Amy B. Huang
Assistant Professor of Theater
About
Amy B. Huang holds a PhD in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies from Brown University. Her work has appeared in Theatre Survey, Eighteenth-Century Studies, and the Routledge edited volume, Milestones in Asian American Theatre. Her research has been inspired and supported by the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Harrison Institute at UVA, the Newberry Library, and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2026
Theatrical Things: Material Culture and Performance
This course considers the intertwining of theatre and performance with things. Theatre productions often rely on and make deft use of objects. Costumes and scenery can transform actors and stages, conjuring other times and places. Props can drive the action of the play or reveal the nuances of a ch…
Senior Thesis
Under the supervision of a faculty advisor, all majors write an extended essay that utilizes the methods of at least two disciplines. Students register for AMST 457 in the fall semester. Majors writing an honors thesis register for both AMST 457 and 458.
Introduction to Performance Studies
In this course students explore the question "what is performance?" and how this informs their understanding of an increasingly mediated and globalized world. They examine the broad spectrum of performance in its many forms including theater, dance, visual art, performance art, everyday life, folkl…
Devising Performance
Devising is a contemporary performance-making practice that declines the traditional single author/choreographer/director/script model of theater in favor of a collaborative approach to generating themes, content, forms, and aesthetics for creating performance. In this hybrid course students learn a…