Faculty & Staff: Faculty

Drama

Downing Cless, Associate Professor
Directing, Sociology of the Theatre, Dramatic Literature

Downing Cless is currently writing a book on the ecological history of theatre and drama, following the publication of articles on plays and productions about the environment in TDR: The Drama Review, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, and The Journal of American Drama and Theatre. Director of over sixty plays in university and professional theatres during his career, recently a contemporary interpretation of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and a '80s sci-fit sit-com titled Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants. by Y York in productions at Tufts. Recipient of a grant and award from the Environmental Protection Agency for creating and touring an original play, InTOXICating: An Eco-Cabaret, with a Boston professional theatre, the Underground Railway Theater (for which he is now a member of the Board of Directors).

Courses Taught:
DR 1 Comedy and Tragedy: An Introduction to Drama
DR 4 Modern Drama
DR 155 Directing I
DR 156 Directing II