Department of Performing Arts


Faculty & Staff

Mr. Karl Norman, Coordinator of Acting & Directing/Director/Forensic Debate Director

 

Mr. Karl Norman:Coordinator of Acting & Directing / Director / Forensic Debate Director

Phone: 318-274-2733
Email: NormanK@gram.edu

MA – University of South Carolina BA - Grambling State University

Experience & accomplishments: Assistant Director of Floyd L. Sandle Theatre having directed hundreds of plays over eighteen years at GSU. Some directorial productions include: “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”, “Groovy” (the musical), “It Ain’t Misbehavin”, “A Star Ain’t Nothing But A Hole In Heaven”, “Antigone”. Director of Debate for GSU. President of National Association of Dramatic Speech Arts (NASDA). Proud of many former students who pursued a professional career in entertainment, which includes: Recording Artist/Actress Erykah Badu (Music: Baduizm 1997, Erykah Badu LIVE 1997, Mama’s Gun 2000, World Wide Underground 2003, Movies: Blues Brothers 2002, Cider House Rules, House of D). Also actress Natalie DeSalle (B.A.P. starring Halle Berry 1997) , and others.