PhD in Theatre History and Performance Studies
Fields of Interest
Biography
Guillaume is a teacher, translator, director, and dramaturg who has staged operettas and plays – ranging from classical to experimental – in Boston, San Diego, and Washington, DC.
He has taught courses in theater history and analysis at the University of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts, and Catholic University. He has also given workshops on acting and audition technique at American University, Peabody Conservatory, and Gettysburg College.
His dissertation, Show Boat's "Make Believe;" Subversions of Stereotype and Sympathy as Liberalism explores the manipulations of popular performance forms in musicals as a means of modeling inclusion and redefining full American citizenship.
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Selected Research
- 2018 Theatre History Symposium of MATC (Mid-America Theatre Conference) in Milwaukee, WIPanel: The Upside Downs: Mobile Theatres, Confinement, and Parallel StagesChair: Robert Shimko, University of Houston
- Panelist, Seattle GeekGirlCon, “Beyond the Stage: Exploring Theater Fandom,” October 2017This panel takes a closer look at current theater fandom. Panelists discuss how they have been impacted by the shows they love, why some shows inspire such passionate fans, how fandoms have grown and evolved over the years, and more!
- Panelist, "The Macabre, the Mystifying, and the Memorable," First Annual Conference on Dark Tourism
- Panelist, Seattle GeekGirlCon, "History Has Its Eyes on Hamilton: The Musical, The History, and the Impact," October 2016
- "Remembering the Best and Forgetting the Rest: Training as a Dramaturg," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Montreal, July/August 2015
- "Intersections and Collaborations: Dramaturg and Director Case Studies in Conversation," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Montreal, July/August 2015
- "Remembering the Best and Forgetting the Rest: Training as a Dramaturg," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Montreal, July/August 2015
- Tourniaire, Guillaume. Show Boat's "Make Believe": Subversion of Stereotype and Sympathy as Liberalism. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. In progress.
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Winter 2023
Additional CoursesCornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
- TH 367: Musical Theater History and Analysis (Autumn 2019)
- TH 361: Modern Theater History and Theory (Autumn 2019)
- TH 367: Musical Theater History and Analysis (Autumn 2018)
Catholic University, Washington, DC
- Drama 202: 17th C. French Neoclassical Theater (Spring 2014)
- Drama 202: 17th C. French Neoclassical Theater (Autumn 2011)
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Professional AffiliationsAssociation for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC)