Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Eric Hetzler received his BA in Theatre from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MFA in Performance from the University of Georgia. He began his professional acting career at the age of 12 when he cast by the world-renowned Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. Since that beginning, he has performed in more than 100 stage, screen, and other media productions. In 1999, after a national search, he was hired as Executive Director of the Central Minnesota Children’s Theatre. During his tenure there, he produced or directed more than two dozen shows for the company and others around the region. In 2004, he moved to the UK to pursue a PhD in Drama at the University of Exeter. He completed this in 2007. He continued teaching at Exeter until accepting this position at Huddersfield. Eric has continued to act in his time here, having performed Richard III, Polonius in Hamlet and Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII. In 2007 he performed in Pericles as part of the Summer in the Dell series in Stratford upon Avon. Most recently, he played Alsemero in The Changeling.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Actor Training and Pedagogy
- Awareness/Consciousness in Performance
- Performativity
- Psychological and/or Psychophysical Actor Training
- Empirical Performance Research
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Research Output
Emotion memory: "A dangerous reputation"
Hetzler, E., 23 Dec 2019, In : Stanislavski Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Actor Self vs. Character Self: An Empirical Exploration
Hetzler, E., 2012, In : Journal for Artistic Research. 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Book review: The Politics of American Actor Training, Ellen Margolis and Lissa Tyler Renaud (eds) (2010)
Hetzler, E., 1 Oct 2011, In : Studies in Theatre and Performance. 31, 3, p. 351-353 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review
The Actor's Awareness: An Empirical Examination from the Survey of the Actor's Experience
Hetzler, E., 1 Jan 2010, Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts 2009. Meyer-Dinkgrafe, D. (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 46-65 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Actors and Emotion in Peformance
Hetzler, E., 2007, In : Studies in Theatre and Performance. 28, 1, p. 59-78 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
Emotion Memory: "A Dangerous Reputation"?
Eric Hetzler (Speaker)5 Apr 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Giving Voice to Emotion: The Alba Method of Emotion and Text
Eric Hetzler (Speaker)7 Sep 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
File
Presenting Your Research: It Really is a Performance
Eric Hetzler (Speaker)31 Aug 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
File
The Alba Method for Emotion in Actor Training
Eric Hetzler (Speaker)19 Jun 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
File
The Need for Mindfulness: Actors Describe Attention and Awareness
Eric Hetzler (Speaker)12 Apr 2013
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation