Vincent DeGeorge

Vincent DeGeorge is a professional stage and film director / choreographer and proud to be the Patricia A. Corbett Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre. Leading the MT program, of which he is an alumnus, is an honor.

On faculty since 2013, Vincent is a tenured Associate Professor and the Joseph Weinberger Chair of Acting for the Lyric Stage in Musical Theater and Opera, teaching and directing in each Department.

Per DC Theater Arts, the new "Funny and poignant" play, It's Not What It Looks Like by John Collins "Under the compelling direction of" Vincent, won the 2023 Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Series, and was picked up for an Off-Broadway run Summer 2024.

Vincent has developed, through experiential research, The Theatrical Awareness Practice, which has become the cornerstone of his teaching and directing. It is a somatic and experiential theater technique that trains the actor to live fully in their experiential mind/body. This practice consists of grant supported research adapted into highly structured improvisational explorations that are designed to reacquaint the artist with the infinite intelligence and creative capacity of their own human body experience. Vincent studied the Topf Technique, and Experiential Anatomy with masters, and graduated as an LMT from the Swedish Institute of NY. Vincent is frequently engaged to conduct his Master Class series: THE MINDFUL ACTOR
 
Vincent performed across the country and was a company member of the NYC contemporary dance company dre.dance under Artistic Directors & Choreographers Taye Diggs & Andrew Palermo. Vincent directed the City's first fully staged production of The Exonerated to critical acclaim, and co-wrote and directed the award winning musical revue “Nashville” (Nightlife, Bistro and MAC Awards). As a part of the Blacksburg Virginia Summer Arts Festival, Vincent was commissioned to design and build Life In The Trees - an art installation, purposed as both a gallery exhibition and the theatrical setting for two performance pieces he adapted and directed. Vincent was a company member of Building Home, which uses theater-making to facilitate and stimulate social justice through public conversation and community engagement.
 
In Cincinnati, Vincent has directed and/or choreographed 25+ productions: “his work on the stages of CCM has been extraordinary.”-Kirk Sheppard/TSC; “presented in a fresh way, with ingenious direction and design…DeGeorge brings a wholly fresh perspective to the piece, delicately employing simple storytelling while also infusing bits of innovation throughout…”-Scott Cain/Talkin’ Broadway. “DeGeorge’s tone [is] just right for the piece, with moments of genius apparent“-Scott Cain/Talkin’ Broadway regarding his direction of First Date with the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati.
 
Vincent spent summers on faculty with the CCM Summer Opera Studio and taught at the Beijing Dance Academy (Visting Prof.)

Currently on faculty with Trentino Music Festival MT Performance Studio in Italy: Godspell; Evita; Rent; Into The Woods; Spring Awakening. Auditioning now for the 2025 production of Jesus Christ Superstar and Once Upon a Mattress.
 
Proud member: AEA; SDC; American Massage Therapy Assoc; Theatre Movement Educators; Musical Theatre Educators; Opera America

BFA: CCM Cincinnati, OH, (Musical Theatre Performance)

MFA: Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, (Directing and Public Dialogue)