Douglas Eacho

Douglas Eacho serves as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto. He also holds the role of Assistant Director, Academic at the BMO Lab in Creative Research in the Arts, Performance, Emerging Technologies, and AI. With a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from Stanford University, his work bridges theatrical traditions with digital innovations.

Research Interests
His scholarship explores intersections between:

• Automation in live performance
• Digital computation and aesthetics
• Global capitalism's influence on art
• AI-generated cultural imaginaries
• Marxist performance theory
• Neoliberal economic systems in theatre

Publication Trends
Recent articles address algorithmic exhaustion ('Still Exhausted'), capitalist performance cycles ('Immediacy and Exchange'), AI staging experiments, and computational choreography. His work traces automation's lineage from surrealist practices to modern AI, analyzing its economic implications.

Scientific Awards

• Centennial Award for Graduate Teaching (Stanford, 2019)

Education

• PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies, Stanford University
• BA in Theatre Arts, Brown University

Labs & Collaborations
Co-leads the BMO Lab, focusing on creative research at the intersection of arts and artificial intelligence.