About Paul Ford

Paul comes from Northern California where he divided his efforts among designing theater education programs, teaching theater, acting and directing—then moved to New Mexico where he designs theater education programs, teaches theater, acts and directs.

Paul is the founding Artistic Director of the award-winning Theatre-in-the-Making and has retired from the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico where he was admired for the amount of noise his acting classes could generate.

Posts by Paul Ford

Curtain Calls in Budapest

By Paul Ford | August 10, 2016 |

At show’s end, the audience begins applause as they would in any western theatre production. The actors appear and bow and retreat. The audience then falls into a rhythmic clapping that accelerates as the company, looking rather sullen, returns again for individual and company bows.

Tom Hanks and the Giant Penis

By Paul Ford | July 27, 2016 |

Tom Hanks’ laughter slowly built into a howling wail that filled the auditorium. The louder he laughed, the lower the audience shrank in their seats.