Department of Theatre - University of Missouri

Faculty | Weldon B. Durham

Weldon B. Durham

Weldon B. DurhamPh.D., University of Iowa
Professor Emeritus of Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theatre History
Middlebush Professor of Humanities
email: DurhamW@missouri.edu


Liberty Theatres of the United States Army
Liberty Theatres of the United States Army

American Theatre Companies
American Theatre Companies

Weldon Durham serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Dramatic Theatre and Criticism. He co-founded the Theatre History Symposium of the Mid-America Theatre Conference and is general editor of American Theatre Companies, three volumes (1986-89). He is the author of Liberty Theatres of the United States Army, 1917-1919 (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006).

Durham has directed national and international award-winning productions for University Theatre and continues to pursue an acting career. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre and has been Middlebush Professor of Humanities.