Kyle A Thomas

Kyle A. Thomas is a theatre historian, a professional actor and director, as well as a theatre critic. He recently left his position at Missouri State University after re-invigorating the B.A. Theatre Program and now serves as Adjunct Professor of Theatre at North Park University in Chicago, where he’s also a resident Ensemble member of Stage Left Theatre. A specialist in early medieval theatre and drama, Kyle’s publications reveal how performance shaped social and cultural practices in premodern Europe. His direction of medieval plays includes the Play of Adam at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cloisters (N.Y.C.) in 2016. He is also the Chief Editor of the journal, ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama. You can watch him on screen as part of the Discovery Channel’s Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America or as The Theatre History Professor on YouTube.