Faculty
Tracy Francis
Instructor* of Theater
Office: 019 Bryan Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90848
Phone: (919) 660-1701
tracy.francis@duke.eduPrimary
Neal C. Bell
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Theater Studies
Office: 03G Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 660-3380
W 12:00-2:00 pm neal.bell@duke.edu
Torry Bend
Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 109K Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 660-3365
Fax: (919) 684-8906
W 11a-1p 109K Page F 11a-1p 047 BC torry.bend@duke.edu
Ellen Hemphill
Associate Professor of the Practice of T
Office: 03F Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 660-3343, (919) 660-3384
Fax: (919) 684-8906
Office Hours are planned per semester. The Fall 2016 hours TBA erhemphill@gmail.comEllen Hemphill is an Associate Professor in the Theater Studies Department and former Director of Undergraduate Studies for six years in the Department. She is also Artistic Director of the professional theater company Archipelago in Chapel Hill and has taught at Duke since 1992. She was also on... Full Profile »
Jody McAuliffe
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 109D Page, Professor of the Practice, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 660-3363
Fax: (919) 684-8906
mca@duke.eduJody McAuliffe (MFA, Yale University) Award-winning director, writer, adapter, dramaturg, translator, scholar and teacher whose artistic work has been seen across the country. Her directing combines theater, film, documentary, literary adaptation, dramaturgy and the development of new work. Her... Full Profile »
Jaybird O'berski
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Theater Studies
Office: 03C Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
By appointment. Email me! jaybirdandronicus@gmail.comJaybird O’Berski (M.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University/Moscow Art Theatre School) is an assistant professor at Duke where he teaches acting, movement, improv and special topics like Black Theatre Workshop and Shakespeare Studio. Jaybird is artistic director of The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern... Full Profile »
Richard V. Riddell
Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Office: Allen Building, Room 217, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90030
Phone: (919) 684-2641
Fax: 919 684 -3050
richard.riddell@duke.eduRichard Riddell has had a career as a scholar, professional lighting designer, and academic administrator. A graduate of Knox College and Stanford University, he has published articles on education and the arts, design, and European theater in The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education,... Full Profile »
Bradley Rogers
Assistant Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 109H Page Auditorium
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 660-3350
Fax: 919-684-8906
b.rogers@duke.eduBradley Rogers (Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley) is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies and Director of the Duke in London Drama program. His work focuses on musical theatre and on performance theory, with research interests in the relationship between theater, film, and new... Full Profile »
Jeff M. Storer
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 109 Page, Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 660-3360
Fax: (919) 684-8906
10:00-11:45 Tuesdays and Thursdays. Always helpful to call ahead. bear@duke.eduJeff Storer (M.F.A., Dallas Theater Center) is co-founder and Artistic Director of Manbites Dog Theater, a professional company founded in 1986 dedicated to world and regional premieres of contemporary work. He is co-author of Indecent Materials, which opened the 1990 season at Joseph Papp’s New... Full Profile »
Joint
Sarah Beckwith
Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 302A
Campus Box: 90015
Phone: (919) 660-3342, (919) 684-2741
Monday 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m; Tuesday 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. & by appointment. ott@duke.eduSarah Beckwith works on late medieval religious writing, medieval and early modern drama, and ordinary language philosophy. She is the author of Christ's Body: Identity, Religion and Society in Medieval English Writing (London: Routledge, 1993, pbk 1996); Signifying God: Social Relation and... Full Profile »
Secondary
Thomas F DeFrantz
Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 1316 Campus Dr, Rm 243C, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90252
t.defrantz@duke.edu
Valeria Finucci
Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 219E Language Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90257
Phone: (919) 660-3100, (919) 660-3119
Fax: (919) 684-4029
vfinucci@duke.eduRenaissance theater, epic, romance, and treatise; women writers, medical and literary understandings of the body, Venetian culture, Renaissance fashion, medicine in early modern Italy, New World's pharmacy, and psychoanalysis.
Beth Holmgren
Professor with Tenure
Office: 316 Languages Building, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90259
Phone: (919) 660-3140
beth.holmgren@duke.eduBeth Holmgren is a full professor trained in Polish Studies and Russian Studies, with special expertise in narrative and film analysis, performance studies, gender studies, diasporic studies, and cultural history. She currently serves as chair of the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at... Full Profile »
Kristine Stiles
Professor in the Department of Theater Studies
Office: Smith Warehouse Bay 10, A251, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90766
Phone: (919) 684-2467
Fax: (919) 684-4398
awe3@earthlink.netKristine Stiles (Ph.D. 1987, University of California at Berkeley) is an historian of contemporary art and artists’ writings, and specializes in interdisciplinary experimental art, from performance and conceptual art to violence, destruction, and trauma in art. Her theoretical interests include... Full Profile »
Instructional
Howard Craft
Artist in Residence of Theater Studies
Office: 203 Bishops House, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90702
Phone: (919) 684-2827
howard.craft@duke.edu
Daniel Martin Ellison
Lecturing Fellow* of Theater
Office: 2516 Perkins Road, Durham, NC 27705
Campus Box: 90680
Phone: (919) 491-4625
artandmuseumlaw@aol.com
Kristen D Marks
Lecturing Fellow* of Theater
Office: 109 Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90680
danamarks73@gmail.comEmeritus
John M. Clum
Professor Emeritus of Theater Studies
jclum1941@gmail.comJohn Clum (Ph.D., Princeton) is the author of a number of books including Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama (2001), Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture (2000), and "He’s All Man": Learning Masculinity, Gayness, and Love from American Movies (2002), and essays... Full Profile »