Charles M Pepiton teaches courses on acting, directing, voice & movement, and devised performance. As a stage director, his interests revolve around creating new work and exploring the potential for theatre to engage across borders between people and cultures, between methods and disciplines. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served in China from 2010-2012 where he directed cross-cultural productions of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Guizhou University. He works as Producing Artistic Director at Square Top Theatre. His directorial work with STT includes: Without Them I Am Lost, a feature-length documentary about a Norwegian community clinging to a fragile coastline in a rapidly changing world; Climbing Eros, a short documentary filmed in Greece about crossing distance and returning to earth; Koppmoll, a short documentary filmed in Norway about home, family, loss, and a nearly forgotten war; The Scent of a Thousand Rains by Damon Falke, a play in verse for an actor and a violinist; and Laura, or Scenes from a Common World, an experimental film and gallery installation.
