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Jenkins, Ronald S.


Professor of Theater
Theater Department
860.685.2595
Theater and Dance Studios 109


BA Haverford College
PHD Harvard University
EMAIL:
rjenkins@wesleyan.edu
PERSONAL HOME PAGE:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/theater/jenkins.pdf
WESLEYAN PO BOX:
 Theater Department
COURSES TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:
THEA205 - 01
THEA205 - 02
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
International Traditions of Comic Performance with special interests in Balinese Theater and the work of the Italian Nobel Laureate Dario Fo.

Directing and translating the plays of Dario Fo.
Directing and translating theater connected to the traditions of Bali.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
International Traditions of Comic Performance
with special interests in Balinese Theater and the work of the Italian Nobel Laureate Dario Fo

Has written on international theater for The Drama Review, American Theater, Kyoto Review,
Mudra (Indonesia), Teatr (Russia), Theater Research (U.K.) and The New York Times.
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS:
Association for Theater in Higher Education
AWARDS WON:
Guggenheim Fellowship
Sheldon Fellowship - Harvard University
Danforth Fellowship
Watson Fellowship
Theater Library Association Award for Outstanding Scholarship for the Book
"Artful Laughter: Dario Fo & Franca Rame" (2001)
OFFICE HOURS:
Mondays Noon to 1pm & 4-4:30pm
PUBLICATIONS:
Artful Laughter: Dario Fo & Franca Rame
(Aperture, New York, 2001) Winner of 2001 Theater Library Association Award for Outstanding Scholarship

Subversive Laughter
(Free Press, New York, 1994); Essays on Comic Traditions in Italy, Japan, Bali, Lithuania, and South Africa

Acrobats of the Soul
(Theater Communications Group, New York, 1988); Study of Contemporary American Comic Performance
SPECIAL ROLE IN DEPARTMENT:
Advising Students on opportunities for International research, study, and grants.
Teaching courses that combine reasearch and performance skills.
Making connections between the department and theater professionals in the U.S. and abroad
GRANTS:
Asian Cultural Council-Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Nordic Institute for Asian Studies
National Endowment for the Arts
Connecticut Council for the Arts
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Henson Foundation (La Mama Theater-N.Y.)
U.S. Department of the Interior