Name:
Coleman A. Jennings
Unit and Program Area:
Performance Studies/Drama & Theatre for Youth (DTY)
Classes you teach (have taught):
Theatre Studies II: Theatre for Young Audiences
History and Philosophy of Creative Drama/Children's Theatre
Children's Dramatic Literature
Children's Dramatic Literature II: International
Youth Theatre Tour
Special Problems in Directing for Young Audiences
Creative Drama
What you enjoy most about being a part of the UT Department of Theatre & Dance OR Describe your most memorable experience while teaching in the Department:
One major aspect is that of students and faculty working/learning together in creating outstanding theatre for all audiences.
Current projects/research/interests/hobbies:
Just completed, to be published in November by University of Texas Press, my eight anthology of children's theatre plays: Nine Plays by José Cruz González Magical Realism & Mature Themes in Theatre for Young Audiences.
Something about yourself that we wouldn't know from reading your professional biography:
After serving two years as Children's Theatre director at Midland (Texas) Community Theatre and having taught at the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) I was honored to join the UT Department of Drama faculty in 1963.
