E. J. Westlake

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E.J. Westlake
Academic
NationalityAmerican
GenreLiterary criticism, postmodernism
Website
www-personal.umich.edu/~jewestla/

E.J. Westlake (born 1965) is a playwright and performance studies scholar.[1] She won an Oregon Book Award in 1991.

Biography

Early life

E.J. Westlake was born Jane Elizabeth Westlake in

Colonel White Performing Arts School in Dayton, Ohio in 1982, Westlake attended the University of Minnesota
in Minneapolis where she majored in Theatre Arts and Business (Bachelor of Individualized Studies, 1985).

Career

Westlake moved to

Benjamin Linder Construction Brigade in Nicaragua,[3] and A.E.: the Disappearance and Death of Amelia Earhart.[4] Westlake also directed several of the plays at the theatre, including Cold Hands, and Split Britches' Little Women: the Tragedy.[5]

For A.E., Westlake received the

Oregon Institute for Literary Arts for 1992.[6][7]

Westlake left Stark Raving to begin graduate studies at the

PhD
in Theatre and Drama in 1997.

Westlake is the author of Our Land is Made of Courage and Glory: Nationalist Performance in Nicaragua and Guatemala[9] and is co-editor of Political Performances: Theory and Practice.[10] She is also the author of the popular textbook "World Theatre: The Basics.[11]

She was a Professor of Theatre and Drama at the

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.[12] She also held an appointment as Professor of English Language and Literature.[13] In 2021, Westlake left Michigan and became the Chair of the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts at The Ohio State University.[14]

In 2010, Westlake took over as the Book Review Editor of

Theatre Annual: A Journal of Performance Studies.[15]
She was the Book Review Editor until 2015.

In 2017, Westlake was appointed co-editor of Theatre Journal and became the editor in 2019.[16]

References

  1. ^ "University of Michigan biography". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  2. ^ "Hicks, Bob. "Open-Toed Shoe Unpolished but Exhuberant. Theatre Notebook." The Oregonian. April 8, 1989". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  3. ^ "Morris, Rebecca. "Comedy Fills (and Pays) Theatre Bills." The Oregonian. March 14, 1991". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ^ "Morris, Rebecca. "`A.E.' Paints Intriguing Portrait of Historic Woman Pilot." The Oregonian. March 11, 1992". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  5. ^ "Morris, Rebecca. "Taking Chances." The Oregonian. June 11, 1992". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  6. ^ ""Oregon Book Awards Worth Catching." The Oregonian. October 9, 1992". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  7. ^ "Hunt, Phil. "Storyteller Can't Think of Story, but Clyde Rice Takes Book Prize." The Oregonian. October 14, 1992". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  8. ^ "Morris, Rebecca. "Stark Raving Loses Its Lease, Looking for Home." The Oregonian. April 24, 1992". Nexis/Lexis. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  9. ^ "Southern Illinois University Press". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  10. ^ "Brill". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  11. ^ "Routledge". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  12. ^ "University of Michigan, Department of Theatre & Drama". Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  13. ^ "U-M Department of English: People". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  14. ^ "E.J. Westlake". theatreandfilm.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  15. ^ "bookreviews". Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  16. ^ "Theatre Journal". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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