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Slade Billew is an Assistant Professor of Acting and Movement at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. At SFA he teaches a range of courses, as well as, fight choreographing, movement coaching, and directing for the School of Theatre. Slade holds an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a PhD in Theatre from Bowling Green State University. His scholarship focuses on the application of contemporary science to acting pedagogy. He has presented his research at ASTR, MATC, SETC, and ICQI. Slade’s work as a director, actor, lighting designer, movement coach, and fight choreographer has been seen on various professional and academic stages. In addition to his work with his theatre company, Theatre of Operations, in his hometown of Richmond, VA, he has worked with Barksdale Theatre, Richmond Shakespeare Festival, Henley Street Theatre, Firehouse Theatre Project, The Nightlight Collective, and Cadence Theatre. In Ohio, he has worked for BGSU, Lionface Productions, Beautiful Kids Independent Shakespeare, and Toledo Repertoire Theatre. At SFA he recently directed the world premiere staged reading of Chiori Miyagawa’s Julia and Ellie. Favorite past productions include: The Arabian Nights, Polaroid Stories, and Pilgrims of the Night. Slade taught a variety of courses at both VCU and BGSU. Additionally, he spent over a decade teaching young people for both the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC) and Brilliant Summer (Cat’s CAP).