Theatre Department Faculty
David Schwingle
Department Head, Theatre // MFA, Playwriting, Hollins University // PRA: Acting, Voice, and Text, Patsy Rodenburg Institute //
Department Head, Theatre // MFA, Playwriting, Hollins University // PRA: Acting, Voice, and Text, Patsy Rodenburg Institute //
BioDavid Schwingle is a voice and acting coach (PRA), playwright (MFA), actor, and director. He’s been teaching and creating theatre for over 20 years. David writes new plays, acts in Shakespeare’s, and coaxes actors and new work onto the stage. He has a passion for creating new stories and sharing them with an audience, and he loves helping others do the same. He currently teaches at Bob Jones University and serves as Department Head of Theatre and Fine Arts Artistic Director.
David’s theatrical work has been produced in Manhattan, St. Louis, Roanoke, Upstate NY, and across South Carolina. In 2022 Eleventh Hour Theatre produced his original one-man show, Electric Love. David acted in the show. In 2017 David’s 10-minute play Winning with Shakespeare! won the new works festival at the Atlantic Stage (Myrtle Beach, SC). In 2018 David’s short play Separate was published in Rivers Edge: a Journal of Art and Literature (Vol. 31, Issue 1). In 2020 David’s monologue “Ian” was published in The Best Men’s Stage Monologues by Smith and Kraus. In 2021 David’s one-act play A Roof of Slate was selected as a semi-finalist for the new works festival at Greenville’s Centre Stage.
David was a finalist for The American Prize directing award for his work on King Lear, eventually winning third place. He is the founder of Eleventh Hour Theatre.
He recently played Hamlet (Greenville, SC) for the second time. He is a certified Patsy Rodenburg Associate (PRA), specializing in acting and voice.
Jeffrey Stegall
MA, Interpretative Speech, Bob Jones University // Acting Certificate, Shakespeare Institute //
MA, Interpretative Speech, Bob Jones University // Acting Certificate, Shakespeare Institute //
BioJeffrey Stegall has been directing, designing, and acting for over40 years.
He has played the title character in Hamlet, Henry V, Richard II, and The Merchant of Venice, as well as more than a baker's dozen of Shakespeare’s clowns. He also sang the role of Henry Etches in Titanic: The Broadway Musical. His play and opera directing and design credits include over 100 productions.
While at The National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York City, he studied with James Tripp, Mark Zeller, Peter Lobdell, Mary Lou Rosato, as well other Theatre professionals. He also studied Theatre Design at The University of Oklahoma with Forrest Newlin (Scene Design) and Michael Buchwald(Costume Design).
He is founder of The Greenville Shakespeare Company, a nonprofit organization that exists to provide the Upstate of South Carolina and surrounding areas with family friendly, high quality, accessible productions of Shakespeare and other classic works of literature. His most recent production of Much Ado About Nothing marked GSC's 24th season.
Jeffrey has performed his one-man show “An Amazing Grace: The Story of John Newton” at churches in New Hampshire, Indiana, Tennessee, and Texas.
When he’s not in rehearsals, he enjoys leading the music at White Oak Baptist Church and scouring the countryside(domestic & abroad) for antiques with his wife, Kim. They have two wonderful adult children.