Theatre Department University of Nevada Las Vegas
ACADEMICS / TEACHING
The rehearsal room is a classroom, too.
Cameron teaches theatre at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts and has taught and mentored students at UNLV and BYU.
CLASSES TAUGHT
Teaching in practice.
Courses, syllabi and mentorship across theatre programs.
Theatre Department University of Nevada Las Vegas
Introduction to Theatre for Non Majors
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Theatre History- Antiquities to Renaissance
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Theatre History- Renaissance to Present
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Script Analysis
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Dramatic Literature
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At Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Cameron teaches theatre. At UNLV he taught Introduction to Theatre and Stage Management, and at BYU he taught Script Analysis and Dramatic Literature and supported performance courses. He has mentored undergraduate stage managers from pre-production through performance.
UNLV / MFA CUMULATIVE PROJECT
Innovation on a Track to the Future: Implementing New and Emerging Technologies to Stage Manage Murder on the Orient Express
Cameron Cox · Department of Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Using Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s Murder on the Orient Express as a case study, Cameron examined how digital tools can support a stage management team without losing the human relationships at the center of a production. The project tested Google Sheets, CueList, StageWrite, LineIt, and ChatGPT across paperwork, communication, blocking, and calling workflows.
His reflection weighs the time saved against learning curves, cost, reliability, privacy, and environmental impact. It argues for choosing tools deliberately around the needs of the production and the people making it.
MA IN MEDIA AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES
Not Acting, Reacting: An Analysis of Reaction Videos, Reactors, Viewers and Authenticity
Cameron Cox · Department of Theatre and Media Arts, BYU · Master of Arts
The digital age has brought about a new type of YouTuber content creator, the Reactor. Reactors film their supposed first-time reaction to various online videos including trailers, film, television etc. Reactors represent a new performance mode at the intersection of audience member and performer attempting to recreate a lost sense of community in an increasingly digitally mediated world. The act of filming one’s reaction calls into question the authenticity of a reaction however, it is this very authenticity that drives Viewers to watch the content made by Reactors. Using reaction videos to the first year of Marvel Studios Disney+ shows as case studies (WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, & Hawkeye) this essay explores how reaction videos expose authenticity as a quality that is performed and received rather than inherent in a given performance. This performance is found and discussed in three ways, through involuntary physiological responses, being claimed through fandom and through viewing Reactor as Celebrity.
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