First Name
Benjamin
Middle Name
Last Name
Gillespie
City
Santa Clara
Country
United States
State or Province
CA
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Biography
Benjamin Gillespie is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Santa Clara University where he teaches courses in theatre, performance studies, and dramaturgy. His essays have appeared in Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, Theatre Survey, Theatre Topics, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Performance Research, Theatre Research in Canada, and HowlRound. He is co-editor of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT) and Performance Review Editor of Theatre Journal. He has also contributed numerous chapters to scholarly volumes on queer and feminist theatre. He is editor of Split Britches: Fifty Years On (University of Michigan Press, 2027) and co-editor of Late Stage: Theatrical Perspectives on Age and Aging (University of Michigan Press, 2026) and The Routledge Companion to LGBTQ+ Theatre and Performance in North America (Routledge, 2027).
Areas of Expertise
Queer and Feminist Theatre, Modern Drama, US theatre, Dramatic Criticism and Theory
Language(s) spoken
English
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