Visiting Dramaturg

Rye Gentleman is a librarian, curator, dramaturg, scholar, and professor based in New York City. He holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. He is the Librarian for Performing Arts and adjunct faculty in the Drama and Performance Studies departments at NYU. His writing has been published in TDR/The Drama Review, Theater, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, Performing Arts Resources, and the anthology Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre (Routledge). Current projects include a dissertation-based book project exploring real and imagined links between transgender and transhumanism, and co-curating the Archives Onstage series, a collaboration between NYU Libraries and the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.