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Artist Spotlight: Cal State San Bernardino educator loves acting, from commercials to ShakespeareThe Press-Enterprise/The SunJune 7, 2018
Since his childhood was spent on the move as a military dependent, Terry Smith grew up with a high degree of adaptability.
Born while his father was in basic training, Smith, chair of the CSUSB Department of Theatre Arts, celebrated his first birthday on a ship bound for England. When they returned several years later, his father was stationed all over the United States. Smith went to 12 schools before he graduated from high school.
During those high school years, a cheerleader on whom he had a crush asked him to come along to an audition for a play. Of course, he went.
“I got cast,” he says. “She didn’t.”
Smith, a Crestline resident, is playing Prospero in “The Tempest,” part of the third annual Courtyard Shakespeare Festival at California Baptist University in Riverside.
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