In 2019, only two years after joining the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, Weild was named the Chair of Directing for the John Wells Directing Program where she supervises and guides MFA and BFA directing candidates. In 2022 she received tenure.
Prior to CMU, she was a Visiting Professor for two years at Wesleyan University where she taught directing and acting. She spent five years on faculty at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute and The Einhorn School of Performing Arts at Primary Stages in New York City.
Along with her faculty position, she leads workshops and intensives in Shakespeare, Access Aestethics, new play directing, coaches and works with directors and actors at all levels. She is trained in Stanislavsky based acting techniques, Viewpoints, Composition, Suzuki and Linklater. She has taught at leading graduate and undergraduate theater programs across the country including, Columbia University, Yale University, Barnard College, The Kennedy Center, The O'Neill Center's National Theater Institute, Fordham University, Atlantic Theater School, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped, New Actors Workshop, California Institute of the Arts, UC Irvine, University of Houston, Cal State Fullerton, CalState Riverside and La Jolla Playhouse. She has also trained theater companies; Lookingglass, One Year Lease, About Productions, Sowelu Ensemble, Stone Soup and Integrity Productions.
With nearly twenty-five years of teaching experience, Weild remains steadfastly committed to the training and development of the next generation of ethical, generative, visionary artist-leaders who understand and honor the transformative power of collaborative storytelling. She guides, challenges and empowers directing students to dream big, take bold risks and embrace the possibility of failure on a grand scale in order to expand their understanding of what theater can be, what they believe is possible, and to push the boundaries of the artform itself. By creating dialectic environments, encouraging rigorous critical thinking, and emphasizing in depth text analysis combined with hands-on experimentation and practical application. Weild develops directors who are flexibile, versatile in technique, and above all kind, disciplined, dedicated, innovative, and revolutionary artist-leaders for the 21st century.
Upon graduation, her directing students follow paths as unique as they are, entering the industry with confidence and continued support.
