Robin Whittaker

Dr. Robin WhittakerBA (LAURIER), MA (ALBERTA), PHD (TORONTO)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

rwhit@stu.ca

 

 

Robin C. Whittaker teaches dramatic literature courses in Canadian, Modern, and Twentieth-Century theatre, and theatre theory and criticism.

 

His current research and publishing activity focuses on nonprofessionalizing theatre practices in Canada. He is co-creator of the verbatim play No White Picket Fence (Talonbooks 2019), editor of Hot Thespian Action! Ten Premiere Plays from Walterdale Playhouse (AUP 2008), founding editor of STU Reviews: Where Fredericton Follows Theatre, and past Artistic Producer and Faculty Advisor for Theatre St. Thomas (2014-19). Since 2013 he has served on the Board of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR), of which he was elected President in 2022.