ABOUT PETER

Peter A. Davis is a retired theatre professor who served on the faculties at the University of Oregon, Tufts University, and for 27 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was Chair of Theatre Studies and the MA/PhD Program, as well as Director of Graduate Studies.  A resident of northern California, he is an actor, writer, historian, and dramaturg.  In Chicago, Peter has performed with Defiant Theatre (A Clockwork Orange), Strawdog (Three Sisters), Steppenwolf (August: Osage County and The Unmentionables), in addition to his work with Remy Bumppo (Arcadia, Aren’t We All, The Best Man, The Philadelphia Story, The Voysey Inheritance, You Never Can Tell, Both Your Houses, Pygmalion, Skin of Our Teeth, and Puff: Believe It or Not.  He has also served as a dramaturg at Steppenwolf (Sonia Flew), Writer’s Theatre (The Turn of the Screw) and is currently the resident dramaturg at Remy Bumppo.