Tom Suda has taught Introduction to Theatre for more than a decade, and every section attracts a capacity audience to uniformly enthusiastic reviews. From time to time, he energizes the occasional student to become more involved in theatre at Oakland, but his overall focus is creating audiences for the future. He also mentors new faculty who take on the class, maintaining consistency from section to section. In the revision of acting curriculum, Suda developed the mid-level course Acting: the Script. He also teaches Directing II and the History of American Musical Theatre. Suda’s teaching extends into the rehearsal room as well, and he has directed a wide range of successful productions, such as the American classic comedy, “You Can’t Take it with You,” the musical revue, “Starting Here, Starting Now,” ripped-from-the headlines “The Laramie Project,” the shattered postmodern “Blue Window” and “By Jupiter,” a lesser-known Rodgers and Hart musical. His most recent production of “Chekhov in Yalta” gave the student actors the opportunity to explore the personalities who launched modern theatre. Suda also helped coordinate a research trip for himself, the costumer, and the two students designing scenery and costumes for the production to go to Yalta in the Ukraine and experience the actual home — now a museum — where the action of the play takes place. His ongoing work with student actors and designers is but part of the excellent and committed teaching that Suda brings to undergraduate education at Oakland University.