Name: Adam Houghton
Title: Associate Chair, Associate Professor, Artistic Director of BYU Theatre
Email: ahoughton@byu.edu
Division: Theatre: BFA Acting
Office Hours: F-341, Mondays/Wednesdays 1:30pm – 2:30pm online
Phone: 2-4631
Education
BA, Brigham Young University, 1996
MFA, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, 2003
Profile
Adam Houghton joined the BFA Acting faculty at BYU in the fall of 2017. Before that he taught acting classes and directed plays for 13 years at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota. Adam graduated from BYU in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Film with an Acting Emphasis. He received his MFA in directing from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. In addition to his MFA, Adam has pursued diverse acting training that includes traditional approaches as well as Biomechanics, the Noh Training Project, and Alba Emoting. He has a keen interest in mask making and performance and sees the mask’s primary function in communication as revealing more than it conceals.
BYU has had a profound impact on Adam’s life. Adam’s father grew up in a small mining town and his BYU education changed the direction of his life, lifting him out of poverty. He instilled this value of education in Adam from a young age. And it was at BYU where Adam developed as an artist, scholar, and disciple of Christ, integrating a love of learning, art, and the gospel. For Adam, the greatest theatre is that which reveals truth and strengthens the bonds between God and his children.
After serving a mission in Germany, Adam met his wife, Lori, on a blind date while they were students at BYU and their family has three girls who will surpass Adam and Lori in every way.
Courses Taught
Acting 1 (TMA 123)
Acting 2 (TMA 228)
Acting Classics (TMA 324)
Advanced Acting (TMA 424)
Theatre and Film Acting Conservatory (TMA 329)
Dialects (TMA 422)
Acting Practicum (TMA 428)
Workshop 1: Acting (TMA 220R)
Workshop 2: Acting (TMA 420R)
Acting Capstone (TMA 410)
Directing Principles & Practices (TMA 336)
Special Projects 2: Theatre (TMA 315R)
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (TMA 323R)
Curriculum Vitae: Adam Houghton
