Wade Hollingshaus

From College of Fine Arts and Communications

Wade Hollingshaus graduated from BYU in 1998 with honors in Theatre Education. He went on to get an MA in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Washington and a PhD in Theatre History, Theory and Criticism from the University of Minnesota.

Hollingshaus is a member of TMA’s Critical Studies faculty and is the head of Dramaturgy Studies. Currently his primary research interests center on rock performance and culture in the 1960s and 1970s. He is also interested in Finnish and Scandinavian theatre and film. His work has been published in Theatre Topics, Scandinavian Studies, and The Journal of Finnish Studies.