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Jacob Gallagher-Ross is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English & Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a graduate faculty appointment at the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies. His research bridges modern/contemporary theatre, digital performance, media theory, and dramaturgy. He has contributed extensively to journals like Theatre Survey, TDR, and Contemporary Theatre Review, earning accolades such as the Vera Mowry Roberts Award and the American Society for Theater Research’s Collaborative Research Award. He co-edited three special issues of Theater journal focused on digital performance and surveillance, and served as a dramaturg at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
- Hons. BA, University of Toronto
- MFA, Yale University School of Drama
- DFA, Yale University School of Drama
His research explores the intersection of theatre, digital media, and surveillance, with a current project examining interface theatre. He is a content consultant for Crash Course: Theater and Drama, a fifty-episode series on theatre history, and collaborates with the Big Art Group on their first comprehensive book. His publications span analyses of avant-garde traditions, digital dramaturgies, and the evolution of spectatorship in technological eras.
The trends in his recent work highlight a sustained engagement with digital performance, media theory, and experimental practices. Articles like Interface Theatre: Watching Ourselves Disappear (2024) and Digital Feelings (2016) underscore his focus on how technology mediates theatrical expression and audience interaction, while collaborations on Spectatorship in an Age of Surveillance (2018) reveal his interest in ethical and social dimensions of contemporary performance.
- Vera Mowry Roberts Award (2016) for Mediating the Method
- Collaborative Research Award (2016) for Spectatorship in an Age of Surveillance
Gallagher-Ross has held significant roles in academic administration as Chair of English & Drama at UTM and served as a dramaturg at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, working on productions like The Tempest with Christopher Plummer. He has also contributed over 120 reviews to the Village Voice and other US national publications, cementing his influence in theatre criticism and dramaturgical practice.
