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B.S., Psychology, Santa Clara University
M.A., Drama, San Francisco State University
Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory and Criticism, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Pellegrini’s doctoral research examined historical avant-garde performance in Germany and Japan prior to World War II, and the interrelationship between art and fascism. He has contributed articles, and reviews to Theatre Survey, Literature/Film Quarterly, and Text and Presentation, and was Book Review Editor for the New England Theatre Journal. In recent years, his research and production work has focused on intermedial performance and adaptation studies. He has also directed numerous productions spanning the world repertory, from the classical periods to the contemporary era.
Dr. Pellegrini has served as the Coordinator of the First Year Program, and will serve as the Seminar Coordinator for Eastern’s new Liberal Arts Core (ELAC).
Author, Book Chapter, “The Show that Never Closes: International Adaptations of Opening Night.” Eds. Brandon Chua and Elizabeth Ho and New York: Routledge, 2023. 81-83.
Author, Book Chapter, “Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance: A Queer Adaptation of Forster’s Howards End.” Text and Presentation 2021. Ed. Amy Muse. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2023: 104-124.
Author, Journal Article, “Snow Angels and Windmills: Ivo van Hove (Re)Directs Bergman.” Literature/Film Quarterly 50.2 (Summer 2022).
Author, Conference Paper, “Play it as it Lays: Loss, Labor, and Forgiveness in Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car. Northeast Modern Language Association, Buffalo, NY (March 2023)
Author, Conference Paper, “‘Infidels,’ ‘Love and Theft:’ Adapting Dylan” Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference Lison, Portugal. (June 2022)
Author, Conference Paper, “Connectivity and Queer Dramaturgies.” Association of Adaptation Studies/Literature Film Association Online Joint Conference. (February 2022)
Director, Acting is Believing Devised Intermedial Performance, Proscenium Theatre, 2022
Director, Hotel Universe adapted from Philip Barry; Proscenium Theatre 2022
Director & Adaptation, To Damascus by August Strindberg, Proscenium Theatre and other Venues in the FAIC, ECSU. Original adaptation and intermedial performance. 2019.
