Faculty
Primary
Neal C. Bell
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Theater Studies
Office: 03G Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-3380
Email: neal.bell@duke.edu
Torry Bend
Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 109J Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-3383
Email: torry.bend@duke.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 10am - 1pm
Torry Bend is a puppet artist and scenic designer, her Scenic design has been seen in New York at La Mama, Incubator Arts Project and Dixon Place. Additional design work includes: Animal Dance, Children’s Theater Company; Pygmalion, Southwest Shakespeare Co.; Agamemnon, Getty Villa; References to... Full Profile »
R. Darren Gobert
William and Sue Gross Professor
Office: 03A Page, Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-6497
Email: rdg37@duke.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday, noon to 1:00 p.m. and by appointment
R. Darren Gobert specializes in comparative modern and contemporary Western drama, dramatic and performance theory, and the philosophy of theatre. His publications include The Theatre of Caryl Churchill (Bloomsbury) and The Mind-Body Stage: Passion and Interaction in the Cartesian Theater (Stanford... Full Profile »
Ellen Hemphill
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 03F Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27608-0608
Phone: (919) 660-3384
Email: archelle@duke.edu
Office Hours: On leave fall 2020 semester.
Ellen Hemphill is a Professor of the Practice 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... Full Profile »
Esther Kim Lee
Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 03B Page, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-3367
Email: ekl19@duke.edu
Esther Kim Lee specializes in theatre history and dramatic criticism. She teaches and writes about Asian American theatre, Korean diaspora theatre, interculturalism, and globalization and theatre. She is the author of A History of Asian American Theatre (Cambridge University Press, 2006), which... Full Profile »
Jody McAuliffe
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 109G Page, Professor of the Practice, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-3363
Email: mca@duke.edu
Jody 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 »
Richard V. Riddell
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: Allen Building, Room 217, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90030, Durham, NC 27708-0030
Phone: (919) 684-2641
Email: richard.riddell@duke.edu
Richard 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
Email: b.rogers@duke.edu
Bradley Rogers (Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley) is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies, English, and Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies; and Director of the Duke in London Drama program. His book, The Song Is You: Musical Theatre and the Politics of Bursting into Song... Full Profile »
Jeff M. Storer
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: 109 Page, Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-3360
Email: bear@duke.edu
Office Hours: 10:00-11:45 Tuesdays and Thursdays. Always helpful to call ahead.
Jeff Storer (jmsheepdog.com for complete information)(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... Full Profile »
Joint
Sarah Beckwith
Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 302A Allen, Box 90014, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90014, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 684-2741
Email: ott@duke.edu
Sarah Beckwith works on late medieval religious writing, medieval and early modern drama, and ordinary language philosophy. She is the author ofChrist's Body: Identity, Religion and Society in Medieval English Writing (London: Routledge, 1993, pbk 1996); Signifying God: Social Relation and... Full Profile »
Secondary
Michael F D'Alessandro
Assistant Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 502 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708
Email: michael.dalessandro@duke.edu
Office Hours: <strong>Virtual Office Hours:</strong><br /> Tuesdays 2:00 to 3:30pm<br /> <p>Join Zoom Meeting</p> <p><a href="https://duke.zoom.us/j/96429581339">https://duke.zoom.us/j/96429581339</a></p>
Michael D’Alessandro holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from Yale University and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Boston University. His principal research focuses on American literature and theatre history in the long nineteenth century. Whether studying well-known works of the... Full Profile »
Instructional
Dan Ellison, J.D.
Lecturing Fellow of Theater
Office: 2516 Perkins Road, Durham, NC 27705
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 277080680
Phone: +1 919 491 4625
Email: daniel.ellison@duke.edu
Talya Klein
Instructor of Theater Studies
Office: Dsunion East, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90710, Durham, NC 27708-0710
Phone: (919) 660-3343
Email: talyaklein@gmail.com
Alex Ferrone
Postdoctoral Associate
Office: 03C Page, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: +1 919 660 5563
Email: alessandro.ferrone@duke.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:30am–1:30pm
Alex Ferrone is a Postdoctoral Associate in Theater Studies. His teaching and research interests include theater history, dramatic criticism, and performance theory, and he specializes in contemporary drama from the United Kingdom.
Emeritus
John M. Clum
Professor Emeritus of Theater Studies
Office: 109 Page, 402 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-3343
Email: jclum1941@gmail.com
John 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 »