The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies (TAPS) is the intellectual and artistic center at Brown for faculty and students interested in the aesthetic, historical, literary, practical and theoretical explorations of performance in global perspective – theatre, dance, speech, performance art, and performative “roles” in everyday life.
In addition to the undergraduate AB, the department offers a Doctoral Programin Theatre and Performance Studies, an MFA Program in Playwriting, and theBrown/Trinity MFA in Acting and Directing.
Each academic year also presents an overflowing calendar of performances and events, which contributes greatly to a vital educational environment for the study of performance.
Ybarra, PatriciaChair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Bach-Coulibaly, Michelle RSenior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Barnhill, James OProfessor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Baryshnikov, ShuraAssistant Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Berenson, StephenProfessor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Cesario, Ronald MLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Columbus, CurtProfessor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
dAngelo, SarahAssistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Dunbar, Nancy RSenior Lecturer Emerita in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Emigh, John SProfessor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Golub, SpencerProfessor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Haynes, Alexander JLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Hett, Timothy CLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Hilton, Leon J AAssistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Jones, Thomas OProfessor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Marshall, LowryProfessor Emerita of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
McEleney, BrianProfessor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Mertes, BrianProfessor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Moore, KymProfessor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Reo, Barbara MLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Schneider, RebeccaProfessor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Skybetter, Sydney ALecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Strandberg, Julie ADistinguished Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Tannenbaum, Barbara IDistinguished Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Terry-Morgan, ElmoAssociate Professor of Africana Studies and Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Vogel, Paula AProfessor Emerita of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Wilmeth, Don BProfessor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Ybarra, PatriciaProfessor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
