Jennifer Goff
Associate Professor of Theatre
Chair of Theatre Program
Offices & Programs
Education
BA, Drama & English - University of Portland
MA, Theatre - University of South Carolina
PhD, Theatre - Wayne State University
BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer Goff joined the Centre College faculty in 2017.
An active actor, director, and scholar, Goff teaches courses in acting, dramatic literature, theatre history, and improvisation, and directs in the Centre College season. She has also directed and performed across the United States. Directing credits include The Mousetrap, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, John Proctor is the Villain, and The Learned Ladies, for which she also wrote the adaptation. Acting roles have included A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), Nunsense (Robert Ann), The Taming of the Shrew (Katherine), and Rainbow Annie is the Angel of Death (Annie–originated). She was a co-founder and artistic associate for The Distracted Globe Theatre Company for nearly a decade and is a co-founder and co-editor-in-chief for the online journal Etudes, which highlights the work of emerging scholars in theatre and performance studies. Her scholarship focuses on historical and contemporary women playwrights, women in comedy, and comic theory.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
- Kentucky Theatre Association - Vice President
- Southeastern Theatre Conference - Publications Committee
- Etudes - Co-Founder/Co-Editor-in-Chief
COURSES TAUGHT
- Acting
- Improv
- Theatre Styles
- Foundations of Drama
- Theatre
- Theory & Criticism
- Today's Women Playwrights
- Women & Comedy
- Science on Stage
- Dramaturgy
- Shakespeare Stage & Screen