All those things are really focused on creating the strongest possible theater urge that one can in a global perspective. I don't even know how to look at theater as an isolated art form. His lecturing stints have included institutions such as Berkeley, Yale, Howard, and Ohio State universities, as well as guest directing on the university and regional theater circuit. He was a distinguished block visitor at Colorado College two years ago.
Teaching is in the blood, it's in the genes.
I come from a long line of teachers in my family. His stage managing career began with the Negro Ensemble Company in 1972. By the time he left the ensemble, he was production stage manager, literary manager, dramaturge, casting director, taught the play writing workshop and was a staff director. I did the last year of the national tour of that. The production ended in London, where it performed for three months.