WVU Division of Theatre and Dance

Lee Blair
Visiting Assistant Professor of Acting
BA – Middle Tennessee State University; MFA – University of Florida

Lee Blair is a 1995 graduate of the University of Florida with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting. His career as an actor has included professional works off-Broadway (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), off-off Broadway (including the New York International Fringe Festival) and regionally (Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Emelin Theatre, Hippodrome State Theatre). Lee has directed productions for the Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Murfreesboro Little Theatre, Rutherford County/Murfreesboro Center for the Arts, St. John’s University/College of Saint Benedict, and the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in New York. As a teacher, Lee previously served as an adjunct faculty member with Middle Tennessee State University, teaching courses in acting, theatre appreciation, and make-up technique. A member of Actors Equity Association since 1996, Lee also served in 2005 as an AEA Business Representative for Developing Theatre. Film credits include: Artemin Goldberg: Custom Tailor of Brassieres (2000 short film entry, Hollywood Film Festival) and smalltalkjack (2003 short entry at NODANCE, Park City, Utah, and the Brooklyn Film Festival). A native of Tennessee, Lee also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio-Television Production with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism from Middle Tennessee State University.