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, Patricia, Chair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Bach-Coulibaly, Michelle R, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Barnhill, James O, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Baryshnikov, Shura, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Berenson, Stephen, Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Cesario, Ronald M, Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Columbus, Curt, Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
dAngelo, Sarah, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Dunbar, Nancy R, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Emigh, John S, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Golub, Spencer, Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Haynes, Alexander J, Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Hett, Timothy C, Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Hilton, Leon J A, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Johnson, Jasmine E, John Atwater and Diana Nelson Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Jones, Thomas O, Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Marshall, Lowry, Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
McEleney, Brian, Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Mertes, Brian, Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Moore, Kym, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Reo, Barbara M, Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Schneider, Rebecca, Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Skybetter, Sydney A, Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Strandberg, Julie A, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Tannenbaum, Barbara I, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Terry-Morgan, Elmo, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Vogel, Paula A, Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Wilmeth, Don B, Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Ybarra, Patricia, Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
