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Theatre arts faculty
 
David A. Hlavsa
Professor, theatre arts
Room #343
360-438-4345
dhlavsa@stmartin.edu
David Hlavsa heads the Theatre Arts Department at Saint Martin's University where he has been teaching acting, directing and playwriting since 1989. He is the author of An Actor Rehearses: What to do When – and Why (Allworth Press, 2006). Productions directed at SMU include A Little Night Music, Reaching Through the Frame, Everyman, Goodnight Desdemona Good Morning Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Day Room, The Illusion and The Memorandum. As an actor in SMU productions, Hlavsa most recently played Vincent in Crows over Wheatfield and is looking forward to playing Death in Everyman this coming spring. He is the 2005-6 recipient of the University’s Outstanding Teaching Award, and is currently serving a second term as Faculty President. Hlavsa’s latest play, Pack of Lies, has been widely produced. He has a BA in English/Theatre from Princeton University and an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington. He is married to Lisa Holtby and is the proud father of Benjamin.