Contacts
Office: 375 Santa Teresa Street, Roble Gym, Rm 149
Mail Code: 94305-8125
Phone: (650) 723-2576
Email: tapsstudentservices@stanford.edu
Web Site: http://taps.stanford.edu
Courses offered by the Department of Theater and Performance Studies are listed on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site under the subject codes TAPS and DANCE.
Mission of the Undergraduate Program in Theater and Performance Studies
The mission of the undergraduate program in Theater and Performance Studies is to provide a strong, non-conservatory program that joins the study and practice of performance within the context of a liberal arts curriculum. The department gives students a strong grasp of historical, cultural, and practical contexts in which live performance develops. With close faculty contact, department majors pursue areas of interest that may include acting, directing, writing, dance, devised theater, design, stage management, performance theory, and cultural studies. During the senior year students complete a senior project as part of fulfilling the 60 units required for the major.
Mission of the Graduate Program in Theater and Performance Studies
The mission of the graduate program in Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) is to educate students who work on the leading edge of both scholarly and performance practice. The Ph.D. program includes the study of critical theory, dramatic literature, performance theory, theater history, and performance making. Graduate students complete a program with a rigorous study of critical theory, textual history, elements of production (directing, acting, choreography, writing, and design) and embodied research.
Faculty
Emeriti: (Professors) Jean-Marie Apostolidès (TAPS; French and Italian), Harry Elam, Michael Ramsaur, Alice Rayner, (Associate Professor) William S. Eddelman, (Senior Lecturer) Patricia Ryan, (Senior Lecturer) Connie Strayer
Chair: Matthew W. Smith
Director of Graduate Studies: Diana Looser
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Branislav Jakovljevic
Professors: Jennifer DeVere Brody (TAPS, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity), Branislav Jakovljevic, Peggy Phelan (TAPS, English), Rush Rehm (TAPS, Classics), Matthew W. Smith (TAPS, German Studies)
Associate Professor: Young Jean Lee, Diana Looser, Jisha Menon (Center for South Asia, Stanford Global Studies)
Assistant Professors: Samer Al-Saber, Michael Rau, Aileen Robinson
Professor (Teaching): Janice Ross
Senior Lecturer: Becky Bodurtha, Aleta Hayes
Lecturers: Rotimi Agbabiaka , Kathryn Amarotico-Kostopoulos, Nina Ball, David Bresenham, Jane Casamajor, Matt Chapman, Kara Davis, Diane Frank, Stephanie Hunt, Mikéah Jennings (Mohr Visiting Artist), Alex Ketley, Daniel Klein, Laxmi Kumaran, Anton Pankevich, Richard Powers, Ronnie Reddick, Amanda Reid (Mellon Fellow), Lisa Rowland, Raissa Simpson
Artists-in-Residence: Amy Freed, Amara Smith
Director of Finance and Operations: Beth McKeown
Student Services Officer: Katie Dooling
Administrative Associate: Janet Pineda
Production Staff: Daniel Cadigan, Jane Casamajor, Lindsay Martens, Brendon Martin, Kenny McMullen, Heather Patterson Miller, Stefanie M. Okuda, Paul Strayer, Emma Vossbrink