Director, MFA Program in Theatre Arts

snunns@towson.edu

410. (410)704-4519
     

http://wwwnew.towson.edu/theatremfa/

Disciplines: Dramaturgy, History, Interdisciplinary Performance

Stephen Nunns is an assistant professor and director of the MFA Program in Theatre Arts at Towson University. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Musical Quarterly, The Journal of American Drama and Theatre and other publications. From 1996 to 2000, he was an associate editor at American Theatre magazine, where he regularly covered national politics and the arts.

Before coming to Towson University, Stephen Nunns lived in New York City for fifteen years, directing, writing (mostly in collaboration with his wife, journalist Karen Houppert), and composing music for theatre pieces at a variety of off-off Broadway venues, including HERE, The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Dance Theater Workshop and the 78th Street Theatre Lab. He was an associate artist at the seminal avant-garde theatre company Mabou Mines, where he created three theatre pieces, including the Obie Award-winning The Boys in the Basement.

Stephen Nunns has taught at Brooklyn College, New York University and Eugene Lang College. He holds a bachelors degree in drama and literature from Bennington College and a Masters in Fine Arts in dramaturgy from Brooklyn College. He is currently completing a doctorate in performance studies at New York University, where his focus has been on the intersection of performance, First Amendment rights, and American pragmatism.