Faculty - Dr. JAMES TAYLOR, JR.

Associate Professor of Theatre Managing Director of Theatre Ph.D. in Dramaturgy and Theatre, Florida State University M.A. in Theatre Arts, California State University, Los Angeles B.A. in Radio, Television,& Motion Picture, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Dr. Taylor’s main courses are Theatre History, Dramatic Literature, Directing, and Introduction to Theatre. His areas of specialization are: 20th century acting theories, August Wilson, African-American theatre, Greek theatre, and Shakespearean tragedy.

Jamie has appeared in several collegiate plays as an actor, director, or dramaturg. His original plays (Blood Line, Bodies That Blow in the Wind, When A Black Woman Speaks and White Man’s A Comin’) have all been produced by the Black Actors Guild in Tallahassee, Florida. He also worked as a dramaturg at Florida State University for Hello, Dolly!, Fences, and for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf. He has directed several stage plays and readings: Flyin’ West, Day of Absence, Dutchman, From Africa to America, to name a few. While at Rhode Island College Jamie Has directed The Little Foxes, Five WomenWEaring the Same Dress, Boys Next Door, I hate Hamlet.

Member of: American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), New England Theatre Conference, The Playwrights Center, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (life-time member). Faculty Advisor of the Theatre Organization at Rhode Island College.