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Joy Reilly
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre
Areas of Expertise
• Acting/Directing
• History, Literature
• Introduction to Theatre
Joy Reilly, born in Dublin, Eire, and raised in England, joined the Department
of Theatre faculty in 1985, after earning a doctoral degree from the department
in 1984. She is a director, actress, historian and writer, who worked
as a journalist and copywriter in the international corporate arena in
London, and Frankfurt, Germany, before coming to America. Professor Reilly
has written several introductory theatre texts, most recently Introducting
Theatre 3rd ed (FORBES 1998) with M. Scott Phillips, and The Introduction
to Theatre Workbook 4th ed (FORBES 1998). She has been honored with the
1995 Distinguished Teaching Award at OSU for her leadership of the Introduction
to Theatre course, the largest program of its kind in the country. She
is currently serving as Chair of Undergraduate Studies and conducted a
tour of OSU Honors Undergraduates to London in 1997.
Professor Reilly also advises masters and doctoral students in history,
literature and criticism, with a particular interest in the history of
performance, and in the contributions of 19th Century women. She has taught
seminars in acting and directing theory, contemporary literature, history
of acting, creative writing for solo performance and, in Autumn 1998,
is offering a seminar in 20th Century Irish Dramatic Literature and its
Celtic influences. Among the plays she has directed for OSU are Once A
Catholic, Female Transport, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Ourselves
Alone, Our Country's Good, Mad Forest, and The Complete Works Of William
Shakespeare (Abridged). She has performed at OSU in Lion In Winter, Private
Lives, A Taste of Honey, Richard III, Auntie Mame, The Three Sisters,
The Seagull, La Ronde, A Pagan Place, and Dancing at Lughnasa.
Professor Reilly currently serves as chair of Senior Adult Theatre for
ATHE's focus group on Senior Theatre and helped to inaugurate the bi-annual
national Senior Theatre USA convention for older actors. The next convention
will be co-hosted by the Walt Disney organization in Orlando in January
1999. She is active nationally and internationally as a consultant for
Theatre and Aging and will host the first international conference of
older actors at OSU in August 2001. She founded Grandparents Living Theatre,
(an internationally known company based in Columbus) in 1985 and served
as its Artistic Director through March of 1998. Professor Reilly has conceived,
written and directed eight original playscripts out of oral history including
the Emmy-award-winning I Was Young, Now I'm Wonderful, and A Picket Fence,
Two Kids, and a Dog Named Spot?
Professor Reilly is currently pursuing research in Irish and Celtic studies
and in the creation of original scripts for solo work. She has also served
as Theatre Critic for WOSU (PBS) Radio in Columbus since 1978, and provides
opportunities for graduate students to write and broadcast radio reviews.
Education
• B.F.A. The Ohio State University 1977
• M.A. The Ohio State University 1979
• Ph.D. The Ohio State University 1984 |
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