University of Miami

Faculty Member, Theatre Arts

Associate Professor of Theatre History and Theory

College of Arts and Sciences

About

Stephen Di Benedetto is currently an Associate Professor of Theatre History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Miami. He received his Ph.D. from Goldsmiths College, University of London with a dissertation entitled, Playwriting as a Visual Art: A study of contemporary English-speaking dramaturgy using the works of five playwrights trained as fine artists. He holds an MA in Theatre History from the University of Michigan, and a BFA in Theatre Studies from The Theatre School, DePaul University. Dr. Di Benedetto has held teaching positions at the University of Houston; the Drama Studies Centre, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland; and at DePaul University. He is an active member of the American Society for Theatre Research, the International Federation for Theatre Research, Performance Studies International, and the Association for the Study of the Arts in the Present. Among his other professional affiliations he was a convener of the Scenography Working group of the International Federation for Theatre Research, an artist board member of DiverseWorks Art House in Houston, a theatre critic for Houston Free Press and Irish Theatre Magazine, and worked as a dramaturg at such places as Infernal Bridegroom Productions and The Connecticut Repertory Theatre.

Current research and publications explore scenographic design in various cultural contexts, and examine the ways in which the five senses are harnessed by artists in performance from a phenomenological perspective. Additionally, Dr. Di Benedetto is the Book Review Editor (North America), for Theatre Research International, Treasurer of A.S.A.P., and Associate Editor of Scene.

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