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Masters in Fine Arts from
Mary Baldwin University
Samuel M Acosta
Directing Concentration
MLSE Technichal Director
COMMITTEES
Fundraising, Hospitality, and Events (Head)
Budget
FALL 2026 MLSE CREDITS:
Deviser in Apogee
MLSE PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Co-Director, Princess Imogen and the Enchanted Bears
Stage Manager, Blurt, Master Constable
MAD HONEY STAGED READING SERIES:
PREVIOUSLY WITH MBU SHAKESPEARE & PERFORMANCE:
Belarius in Cymbeline
Lighting Designer, The Malcontent
Early Modern Credits
Dauphin and Pembroke in King John (Mended Wing Theatre Co.)
Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (Cedarville University)
u/s Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet (American Shakespeare Center)
u/s Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (American Shakespeare Center)
u/s Antonio, Curio in Twelfth Night (American Shakespeare Center)
u/s Don Julio in Bold Stroke for a Husband (American Shakespeare Center)
Other Performance Credits
Corporal Knobloch in The Beams Are Creaking (Cedarville University)
Lon Smith in Meet Me In St. Louis (Cedarville University)
Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables (Cedarville University)
Jim Bayliss in All My Sons (Cedarville University)
Morris Townsend in The Heiress (Cedarville University)
u/s Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol (American Shakespeare Center)
Other Production Credits
Director, Eleemosynary (Cedarville University)
Director, Rabbit Hole (Cedarville University)
Director, I and You (Cedarville University)
Director, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (Cedarville University)
Assistant Director, The Giver (Cedarville University)
Set Designer, Eleemosynary (Cedarville University)
Lighting Designer, Eleemosynary (Cedarville University)
Set Designer, Rabbit Hole (Cedarville University)
EDUCATION:
MLitt in Shakespeare & Performance, Mary Baldwin University
BA in Theatre, Minor in Theatre Design, Cedarville University
