Thomas Ellis

Program Coordinator, Africana Studies

Education:

• B.A., California State University, Sacramento
• M.F.A., Michigan State University

Research/Teaching Interests:

• African American Theatre and Film

Select Publications:

Books

"Benny Ambush," "Michael Gates," and "Claude Purdy." In Theatrical Directors: 
A Biographical Directory, edited by John W. Frick and Stephen Vallillo. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994

Other Publications

• “Black Directors Still Plagued by Artistic Apartheid,” Atlanta Journal and Constitution
• “Chris Rock’s Black Humor Teaches, Irks, Entertains Us,” Fresno Bee

Selected Professional Productions Directed

• Livin Fat, University of Georgia
• Split Second, University of Georgia
• Jungle Bunnies, University of Georgia
• El Hajj Malik, National Theatre of Nigeria, Lagos
• Death and the Maiden,  Van Troi Theatre, Santiago, Cuba
• Golden Child, Novell Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
• God’s Trombones, California Correctional Facility for Women, Chowchilla, Ca