School of Theatre & Dance Julia Moriarty

Julia Moriarty holds a PhD in theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit, an MA in theatre education from Emerson College and dual BAs in Theatre and Psychology from Drake University. She is also a certified teacher of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique with the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium. She has worked as a director, dramaturg, performer, intimacy director, and teaching artist throughout the country, notably at the Springer Opera House in Georgia, Jewish Ensemble Theatre in Detroit, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Kansas City, and as the Director of Education and Outreach at Hope Repertory Theatre. Julia is the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Etudes, a theatre and performance studies journal for emerging scholars. She has also served in leadership with the Mid-America Theatre Conference and the Theory and Criticism Focus Group within the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Her research focuses on dramatic structures within contemporary performance.