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.
Columbus, Curt EDirector of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Hilton, Leon J AAssociate Chair
Jarcho, JuliaHead of the Playwriting Program
Ybarra, PatriciaInterim Chair
Bach-Coulibaly, Michelle RSenior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Baryshnikov, ShuraAssociate Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Brazil, AngelaAssociate Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Brown, JaynaProfessor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Cesario, Ronald MLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Columbus, Curt EProfessor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
dAngelo, SarahAssociate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Dellecave, JAssistant Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Dunbar, Nancy RSenior Lecturer Emerita in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Eizenberg, Alexander JLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Emigh, John SProfessor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Fitzgerald, Renee SurprenantLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Golub, SpencerProfessor Emeritus 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 AAssociate Professor
Jarcho, JuliaAssociate Professor 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
Ramos, IvanAssociate Professor
Reo, Barbara MLecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Seto-Weiss, Patricia MAssistant Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Skiles, SophiaAssociate Professor of the Practice of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Skybetter, Sydney AAssociate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Strandberg, Julie ADistinguished Senior Lecturer Emerita of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Tannenbaum, Barbara IDistinguished Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Terry-Morgan, ElmoAssociate Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Vogel, Paula AProfessor Emerita of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Ybarra, PatriciaW. Duncan MacMillan Family Professor of the Humanities
