Faculty & Staff
Catherine Ming T'ien Duffly
she/her
Performance studies, race and theatre, community-based performance, acting, directing.
B.A. 2000 Macalester College
M.A. 2005 New York University
Ph.D. 2011 University of California, Berkeley
Reed College 2012–.
(503) 517 - 7338 | cduffly@reed.edu
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Catherine (Kate) Ming T'ien Duffly is a scholar-director and community-engaged theatre artist with a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Her teaching and research interests include socially engaged and community-based theatre, 20th and 21st century American theatre, race theory and performance, acting, directing, and devising. Kate's writing has appeared in Theatre Topics, Theatre Survey, TDR: The Drama Review, and Theatre Annual. She has collaborated on projects with Cornerstone Theater, Touchable Stories, Lunatique Fantastique, and Wise Fool Community Arts. Kate is the president of the board of Oregon’s Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) theatre company Theatre Diaspora. She is also on the board of CoHo Productions in Portland.
Walking Through Portland With a Panther: Educator Guide
Reed Magazine article: “The Art of the Conference”