E-mail this pageTheatre Faculty - John Shout
Department Chair
John Shout is Chair of the Theatre Department while also holding a professorship in English. He teaches a variety of courses in dramatic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as courses in voice, musical theatre and playwriting.
Publications include articles on Irish film and theatre, the radical drama of the 1930s, and such performers as Tallulah Bankhead, Judy Hollidy and Colleen Dewhurst. He has directed numerous mainstage productions including, most recently, Six Characters in Search of an Author and Arsenic and Old Lace.
John appears once a year as the garrulous tavernkeeper Israel Green when the community celebrates the "Battle of Plattsburgh."
Education
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
- M.A., University of Michigan
- A.B., Oberlin College
Teaching Areas
- Dramatic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Voice
- Musical theatre
- Playwriting
Recent Publications and Productions
- Publications
- Articles on Irish film and theatre, the radical drama of the 1930s, and such performers as Tallulah Bankhead, Judy Hollidy and Colleen Dewhurst.
- Productions
- Director, Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Director, Arsenic and Old Lace
Contact John Shout
Office: Myers Fine Arts 124B
Phone: (518) 564-2480
E-mail: shoutjd@plattsburgh.edu