| Theatre Journal | |
| Cover: | Theatre journal.gif |
| Formernames: | Educational Theatre Journal |
| Editor: | Sean Metzger |
| Coeditor: | Laura Edmondson |
| Discipline: | Performing arts |
| Abbreviation: | Theatre J. |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education |
| Country: | United States |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| History: | 1949-present |
| Website: | http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/ |
| Link1: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tj/ |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link1-At: | Project MUSE |
| Oclc: | 33895455 |
| Lccn: | 79643622 |
| Issn: | 0192-2882 |
| Eissn: | 1086-332X |
The Theatre Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the theatre arts,[1] with articles from the October and December issues centering on a predetermined theme. It is an official publication of The Association for Theatre in Higher Education[2] and is published on their behalf by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
The journal was established in 1949 as the Educational Theatre Journal and obtained its current name in 1979.[3] The American Educational Theatre Association intended the journal to serve the field of educational theatre and drama in a manner similar to how the Quarterly Journal of Speech and Publications of the Modern Language Association of America served the fields of speech and modern languages respectively.[4] The founding editor-in-chief was Barnard Hewitt (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign). Other past editors include Oscar Brockett, James S. Moy, Sue-Ellen Case, Enoch Brater, William B. Worthen, Janelle Reinelt, Loren Kruger, David McDonald, Susan Bennett, David Román, Harry Elam, Jean Graham-Jones, Penny Farfan, Ric Knowles, Joanne Tompkins, and Jennifer Parker-Starbuck.[5]
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