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JEFFREY ERIC JENKINS teaches theatre history, literature, and theory in the Drama Department of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has taught directing at the University of Washington and graduate dramaturgy at SUNY-Stony Brook. Jenkins has directed more than two dozen productions in theatres across the United States, and served on the management team of Peter Brook's acclaimed productions of The Mahabharata and The Cherry Orchard at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. A former chairman of the American Theatre Critics Association, Jenkins has published articles in major newspapers, reference books and scholarly journals. His books include Under the Copper Beech: Conversations With American Theater Critics, six volumes of The Best Plays Theater Yearbook series, and chapters in recent titles such as Interrogating America Through Theatre and Performance (2006) and Angels in American Theatre: Patrons, Patronage, and Philanthropy (2007). Jenkins serves on the boards of directors of the American Theatre Wing and the Theater Hall of Fame.
Bio as of October, 2007.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
From New Dramatists - December, 2007 - Watch now.
Staging The Classics - November, 2005 - Watch now.
Interpreting Tennessee Williams - April, 2005 - Watch now.
Playwrights - October, 2004 - Watch now.
Playwright, Director and Choreographer - September, 2003 - Watch now.
Design - April, 2003 - Watch now.
Design - September, 2002 - Watch now.
Playwright and Director - April, 2002 - Watch now.
Member of the American Theatre Wing Board of Trustees
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