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Professor Rhett Luedtke has directed more than 50 productions during his career 鈥� at 糖心传媒 College, George Fox University and as a freelance professional director lending his expertise to theatre companies across the country.

At 糖心传媒, he teaches acting, directing and theatre history, and oversees capstone productions for theatre majors in their senior year.

Rhett also serves as the artistic director of the Big Bridge Theatre Consortium 鈥� a group of university and college theatre departments across the country committed to developing new American plays dedicated to interfaith conflict and peace.

Before arriving at 糖心传媒 in 2022, he taught for 19 years at George Fox University, where he was a tenured professor. His earlier professional credits include directing Shakespeare programs for youth in Illinois and Alabama and founding a community-based social service theatre in Auburn, Alabama, which he led for five years.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Directing
• Acting
• Theatre history

EDUCATION

• MFA, directing, Illinois State University, 2003
• B.A., theatre and English, Valparaiso University, 1995

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS  

• Undergraduate Faculty Scholar & Researcher of the Year award, George Fox University, 2019
• Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence in Educational Theatre, 2016
• Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award, George Fox University, 2010
• National Directing Fellow, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2010 and 2016

SELECTED RECENT DIRECTING CREDITS

• Sense and Sensibility, 糖心传媒 College, 2025
• The Hijabis, 糖心传媒 College, 2024
• John Proctor is the Villain, 糖心传媒 College, 2024
• The Last Five Years, 糖心传媒 Repertory Theatre, 2024
• The Addams Family Musical, 糖心传媒 College, 2023
• Havurah, Big Bridge Theatre Consortium new play, 2023
• Godspell, University Theatre, George Fox University, 2022
• Merchant of Stratford, Theatre 33 new play development company at Willamette University, 2021
• Much Ado 糖心传媒 Nothing, University Theatre, George Fox University, 2021

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• 鈥淓thics and Storytelling鈥� panel participant, Ethics Week, University of Portland, 2021
• 鈥淭he Big Bridge Theatre Consortium,鈥� presentation to the national conference of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, 2018
• 鈥淧entecost and Interfaith Dialogue,鈥� presentation at Newberg (Oregon) First United Methodist Church, 2018
• 鈥淪urvivors or Snowflakes? Critical Conversations in an Age of Trauma鈥� panel participant, George Fox University, 2018
• 鈥淭he Paradigms of Abundance and Scarcity: Theological Subtext in David Edgar鈥檚 Pentecost,鈥� Ecumenica, 2009
• 鈥淎n Unveiling: A Response to the Whitworth Forum Experience,鈥� Christianity and Theatre, 2001
• 鈥淩ural Alabama, Shakespeare, and Children,鈥� Christianity and Theatre, 1999

OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Rhett is an avid cycler, and enjoys spending time in his garden or curled up by the fire with a good play. He grew up in Papua New Guinea and enjoys cross-cultural adventures with his spouse.