Jean Scharfenberg

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Jean Scharfenberg
Born19 August 1922  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Davenport   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Died2 August 1998  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (aged 75)
Bloomington   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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OccupationAcademic, researcher, university teacher, theatre director   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Jean Scharfenberg (August 19, 1922 - August 2 1998) was a professor of theatre at Illinois State University. Her students included Jane Lynch, [1] Rondi Reed, Laurie Metcalf, Tom Irwin, [2] and John Malkovich. [3]

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Early life and education

Scharfenberg was born in Davenport, Iowa, and received her doctoral degree in theater from the University of Wisconsin. [4]

Career

Scharfenberg joined the ISU faculty in 1966. [5] She was known among students for her class, "Acting: Exploring Characterization Through Animal Exercises" in which students developed the persona of an animal and then enacted a violent death scene at the end of the semester. [6] [7] Under the direction of Scharfenberg and her colleagues Ralph Lane, John Kirk, and Cal Pritner ISU Theatre became a distinct department, instead of a sub-division of the speech department. [8] She retired in 1993. [9]

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