Theater & Performance Studies
I'm still trying to figure out which TAPS folks are on here, and I'm sure others are, too. Reach out to me to get added.
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@cgrobe.bsky.social
@pollackpelzner.bsky.social
Teaching English/theater at Portland State University. Writing in The New Yorker and The Atlantic. Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist forthcoming from Simon & Schuster, Fall 2025. Zeugmas welcome. https://www.danielpollackpelzner.com/
@anamariatd.bsky.social
Profe universitaria, feminista, terca y despistada. Antropóloga, danza, decolonialidad, historia del arte, cuerpo,identidad,memoria,teoría crítica. https://antioquia.academia.edu/AnamariaTamayoDuque https://librosoa.unam.mx/handle/123456789/3852
@edwarmulfo.bsky.social
PhD | Instructor of Communication, Performance, and Sexuality Studies | Queer Latinx Performances of Loss from the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Borderland | Connoisseur of Guilty Pleasures They/Them
@purplezebrav.bsky.social
Queer/crip scholar of freaks and monsters in pop culture and politics, here to talk about history, literary theory, and cats. They/them or xe/xen/xens pronouns.
@hwillenbrink.bsky.social
Performance scholar & Theatre artist, author of Performing for the Don, continuing the investigation at performingforthedon.substack.com
@danisnyder-young.bsky.social
Applied performance, spectatorship, and obsessive knitting.
@lektormelby.bsky.social
PhD-candidate in Theatre studies at University in Bergen, Norway. Diving deep into the news archives for BIT Teatergarasjen since 1984. Theatre reviewer in the regional newspaper Bergens Tidende. And at Here & Beyond: https://hereandbeyond.substack.com/
@saulhewish.bsky.social
Participatory arts for prisons & other marginalised groups. Artistic Director of Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation) and p/t Teaching Fellow in Theatre Practice at University of Warwick. My views are my own & not necessarily those of my employers.
@weingust.bsky.social
Shakespeare and theatre scholar; proud papa of USC entrepreneur and Hostelpass.co CEO; old actor/musician; former Ensemble member at Glide SF; ally; happy Californian.
@rubencarbajal.bsky.social
Human-made stories for humans. https://rubencarbajal.com/links
@mtrist2.bsky.social
director of cultural studies & assistant professor @ Towson｜radical queerness, brownness, & performance｜generally a curmudgeon｜he/him/his
@guillaumecot.bsky.social
Maître de conférences/Associate professor @univpaulvalery (politiques culturelles & histoire du théâtre, droit, écologie...), parfois dramaturge 🌿🌻
@davidjcoates.bsky.social
Cultural historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick. Researching theatre in the long nineteenth century and queer theatre histories. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Regular theatre, exhibition and museum visitor. Chocoholic 🍫
@carladellagatta.bsky.social
Dramaturg | Arts Advocate | Writer | Theatre Historian 💃🏻 Associate Professor | Author: Latinx Shakespeares Co-Editor: Shakespeare & Latinidad https://www.latinxshakespeares.org/ https://www.carladellagatta.com/
@lerikscline.bsky.social
teaching lit; writing about C19 performance, spectators, narrative; opinions my own; she/they
@amandarosevphd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Performance & Pedagogy. I think of myself as an Ethical Paladin but am known for intimacy choreography, larp, immersive theatre, laughing loudly, teaching teachers, adopting dogs, & editing the Journal of Consent-Based Performance
@bardythoughts.bsky.social
SFF Editor for @SolarisBooks.bsky.social by day, contemporary Shakespeare theatre scholar by night. Sometimes theatre critic, dramaturg.
@charlieholland.bsky.social
19th century Circus and Music Hall history (esp. acro, aerial & juggling) & Contemporary Circus. Co-organiser of European Circus History Conference (circusconference.org), British Music Hall Society Conference.
@keenanshionalyn.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham - Theatre History, Queer Theatre, Modernism, and Practice-Based Research - East Central European Area Studies - Theatre/Humanities Education (Andragogy/Pedagogy)
@briceezell.bsky.social
Writer, critic (@PopMatters), teacher. ATL. PhD in English, University of Texas. Modern drama, theatre, and philosophy. Writing a book on Tom Stoppard. https://boxd.it/1rEO5
@travisstern.bsky.social
PhD in theatre history - American theatre history, improv, comedy, and baseball performance. Cloverfield monster in disguise. Self loathing with a hint of lime. 1st book: Ballplayers on Stage (at UTenn P)
@alexthemeh.bsky.social
(He/Him) Theatre/digital media scholar with a love of world building and a fear of all things digital.
@emmcgirr.bsky.social
Eighteenth-century & theatre historian; cat & child wrangler; immigrant.
