Megan E. Geigner

Megan E. Geigner is a theatre historian, performance scholar, and writing specialist who teaches in the Cook Family Writing Program at Northwestern University. Her courses focus on racial and ethnic representation, design, busines and technical communication, and self-expressive writing. Dr. Geigner has had the pleasure of teaching theatre courses at Illinois State University, City Colleges of Chicago, Northwestern University, the United States Naval Academy, and the University of Chicago. She holds a PhD in Theatre and Drama from Northwestern University.

Dr. Geigner is a coauthor of Living Theatre, Theatre: The Lively Art, and The Theatre Experience with Alvin Goldfarb and Edwin Wilson. She is the coeditor of Makeshift Chicago Stages (Northwestern UP) and Theatre after Empire (Routledge). A specialist in Chicago theatre history specifically, she has published extensively on the city’s performance history, including pieces on Columbus Day, the Little Theatre movement, Irish dance, and August Wilson. She has served in leadership roles for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and worked on theatre productions at such places as Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre, Court Theatre, and Remy Bumppo, among others.