Professor Jorgensen's scholarship centers on theatre education, actor training, the development of new plays and the work of Augustus Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed.
His professional acting credits include: voices work for 鈥淎lbino Lullaby鈥� (video game), The Shaughraun at the Huntington Theater and Smoke Signals at Chicago鈥檚 Remains Theatre. He has appeared in various roles on television and film, including the film School Ties and Starving Artists.
Luke is currently the Artistic Director of the Tufts University Children鈥檚 Theatre. Recent productions he has directed at Tufts University include Noises Off, The Pillowman, Six Degrees of Separation, and The Arabian Nights.
At Boston College Luke services as the director and consultant for the First Year Experience, and he is also the faculty advisor for My Mother鈥檚 Fleabag, and Hello Shovelhead! Luke has also directed various productions at BC, including The Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, 惭辞濒颈别谤别鈥檚 The Flying Doctor, and The Forced Marriage, The Crucible, The King Stag, Metamorphoses (Winner of a KCACTF Ensemble Award), and Codemonkey (which he also wrote). Codemonkey was a semi-finalist in the NY Musical Theatre New Works selection process.
