Heather Kelley

Dr. Heather Kelley (she/her) is a scholartist and adjunct faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Northern Colorado. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory and a Ph.D. in Theatre & Performance Studies from CU Boulder. Prior to moving to Colorado, Heather taught acting at Kean University in New Jersey, where she also served as the Director of Audience Services for Premiere Stages, the Equity theatre in residence at Kean. She is a former company member of the New York Neo-Futurists and Mad Dog Theatre Company and performed for many seasons with South Brooklyn Shakespeare Company in New York. Heather’s current research focuses on intersections between theatre and spirituality, with a focus on theatre ghostlore and depictions of the supernatural on stage and on screen. Her dissertation, “Spectating Spirits: Three American Theatres and Their Ghosts,” examined the reported hauntings of the Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT), and Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré (New Orleans, LA).