Oliver泭Gerland
- Associate Professor
- Faculty Affiliate of the Humanities Program
- THEATRE

勛圖厙 Theatre Building UCB 261
Room C236
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Monday & Wednesday 11:00-12:00pm
PhD in Drama and Humanities, Stanford 勛圖厙; BA in Philosophy and English Literature, Swarthmore College. CU faculty member since 1992.
Courses taught include THTR 1009: Theatre & Society, THTR 1019: Script Lab, THTR 5011: Theory & Criticism, and THTR 6041: Modern Global Theatre.泭 Also HUMN 4050: Representations of People with Disabilities.
Research interests include intellectual property law, disability studies, dramatic theory and criticism, modern drama.泭 Currently studying the history of admission fees and the phenomenon of forcible ejection, i.e., when an attendee is removed from a theatre by physical or police force.
Administrative service includes chair of Theatre and Dance (1999-2003, 2009-10), faculty director of Honors Residential Academic Program (2013-18), and interim director of Humanities Program (2018-20).泭 Directed the dramaturgy program for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (1998-2010, intermittent).
Recent publications include I, My Stela: Command and Trance in the Procession of Osiris at Abydos (New England Theatre Journal 2018) and The Introduction of Admission Fees in Tudor London (Early Theatre, scheduled for publication 2021).
Original plays given full production include泭Michelin Star泭(Coal Creek Theater of Louisville 2018, directed by泭Dan Schock) and泭Play Therapy泭(CU Boulder 2019, directed by泭Cecilia Pang).