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: 03C Page, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27608-0608
Phone: (919) 660-3384
Email: archelle@duke.edu
Office Hours: Office Hours are planned per semester. The Fall 2016 hours TBA
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: esther.k.lee@duke.edu
Office Hours: Tues and Thurs 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
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: 109D 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 Riddell, Ph.D.
Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Office: Allen Building, Room 217, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90030, Durham, NC 27708-0030
Phone: +1 919 684 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 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... 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
Thomas DeFrantz
Professor of Theater Studies
Office: 1316 Campus Dr, Rm 243C, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: African and African-American S, Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 668-1929
Email: t.defrantz@duke.edu
Valeria Finucci
Professor of Romance Studies
Office: 219E Language Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
Phone: (919) 660-3119
Email: vfinucci@duke.edu
Renaissance 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.
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, Mfa
Instructor of Theater Studies
Office: DS Union East, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90710, Durham, NC 277080710
Phone: +1 919 660 3960
Email: talyaklein@gmail.com
Jules Odendahl-James
Dir, Acad Engagement for Acad Discipline
Office: Room 118, Academic Advising Center, Dukeuniversity, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: +1 919 681 8707
Email: jao@duke.edu
Alex Ferrone
Postdoctoral Associate
Office: 03C Page, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: +1 919 660 5563
Email: alessandro.ferrone@duke.edu
Office Hours: Mondays, 1:00–3:00pm
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 »