Brown University, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies

Open Rank Position in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies: Playwriting

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT:

Open Rank Position in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies: Playwriting

Position Description:

The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown seeks applications for an open rank (tenure track/tenured) position in playwriting. The successful applicant will envision and advance the future direction of Brown’s nationally renowned playwriting programs, which consist of a top-ranking MFA program and a robust undergraduate curriculum in writing for performance. Responsibilities will include curriculum development, teaching graduate and undergraduate playwriting courses, helping to produce the annual graduate playwriting festival, and mentoring both graduate and undergraduate students in curricular and co-curricular activities germane to their professional, intellectual, and creative development. This position will also entail opportunities to contribute to the Department’s annual production season, such as directing or having their work produced in the departmental season. We welcome candidates whose work engages a diverse range of aesthetic traditions, styles, and forms of writing for performance. Experience creating and/or producing new work, as well as teaching playwriting or related genres of writing for performance at the university level, is also desirable. We seek a candidate who will share the Department’s commitment to cultural and artistic diversity, and to the integration of theory and practice in the context of a vibrantly interdisciplinary liberal arts curriculum.

Qualifications:
Junior candidates should have a record of professional activity and research that demonstrates their ability to influence the field and shows their potential for excellence in teaching. Senior candidates will have an established record of artistic achievement and demonstrated excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and advising.

Brown University is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community; as an EEO/AA employer, Brown considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Application Materials and Deadlines:

All candidates will submit a cover letter showing interest in the position (which should include a statement of teaching philosophy), a CV, and a dramatic writing sample (max 20 pages).  Candidates applying as Assistant Professors will submit three letters of recommendation, and senior or already-tenured candidates should submit contact information for five references.  Candidates will be notified before references are contacted.

For fullest consideration, candidates will submit applications by October 14, 2018, though applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the search is closed.  Please apply to Search Committee Chair via Interfolio.  The term of employment will begin July 1, 2019. 

Link to apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/51719