Edward E. Pixley is a theater director and a retired Professor of Speech and Theater at SUNY-Oneonta. He attended Concordia College, received an MA from University of Wisconsin, and earned a PhD from U-Iowa, with a dissertation on the plays of Sean O'Casey. His specialties include play analysis, Shakespeare and Irish theater. He authored the 3rd edition of George and Portia Kernodle's college textbook "Invitation to the Theater." Dr. Pixley has been a life-long singer as well as occasional actor. He was on the original board of directors of Glimmerglass Opera, where he sang the role of Parpignol in La Boheme, the company's 1976 debut production. He was born in Bear River, MN in 1936, and held previous teaching posts at Waldorf College and Adams State.