Andrew Friedman
Associate Professor and Theatre Historian
Dr. Andrew Friedman teaches Theatre History, Dramaturgy, Introduction to Theatre, and is the dramaturgy supervisor for the Department of Theatre and Dance. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History from The Graduate Center, City University of New York and a B.A. in literature from Sarah Lawrence College. His publications appear in Theatre Journal, Theater, Modernism/modernity, European Stages, and Ibsen News and Comment as well as the edited collections Postdramatic Theatre & Form and Baseball and Social Class. Currently, he is completing his first book on Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller’s Ibsen-Saga and the legacies of modernity. His research is funded by the Norwegian National Consulate, Performance Art Hub Norway, and a Ball State Aspire Grant. He received the 2018 Dean’s Creative Endeavor Award for his research.
Andrew is a working dramaturg and was co-founder and co-artistic director of the internationally acclaimed theatre collective, Riot Group (1997-2012).
Andrew’s publications can be found here