Wes Pearce
Professor
Media, Art, and Performance
University of Regina
Canada
Biography
Wes D. Pearce is a graduate of the University of Regina, and returned to his home town in 1997. Besides being Associate Dean (Undergraduate), he also teaches a variety of design courses, as well as courses on musical theatre, GLBTQ theatre and Canadian drama. He has designed dozens of productions for theatres across Western Canada including: Globe Theatre, Persephone Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Western Canada Theatre, and Prairie Theatre Exchange. He is currently the Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research, sits on the board of the Saskatchewan Drama Association and is a past member of the Associated Designers of Canada board of directors. He regularly presents at conferences around North America and is active with the Mid America Theatre Conference, the South East Theatre Conference Symposium and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Research Interest
Contemporary Canadian Theatre Design, Scenography in Sharon Pollock’s plays, Intersections of theatre, homophobia and queerness, musical theatre
