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D. Ohlandt
Lake Forest College email: ohlandt@lakeforest.edu 19 Campus Circle
Chair & Director of Theater http://campus.lakeforest.edu/ohlandt/ Lake Forest, IL 60045
EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION & FELLOWSHIPS:
Assistant Professor of Theater, 2007-2009 Lake Forest College, IL
Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Theatre Arts, 2006-2007 Kalamazoo College, MI
Ph.D. Theatre, 2006 University of Michigan
- thesis: “Trying to Relate: Negotiating the Politics of Representing Disability in Contemporary Theatre”
- winner 2007 Michael Myatt Distinguished Dissertation in Disability Studies Award
Fulbright/IIE Postgraduate Award to Australia, 2005 University of Sydney
Graduate Student Instructor, Theatre & Drama, 2001-2003 University of Michigan
B.A. Theatre / Philosophy, 1999 New College, FL
- bachelor’s thesis: ʺPlays Well With Others: the Ensemble Theory of Theatrical Performanceʺ
TEACHING:
Lake Forest College
course: Directing
course: Dramatic Theory
course: Origins & Theories of Theater
course: Playwrights & Performers: Considering Voice (First-Year Seminar)
course: Theater History III: Shaw to Kushner
independent studies: Performance Studies, Audition Techniques
student advising
Kalamazoo College
course: Modernism & Postmodernism in Western Theatre
course: Fundamentals of Acting
independent study: History of Deaf Theatre
University of Michigan
course: Introduction to Acting
ADMINISTRATION:
Chair and Director of Theater, 2007-2009 Lake Forest College, IL
responsibilities: administration of academic program and production season; management of
department, production, and scene/costume shop budgets; supervision of technical staff
accomplishments: facilitated transition from program to department; initiated college involvement in
KCACTF; organized leadership development retreat for executive board of the student theater
organization; drafted departmental mission statement in collaboration with theater faculty; led
effort to assess and overhaul major/minor curriculum
RESEARCH:
chapter: Voice Embodied: Rhetoric at the Intersection of Writing and Performance
- Ohlandt, D. in What is the New Rhetoric? ed. Susan Thomas, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007
peer-reviewed article: Rehearsal As Cartography: Some Challenges for Metaphor and Practice
- Ohlandt-Ross, D. in About Performance, #6 (2006): 109-120, journal published by the University of Sydney
peer-reviewed article: Playing the Line: Language Games in the Plays of Tom Stoppard
- Ross, Dee. in Text & Presentation, v. 23 (April 2002): 99-106, journal of the Comparative Drama Conference

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juried conference presentations:
The Appearance of Authenticity: Adapted & Artificial Language(s) in Deaf Theatre
- presented at the Performance Studies International (PSi) conference, November 2007
Science or Art?: A (Postmodern) Matter of Life and Death
- presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference, 2006
Speaking As / Speaking For: Mental Illness as Disability in Theatrical Performance
- presented at the Society for Disability Studies (SDS) conference, 2006
Voice Embodied: Putting Performance Studies (Back) into Rhetoric, or the Other Way Around
- presented at the University of Sydney conference: ʺWhat is the New Rhetoric?ʺ, 2005
Getting Into History: the Problem with People in Historical Re-enactments
- presented at Australasian Assoc. for Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) conference, 2005
Casting Strategies as a Site of Aesthetic Refusal
- presented at the Philament journal (University of Sydney) conference, 2005
seminar: Considering Bodies in Evaluating Taste
- convened and chaired seminar at American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) conference, 2004
Form and Function: Disabled Characters in 20 th Century Drama
- presented at the 28 th Comparative Drama Conference, 2004
Purely Formal Bodies: ʹCharacters Who Actʹ and Witkacyʹs Theory of Pure Form
- presented at the 27th Comparative Drama Conference, 2003
Toward a Responsible Portrayal of Blindness: Casting ‘Across Ability’
- presented at conference of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), 2002
THEATRE DIRECTING & PRODUCTION:
March 2009: Pippin, music by Stephen Schwartz
director, mainstage production for Lake Forest College Theater Department
May 2007: The Madwoman of Chaillot, by Jean Giraudoux
director, mainstage production for Kalamazoo College, Department of Theatre Arts
April 2004: An Arthur Miller Celebration, concept by Mark Lamos
head dramaturg, scene director, and project manager for director Mark Lamos, Univ. of Michigan
November 2003: Diary of A Scoundrel, by Ostrovsky
assistant director for faculty director Malcolm Tulip, Univ. of Michigan Dept. of Theatre & Drama
October 2002: Molly Sweeney, by Brian Friel
director, in conjunction with the Center for Students with Disabilities, University of Michigan
March 2002: The Balcony, by Jean Genet
dramaturg for faculty director Mbala Nkanga, University of Michigan Department of Theatre & Drama
March 2002: The Possibilities, by Howard Barker
co-director, series of one-act scenes, University of Michigan Department of Theatre & Drama
October - November 2001: Compleat Female Stage Beauty, by Jeffrey Hatcher
dramaturg for Globe Theatre (San Francisco) director Mark Lamos, workshop at the Univ. of Michigan
July - August 2001: The 1940ʹs Radio Hour, by Walton Jones
director, musical produced by The Station Theatre (Champaign, IL)
March 2001: Kiss Me Kate, music by Cole Porter
director, musical produced by Champaign-Urbana (IL) Theatre Company
October 2000: Women and Wallace, by Jonathan Marc Sherman
director, play in full round produced by Pandoraʹs Players (Champaign, IL)
January 2000: The Orphan Train, by Aurand Harris
assistant director for director Jennifer Goran, produced by Parkland College Theatre (Champaign, IL)

March 1999: Chinamen, by Michael Frayn
director, practicum for senior thesis research at New College
February 1998: The Juniper Tree, by Wendy Kesselman (original music by Bret Aarden)
director, fantasy musical, produced with Bret Aarden at New College
November 1996: Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel
director, student-produced play at New College (Florida)
June 1995: Godspell, music by Stephen Schwartz
director/producer, community musical, Califon, NJ
SERVICE:
Enrollment Committee, Lake Forest College, 2008-present
LIT Advisory Committee, Lake Forest College, 2008-present
Garrick Players Executive Board Advisor, Lake Forest College, 2007-08
KCACTF regional respondent, 2006-present
KCACTF Region III workshop leader, 2007
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WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL SEMINARS:
Monthly Workshop on Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum, 2007-08 Lake Forest College
Three-Day Intensive Workshop on Excellence in Undergraduate Education, 2006 Kalamazoo College
International Centre for Advanced Theatre Studies (ICATS), 2004 Helsinki, Finland
School of Criticism and Theory (SCT), 2002 Cornell University
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Group Facilitation
I have worked with the University of Michigan Challenge Program and with the Camp Hanover (VA)
Adventure Course facilitating indoor and outdoor teambuilding activities for corporate and social groups
and running facilitator training programs since 2002; my references are available on request.
Residential Program Development
I have written and taught over ten years of new or revised curriculum components for summer residential
camps, in addition to designing and implementing year-round extra-curricular programs.
Technology & Computing
I have used multimedia, content management systems, and computing technology for both teaching and
research, including html editing and website hosting in both PC/Macintosh and Unix environments.
Vocal Performance
I am trained as a classical soprano (choir & solo), and I have performed with a Renaissance chamber
ensemble and a Slavic folk music ensemble.
abstracts, syllabi, and full details of professional activity available at
http://campus.lakeforest.edu/ohlandt/