Ryan M Donovan

Assistant Professor of Theater Studies

ryan.donovan@duke.edu

Office hours Spring 2025: Wed 3-5pm

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Awards & Honors

Scholarly Society American Theatre & Drama Scoety · 2024

Scholarly Society Association for Theatre in Higher Education · 2024 More about this award

Scholarly Society American Society for Theatre Research · 2024

Published December 13, 2023

Broadway Veteran Joins Local Students for Master Class in Song & Dance

Published November 20, 2023

NPR's Books We Love

Published February 14, 2023

Spring Books from Duke Authors from Wittgenstein to Capoeira

Published February 14, 2023

Whose Body Gets the Spotlight on Broadway?

Published October 6, 2022

Ryan Donovan on the Miscasting of Broadway and Musical Theater

Published February 25, 2022

Don't Look Back! Duke Faculty Dive Into Hadestown, Feb.28.

Published October 26, 2021

What Will It Take for Broadway to Embrace Size-Inclusivity?

Published September 13, 2021

Nerd Representation Is the Next Frontier with Ryan Donovan

Published May 28, 2021

The "Broadway Bodies" Conversation Moves to Center Stage

Published May 15, 2021

‘I have to be thin to do this job’: Inside the theater’s long-standing fatphobia