Noreen C. Barnes

Director of graduate studies, Department of Theatre
PFF instructor – GRAD 605, visual and performing arts

Noreen C. Barnes, Ph.D., is director of graduate studies for the Department of Theatre and an adjunct faculty member for the doctoral program of the Union Institute. A theatre historian, Barnes’ specialties include nineteenth-century American and British theater, contemporary political theater and the history of gender in performance.

Barnes is the former editor of “Theatre Symposium,” a publication of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, and has published essays and reviews in numerous journals and anthologies. She is also a director and dramaturg and has worked with such artists as director Joseph Chaikin and writer/performer Kate Bornstein.

Barnes received her Ph.D. from Tufts University.