@emdillon.bsky.social
Literature professor at Northeastern University. Book-in-progress: Sweetness and Ruin: A History of Sugar, Race, and Capitalism (Dutton 2026). From the 17th-century plantation to 21st-century diabetes epidemic. Monoculture, autoimmune disease, poetry.
@mayamcantu.bsky.social
Greasepaint Puritan: Boston to 42nd Street in the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes, University of Michigan Press ‘24; Drama, Bennington College. www.mayacantu.com/news
@pgagliardi.bsky.social
Teaching Assoc Prof at Marquette University, Dad, Terrible hockey player Buy ALL PLAY AND NO WORK from Temple U Press: https://tupress.templ https://linktr.ee/paul.gagliardi?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=4d83fe13-3508-4b11-b014-666a8afc3
@bonniehonig.bsky.social
PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic, and a 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind). New article on Singin in the Rain ☔️ and Sorry to Bother You 🐴 out now in Cultural Critique
@robertamock.bsky.social
Professor of Performance and Dean of School of Performing & Digital Arts at Royal Holloway, London. 🇨🇦 in UK for a long time now. Tikkun olam 🍉. She/her. Posting in personal capacity only.
@kvnrrdn.bsky.social
Modernism | Theater | World Literature teaching @ Temple University, Japan Campus (Kyoto)
@robinmbernstein.bsky.social
Author of Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit. https://scholar.harvard.edu/robinbernstein/home ; robinbernsteinphd.com . Inventor of the leg mullet (business in the front, party in the back).
@ryandonovan.bsky.social
Author | BROADWAY BODIES and QUEER APPROACHES IN MUSICAL THEATRE Assistant Professor of Theater Studies | Duke University ryan-donovan.com
@pannill.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. Performing Arts, WUSTL. Author of The First Frame. 18c France, social theory, freemasonry. Co-host, www.ontappod.com.
@nfesette.bsky.social
Associate prof of theater at Oxford College of Emory University. Abolition, critical prison studies, performance studies, drama
@cermatori.bsky.social
www.josephcermatori.com writer, critic, editor, historian "drama and the arts of performance" - Author: Baroque Modernity: An Aesthetics of Theater (Johns Hopkins UP, 2021)
@signylynch.bsky.social
Theatre nerd, she/her | Contemporary intercultural, intermedial, diasporic & Black theatres in Canada; audience research; theatre criticism | Asst Prof at UofT (Mississauga and CDTPS)
@jshan.bsky.social
Theater historian, educator, captain of the world's most mediocre softball team
@cmcanning.bsky.social
Performance historian. Reader. Teacher. Feminist. Views my own and represent no one else. She/hers
@jenps.bsky.social
Performance scholar and author of Cyborg Theatre. Writes about theatre, multimedia, animal studies and more!
@somethingmodern.bsky.social
I work with archives + bodies + technology. Professor of Performance and Technology; Head of Digital Research; Co-Director, Centre for Performance, Technology, and Equity (PTEQ). Also Moving Data. www.kateelswit.org
@ecolleary.bsky.social
Curator of Performing Arts @ Harry Ransom Center | Theatre, Libraries, Museums, Digital Humanities, and Nonprofits | (he/him) 🏳️🌈 https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/performing-arts/ https://www.stagestories.org
@vcwiet.bsky.social
Archives of the performing arts, British novel, and history of sexuality | Connoisseur of underperforming NYC sports teams | probably rewatching Mad Men. Opinions mine.
@noemontez.bsky.social
Theatre and Performance Scholar Associate Professor of Theater, Emory ASTR VP for Publications. I write about Latinx/Latin American Performance, Theatre in Higher Education, Critical University Studies, and Sport as Performance.
@stinkylulu.bsky.social
writer, teacher, scholar • professing on pathologies of popular performance, past & present • planted in the Garden Swamp, rooted in the Land of Enchantment • he/him+ https://linktr.ee/stinkylulu
@cdelgadogarcia.bsky.social
Lecturer in Theatre & Performance at the University of Glasgow. Contemporary British/European playwriting, performance, dramaturgy and political theory. Next book is on Tim Crouch (MUP). Also: 🌿🚴🌈🎉 Orgullosament xarnega. Hola!
@pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024) Pre-Order from NYU Press beginning June 16, 2024: shorturl.at/fknH7 30% off from nyupress.org with code NYUP30 Pre-Order from Amazon Now: https://shorturl.at/guFQ4
@kellenhoxworth.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University at Buffalo - SUNY. Author of “Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance”: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810147072/transoceanic-blackface/
@cgrobe.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of English at Johns Hopkins. Posts my own. Theorist/historian of performance. ART OF CONFESSION (http://bit.ly/2BALZDt). Now writing on tech&the arts, politics&performance.