David L. Oswald
Departmental Chair and Associate Professor
Phone: 414/410-4169
E-mail: dloswald@stritch.edu
Years at Stritch: 29.
Education: Michigan State University (MA in theatre).
Courses Taught: Voice and Diction (THR 201), Oral Interpretation (THR 202), Introduction to the Theatre (THR 205), Play Analysis I (THR 213), Play Analysis II (THR 214), Acting II (THR 303), Theatre History II (THR 402), Directing (THR 405), Dramatic Criticism (THR 410), Stage Dialects (THR 433).
On the theatre experience: "To be a good actor, or a good theatre student, you need to be incredibly focused, to have some goals and incredible discipline." When students are in a production, "it's like a job of 20-25 hours a week. Close to the show it can be 34-40 hours a week .... But the arts give you an energy, from the other people and from the process. It makes it all worthwhile." (From Stritch Magazine, Summer 2000.)

Director - stage credits:
1.
 Dancing at Lughnasa (2006)
2.
 Look Homeward, Angel (2005)
3.
 The Importance of Being Earnest (2005)
4.
 Tartuffe (2004)
5.
 A Streetcar Named Desire (2003)
6.
 Two By Two (2002)
7.
 Dracula (2001)
8. Present Laughter (2001)
9.
 The Lion in Winter (2001)
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000)
11.
 Good (2000)
12.
 Juno and the Paycock (1999)
13.
 The Sound of Music (1997)
14. Macbeth (1996)
15.
 The Crucible (1995)
16.
 Dancing at Lughnasa (1995)
17.
 Twelfth Night (1994)
18.
 Hedda Gabler (1993)
19.
 The Trojan Women (1992)
20.
 Hay Fever (1991)
21.
 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1989)
22.
 Man of La Mancha (1988)
23.
 Equus (1988)
24.
 Godspell (1987)
25.
 Tartuffe (1987)
26.
 The Diary of Anne Frank (1985)
27.
 Golliwhoppers! (1984)
28.
 The Runner Stumbles (1984)
29.
 Bus Stop (1984)
30.
 The Good Doctor (1983)
31.
 The Dancing Donkey (1982)
32.
 Godspell (1982)
33.
 Picnic (1981)
34.
 Story Theatre (1981)
35.
 A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
36.
 Cinderella (1980)
37.
 She Stoops To Conquer (1980)
38.
 All My Sons (1979)
39.
 Never Too Late (1979)
40.
 Once Upon A Mattress (1979)
41.
 The Apple Tree (1979)
42.
 I Knock at the Door (1978)

Scenic Design - stage credits:
1.
 The Runner Stumbles (1984)
2.
 Bus Stop (1984)
3. Francis of Assisi (1983)
4.
 The Shadow Box (1982)
5. Godspell (1982)
6.
 The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild (1981)
7.
 You Can't Take It With You (1980)
8.
 She Stoops To Conquer (1980)
9. The Glass Menagerie (1980)
10.
 All My Sons (1979)
11.
 Never Too Late (1979)
12.
 Once Upon A Mattress (1979)
13.
 The Apple Tree (1979)
14.
 Harvey (1978)

Lighting Design - stage credits:
1.
 Bus Stop (1984)
2.
 Francis of Assisi (1983)
3. The Fantasticks (1983)
4.
 The Shadow Box (1982)
5. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (1982)
6.
 Portrait of a Madonna (1982)
7.
 Godspell (1982)
8.
 The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild (1981)
9. Vanities (1981)
10.
 Never Too Late (1979)