A
Personal Tribute to Nellie McCaslin: 20 August 1914–28 February
2005
by Alistair Martin-Smith
Nellie McCaslin, pioneer in
creative drama and educational theatre, passed away earlier this year
in New York City at age 90. Having obtained a bachelor's degree from Western
Reserve University in 1936 and a master's degree in 1937, she went on
to study improvisation with Maria Ouspenskaya, of the Moscow Art Theatre,
in California. In 1957, she received a Ph.D. from the School of Education
at New York University (NYU). A longtime Greenwich Village resident, she
became associate dean at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and
for over thirty years was an adjunct faculty member at NYU's Program in
Educational Theatre.
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