First Name
Middle Name
Last Name
City
Iowa City
Country
United States
State or Province
IA
Job Title
Dramaturg, Producer
Biography
Ryan Adelsheim (they/them) is a new play dramaturg, producer, and interdisciplinary scholar of American performance, trans studies, and queer archives. They are currently Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Performance Studies at the University of Iowa. Their recent artistic collaborations include conference dramaturg for the New Harmony Project, co-adaptor for Affinity based on the novel by Sarah Waters with director Alex Keegan, dramaturg and researcher for soldiergirls by Emil Weinstein and Emily Johnson-Erday, and producer on the Emerging Playwrights Commissions with Audible Theater. They have worked with companies including the Playwright’s Center, the Goodman Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Steppenwolf Theater Company, Victory Gardens Theater, and Baltimore Center Stage, among others.
Their current book project focuses on the aesthetics of unfinishedness in queer and trans contemporary, American performance. With interests in performance studies, trans studies, and queer temporality, their interdisciplinary scholarship considers theater, performance, dance, and devising. Ryan previously taught at Tufts University and their writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Theater where they also served as the associate editor, Modern Drama, Performance Response Journal, and Routledge’s Dramaturgy & History collection. They received their doctorate and MFA from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, and their BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania.
Their current book project focuses on the aesthetics of unfinishedness in queer and trans contemporary, American performance. With interests in performance studies, trans studies, and queer temporality, their interdisciplinary scholarship considers theater, performance, dance, and devising. Ryan previously taught at Tufts University and their writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Theater where they also served as the associate editor, Modern Drama, Performance Response Journal, and Routledge’s Dramaturgy & History collection. They received their doctorate and MFA from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, and their BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania.
Areas of Expertise
New play dramaturgy; queer theater & performance; trans theater & performance; adaptation; archival research/archives; musical theater, musical theatre; queer aesthetics; solo performance
Language(s) spoken
English
Interested in freelance opportunities
Yes
