Bill Gelber

I'm a Professor of Theatre at Texas Tech University, where I've taught for 23 years. I teach acting, directing, and pedagogy, including Shakespeare and his contemporaries and the life and works of Harold Pinter and Bertolt Brecht. I'm particularly interested in the teaching of future teachers. I created a series of pedagogy courses for our MFA in Performance and Pedagogy, a combination of theatre and pedagogy training in the School of Theatre and Dance. We have had an amazing placement rate in higher education.

I have a Ph.D. in Theatre History from the University of Texas at Austin, where I studied with Dr. Oscar Brockett. I've directed over 60 productions of various genres, including works by Luigi Pirandello, Mike Lew, William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Sam Shepard, Harold Pinter, and Bertolt Brecht. My books include English and German versions of Engaging with Brecht: Making Theatre in the 21st Century as well as Making a Scene: Creating a Scene Study Class for Actors both available on Amazon.