Clinton Turner Davis

Adjunct Associate Professor (Directing and Literature)

Professor Davis is a leading director, dramaturg, and arts consultant on the American theatre scene, and his work has been seen at leading theatres throughout the country, including New Federal Theatre (where he is Associate Producer), New Dramatists (where he was Director-in-Residence 1996-98), Negro Ensemble Company, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Geva Theatre, Stagewest, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Dallas Theatre Center, TheatreWorks, and Pearl Theatre, to name just a few. Working with Actors Equity, Professor Davis spearheaded the Non-Traditional Casting Project, holding the First National Symposium on Non-Traditional Casting at New York’s Shubert Theatre in 1986. He has taught at many institutions of higher learning, including the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, the Juilliard School, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, University of California at Berkeley, Yale University, Howard University, and Ohio State University. Professor Davis has consulted for every type of arts organization in the country, including foundations, state arts councils, and individual theatres. He is the recipient of a 1997 Pew Fellowship, 2 Audelco Awards, and NEA/TCG Director’s Fellowship, a 1987 Obie Award, and Critics awards in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Dallas. Currently, his directing is represented in New York by the New Federal Theatre’s world premiere of Rudolf Fisher’s latest play. Professor Davis resides in New York and Colorado Springs, and retains professional affiliations with the International Theatre Institute, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the National Black Arts Festival, The Acting Company, and Actors Equity Association.