Janelle Reinelt

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Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Professor, Drama
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
PH.D., Stanford University
Phone: (949) 824-8149
Fax: (949) 824-9096
Email: jreinelt@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
120 Administration
Mail Code: 3180
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
British Theatre, PoliticalTheory, Performance
Research Abstract
B.A. (Philosophy) and M.A. (Communication Theory), University of the Pacific; Ph.D. (contemporary drama), Stanford. Former chair of Theatre and Dance at University of California, Davis, and professor of theatre at California State University, Sacramento. Former editor of Theatre Journal. Currently president of the International Federation for Theatre Research (FIRT/IFTR).Books include After Brecht: British Epic Theatre, Crucibles of Crisis, The Performance of Power, with Sue-Ellen Case; A Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, with Elaine Aston; and Critical Theory and Performance, with Joseph Roach. Working on a book entitled Public Performances: Race and Nation in the Theatre of Our Time, and a second edition of Critical Theory and Performance. Written extensively on the politics of performance for Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, Yale Theater, Theatre Research International, Western European Stages, and TheatreForum.
Last updated
10/14/2004