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Dr. Christopher J Mitchell

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts (Theatre History/Literature)

Office: 2347 - Doudna Fine Arts Center
Phone: 217-581-3451
Fax: 217-581-6027
Email: cjmitchell@eiu.edu
http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cjmitchell/

A native of both the DC area and east-central Pennsylvania, Dr. Mitchell brings a dual background of scientific and artistic training to the table.  As a member of EIU's theatre faculty since 2001, he primarily teaches the theatre history/literature sequence of courses in the department.  He has published and presented both internationally and nationally in his primary area of research expertise, the plays of August Strindberg.  He is an active director and dramaturg, participating in many University Theatre productions, including, recently, A Strindberg Café (2012), Volpone (2011) and Tartuffe (2011).  [Production photos]  Dr. Mitchell is also a proud affiliate faculty member of the Women's Studies and Film Studies programs, and remains active teaching and writing in those areas as well.  He is also an affiliated faculty member of the EIU Center for the Humanities.

Office hours for Spring 2013 are Tuesdays, 11-1:30 pm; or by appointment.

Dr. Mitchell will be on sabbatical in the Spring of 2014.

Frequently Taught Courses

THA 2140G: Introduction to Theatre and 2190G: Introduction to Theatre, Honors
THA 2258: Script Analysis
THA 3751G: Theatre History I
THA 3752G: Theatre History II
THA 3753G: Development of American Theatre and Drama
THA 3754G: American Theatre on Film
THA 3756: Twentieth-Century Theatre

FILM 3759G: History of Cinema

WST 2309: Women, Men, and Culture

Education

B.S., Physics, Georgetown University, 1994
M.A., Theatre History/Theory/Criticism, The Catholic University of America, 1996
Ph.D., Theatre History/Theory/Criticism, University of Georgia, 1999
Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies, University of Georgia, 1999

Speakers Bureau

For more information, please visit the Speakers Bureau Webpage.

• History

History of Theatre, Film, and general entertainment trends in Europe and the US in the 19th and 20th centuries History of Feminist movements in Europe and the US in the 19th and 20th centuries

Research

Plays of August Strindberg
Scandinavian Theatre, Film, and Culture
Gender Studies, Feminist Performance, Feminist Theory, Feminist Pedagogy
19th and 20th Century European/American Theatre History (as well as connections to broader historical trends in these eras)
Dramaturgy
Intersections of Science, Technology, and the Arts; Interactive Performance

Conference Presentations

Of note, in 2012:

"A Strindbergian Foray into Ancient Greece: Hermione and Hellas."  Invited presentation at the ATINER Arts Conference, Athens, Greece.

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