Dr. Chad Thomas
Department Chair of English,
English
Associate Professor,
English
Biography
Dr. Chad Thomas is the chair of English, an associate professor of Shakespeare and dramatic literature in English, co-founder and co-artistic director of Huntsville Shakespeare, and the former director of the Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program. He teaches classes for English, the Honors College, the Theatre program, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Positing a connection between subjectivity and spectatorship, his research attempts to theorize the manifold responses cross-gender casting elicits from audiences, artists, and critics. His scholarship has been published in Shakespeare Bulletin, Comparative Drama, Theatre Topics, 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Period, and the essay collection Shakespeare on the Campus Stage (published by Cambridge University Press.) He also participates in creative work and has professional credits as producer, director, actor, and dramaturge of Shakespeare’s works. As a theater practitioner, he is most interested in the dynamics of cross-gender casting and the ways the performance of gender can create unexpected or unintentional meaning.
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of Michigan, 2009
- M.A., English, University of Michigan, 2003
- M.A., English, University of North Texas, 2002
- M.S., Theater, University of North Texas, 2000
- B.F.A., Theater, University of New Mexico
Credits
- Macbeth, Macbeth, Rocket City Shakespeare, 2016
- Director, The Laramie Project, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015
- Dramaturge, Richard III, Rocket City Shakespeare, 2015
- Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015
- Director, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2014
- Touchstone & dramaturge, As You Like It, Rocket City Shakespeare, Huntsville, 2014
- Baptista, The Taming of the Shrew, Rocket City Shakespeare, Huntsville, 2014
- Joe Keller, All My Sons, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2013
- Director, The Tempest, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2012
- Director, The Comedy of Errors, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2011
Affiliations
- American Society for Theatre Research
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- Modern Language Association
- Renaissance Society of America
- Shakespeare Association of America
Expertise
- Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama
- Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Studies
- Theater and Performance Studies
- British, American, and World Drama
- English Renaissance Literature
Recent Publications
Review of "Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare." Theatre History Studies 32: 2012
"On Queering Twelfth Night," Theatre Topics 20.2: 2010
"Negotiating the Interregnum: The Political Drama of Davenant and Tatham," 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Period 10: 2004
Review of "Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare." Theatre History Studies 32: 2012
"On Queering Twelfth Night," Theatre Topics 20.2: 2010
"Negotiating the Interregnum: The Political Drama of Davenant and Tatham," 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Period 10: 2004