Dr. David Eshelman

HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES AND PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION

EDUCATION HISTORY

  • BA-Case Western Reserve University 
  • MFA-The University of Texas at Austin 
  • PHD-University of Missouri-Columbia

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

He is a playwright with expertise in new play development, audio theatre, local theatre, contemporary drama, and translation (French to English).

 

Helaine and the Little War.  Musical written with Charley Sandage and Charlie T. Crow.  Public readings in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Fayetteville.  The reading at the Old State House Museum (Little Rock) received an Arkansas Humanities Council Grant (2018).  The play was part of the 2016 Arkansas New Play Festival at TheatreSquared.
Arkansas Radio Theatre.  Founded in 2007, the Arkansas Radio Theatre is dedicated to audio performances of new plays and adaptations of classic literature.  Website:  blogs.atu.edu/radiotheatre

Recently Taught Courses

  • JOUR 4092 - INTERNSHIP
  • JOUR 4093 - INTERNSHIP
  • JOUR 4094 - INTERNSHIP
  • TH 2703 - ACTING THEORIES/TECH
  • TH 4091 - INTERNSHIP
  • TH 4092 - INTERNSHIP
  • TH 4093 - INTERNSHIP
  • TH 4094 - INTERNSHIP