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David Magidson

Professor
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Biography
David Magidson, Professor of Theatre, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (BA and MA) and the University of Utah (PhD). Magidson teaches directing and playwriting. He has directed nearly eighty plays for fifteen different theatre companies, including the Attic Theatre and Jewish Ensemble Theatre in the Detroit Area and has written and produced far more. In addition, Magidson serves as co-director of WSU’s Center for the Arts and Public Policy and director of the Jewish Community Center’s Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival.