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Ron Zank

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Ron Zank

Ron Zank

  • Assistant Professor
  • Theatre

email:
rjzank@unomaha.edu
office:
  • 306 WFAB
office phone:
402.554.2422

Additional Information

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Films Adapted to Stage Musicals, Adaptation Studies,
Historical and New Play Dramaturgy, Theatre Pedagogy,
Directing, Social Justice and Performance, Working Class Studies,
The Wizard of Oz on stage, Whedon Studies

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Theatre, University of Missouri, Columbia
MA, Theatre, University of Nebraska at Omaha
BA, English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

SCHEDULED TEACHING
Introduction to Theatre
Theatre History and Literature: Classical to 1500
Theatre History and Literature: Renaissance to 1850
Theatre History and Literature: Modern/ 1850-Present
Theatre History and Literature: Contemporary
Theatre and Social Change
Research Methods I & II

PLAYS PRODUCED
Saving Toyland (adapted from MacDonaugh & Herbert)
Oedipus Noir (adapted from Sophocles)
A Wrinkle In Time (adapted from Madeleine L’Engle)
The Book of Magicks
The Pied Piper (adapted from Robert Browning)

ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Adaptation Studies
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC)
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA)

RECENT ACTIVITY (SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS)
Presentation, “‘Oh, What A Little Whopper!’: To Stage from Screen in 1919.”." Song, Stage, and Screen Conference, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Presentation, “‘Line!’ vs. Reading.” Mid-America Theatre Conference.
Presentation, "Susan Glaspell’s Free Laughter." Presented at Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

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