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Research Interests: 20th Century, British & American Drama & Film, Gender Studies, and Gay Studies

Current projects: Marriage in modern and contemporary drama

John Clum (Ph.D., Princeton) is the author of a number of books including Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama (2001), Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture (2000), and "He’s All Man": Learning Masculinity, Gayness, and Love from American Movies (2002), and essays on Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, and Larry Kramer. He has also edited two major anthologies of contemporary drama. Professor Clum’s own plays have been produced in theaters around America and seven of his plays have been published. He has also directed over sixty professional and university theatrical and operatic productions. He has twice won Duke’s Distinguished Teaching Award.

Education:

Ph.D.	Princeton University	1967
M.A.	Princeton University	1966
B.A.	Princeton University	1963

Specialties:

Dramatic Literature
Film
Playwriting
Theater History

Curriculum Vitae

  Producing Credits:

1. Dancing in the Mirror, Duke New Plays Festival, April 1999
   Also at AIDS Quilt Series, produced by Campo Santo Theater, San Francisco

1. Editorial Board, Theatre Arts Journal: Studies in Scenography and Performance, , 2009 - present
   
2. Pulitzer Prize Drama Jury, New York City, 2008 - 2009
   One of five members of the jury that selcects the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Clum, JM. Terrence McNally and Fifty Years of American Gay Drama.  Cambria Press, (June, 2016): 238 pages.
2. John M. Clum (Editor). GAY DRAMA NOW: AN ANTHOLOGY.  Cambria Press, (2013).
3. J.M. Clum:. THE DRAMA OF MARRIAGE: GAY PLAYWRIGHTS/STRAIGHT UNIONS IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN DRAMA SINCE OSCAR WILDE.  Palgrave Macmillan, (2012).
4. J.M. Clum, "FINISHING THE HAT by Stephen Sondheim". Contemporary Theatre Review  (2011). (In press)
5. J.M. Clum, "Oscar Andrew Hammerstein, THE HAMMERSTEINS". Studies in Musical Theatre  (2011). (In press)

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