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Ryan M Donovan
Assistant Professor of Theater Studies
Theater Studies
ryan.donovan@duke.edu
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Spring 2025: Wed 3-5pm  
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Recent Courses
ARTHIST 203A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
CINE 217A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
CULANTH 206SA: Duke in New York: New York, New York
Fall 2024
DANCE 125S: American Musicals
Spring 2025, Fall 2023
DANCE 203A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
DANCE 211: Musical Theater Workshop: Performance
Spring 2024
ENGLISH 187A: Reading Theater in New York
Fall 2022
ENGLISH 203A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
GSF 250S: Queer Theater, Straight Plays
Spring 2024
JAM 392A-10: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024
JAM 392SA-30: Duke in New York: New York, New York
Fall 2024
MUSIC 215A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
MUSIC 218: Musical Theater Workshop: Performance
Spring 2024
MUSIC 243S: American Musicals
Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
THEATRST 109: How Musicals Work
Spring 2025
THEATRST 125S: American Musicals
Spring 2023, Fall 2023
THEATRST 187A: Reading Theater in New York
Fall 2022
THEATRST 201S: American Musicals
Spring 2025
THEATRST 203A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
THEATRST 206SA: Duke in New York: New York, New York
Fall 2024
THEATRST 209: How Musicals Work
Fall 2023
THEATRST 211: Musical Theater Workshop: Performance
Spring 2024
THEATRST 250S: Queer Theater, Straight Plays
Spring 2024
THEATRST 291: Independent Study
Spring 2025, Spring 2024
VMS 272A: The Arts, Culture, and Performance of New York
Fall 2024, Fall 2022
VMS 398SA: Duke in New York: New York, New York
Fall 2024