Tom Casciero is a professor in the Theatre Department at Towson University in Maryland, where he trains actors in movement; voice/movement integration; and movement theatre techniques, improvisation, and production. His dynamic approach to training actors uses a foundation of Laban Movement Studies (LMS) that is blended with other vocal and physical pedagogies. Tom received his Ph.D. in Theatre in 1998, from The Union Institute Graduate School. He was certified as a Movement Analyst (CMA) by the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) in 1988, and received post-certificate training in Advanced Teaching Methods in 1990.
He has taught LMS for actors as a guest artist at the Webster Movement Institute, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, University of Texas at Austin, Southern Illinois University, and Calvin College. He was recently a guest artist in the theatre and opera departments at the University of Pretoria and Pretoria Technikon in Pretoria, South Africa. He has presented at the Southeast Theatre Conferences, the South African Performers Voice and Movement Educators Conference, and the International Laban Conferences in Amherst, Minneapolis and Baltimore. He has also published articles in ATME News and Movement News. His current research is in voice/movement integration, exploring the manner in which values and belief systems influence vocal/physical/emotional expression.
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