Faculty and Staff

The Department of Performing Arts teaching faculty features many leading scholars, directors, performers, designers, playwrights, dramaturgs, choreographers, critics, technicians, and community-based and multimedia artists in the field.

Theater Faculty

The current roster of core Theater Program teaching faculty and associated Theater Faculty from across campus

Music Faculty

The current roster of core Music Program faculty and associated Music Faculty from across campus

Dance Faculty

The current roster of core Dance Program faculty

Public Speaking Faculty

The current roster of core Public Speaking Program faculty

Administrative and Production Staff

Get to know the Department’s Administrative and Production Staff

Faculty News

Announcements

Soyica Colbert Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Soyica Colbert, former interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in theatre arts and performance studies, which will support the development of her forthcoming book At Freedom’s Gate.

April 12, 2023

David Strathairn performing as Jan Karski. He is on his knees on the stage with one hand touching the floor. Strathairn is illuminated by spotlight.

Announcements

Film About Legendary Georgetown Professor and Holocaust Witness Jan Karski Premieres on PBS

The film is based on the stage production Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, which was created by Georgetown’s Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics, directed and co-authored by The Lab’s artistic and executive director Derek Goldman.

March 13, 2023

Announcements

Benjamin Harbert Establishes Multimedia Journal for Ethnomusicology

A new web-based journal is upending how ethnomusicologists conduct and publish research. The Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology (JAVEM) is a peer-reviewed streaming journal, which combines the rich medium of film with the rigor of academic inquiry.

January 31, 2023