keystone 3rd edition of Learning Through Theatre: The Changing Face of Theatre in Education (Routledge 2013).

In 2019, Chris received the Campton Bell Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.

Courses

Theories I: Theatre & Learning, Theatre of the Oppressed, Introduction to Drama Conventions, Teaching Through Theatre

Recent News

CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre alum Lilian Ribeiro

Drama Therapist — and Grassroots Activist for the Arts

October 11, 2024

CUNY SPS Blog

In June 2024, the CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre (MAAT) program hosted its first-ever Eastern Region Drama Therapy Symposium in collaboration with the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA). This exciting event was organized by registered drama therapist and MAAT alum Lillian Ribeiro, who has devoted her career since she graduated in 2013 to the healing power of drama. This post in the award-winning CUNY SPS blog explores how Ribeiro built a career as a drama therapist, what inspired her along this path, and how CUNY SPS helped her along the way.
Attendees at workshop during CUNY SPS MAAT program drama therapy symposium 2024

First-Ever Drama Therapy Symposium at CUNY SPS Brings Community Together

October 09, 2024

Co-hosted by the MA in Applied Theatre program, the event featured over 20 workshops and drew nearly 100 attendees.

Photo of performers in the Theatre in Education project Agents of the Humanity Initiative at CUNY SPS in May 2024

High Turnout and Quality Mark 2024 Theatre in Education Festival

August 16, 2024

This year's event featured projects by four separate teams of MA in Applied Theatre students.

\CUNY SPS MAAT 9th Annual Racial Justice Conference with Dr. Williams MAAT alum Ariyan Johnson

9th Annual Racial Justice Conference Showcases Film by Applied Theatre Alum

July 08, 2024

The MAAT program screened Spiritual Cyphers: Hip Hop + The Church, a film directed by program alum Ariyan Johnson.