Doug Rosson, M.F.A.

Doug Rosson joined the Bradley Theatre Department in 2004 as an assistant professor of theatre history, theatre studies, and performance. He received his BFA from the University of Texas in Theatre Production (Directing), his MFA in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory, and is completing his PhD in Theatre Studies at Florida State University. Before coming to Bradley, he worked as a professional actor, stage manager, designer, and even as business manager of Annex Theatre in Seattle, Washington. He has directed numerous plays including Anton in Show Business (an alternate to the American Theatre Festival Regional Competition) and Angels in America (selected by the Peoria Journal Star as one of the fifteen most important arts events in central Illinois in 2006) during his time at Bradley University. His most recent publication, in Performance Research (Routledge), is entitled, “The Kid’s were Alright: a decade in the life of the members of a Seattle alternative theatre company,” and he continues to do research on alternative theatre companies in the last decade of the twentieth century. He has presented papers and research at numerous national conferences, as well as internationally at Łódź, Poland; Helsinki, Finland; and Urbino, Italy. Additionally, last summer he was invited to Oxford University to participate in roundtable discussions on the future of the arts in higher education.