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Kelley Holley

Assistant Professor, Performing Arts

School of Performing Arts
College of Liberal Arts

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Kelley Holley

Assistant Professor, Performing Arts

School of Performing Arts
College of Liberal Arts

Bio

Dr. Kelley Holley is an assistant professor of theatre at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her current research focuses on how an audience experiences the concept of “place” in site-specific performance. In this capacity, her research intersects with food, subways, museum spaces, and dramaturgy. 

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park in Theatre and Performance Studies. She works professionally as a dramaturg across the country.

In the News

  • June 6, 2023

    four actors on a stage, with two on top of a box labeled toys.

    RIT/NTID and School of Performing Arts present 2023-2024 theatrical season

    The 2023-2024 theatrical season featuring a partnership between RIT’s School of Performing Arts and NTID's Department of Performing Arts will include a celebration of Deaf rap and hip hop, an adaptation of Hamlet, a multimedia dance production, and several immersive theatrical performances, among others.

  • March 29, 2023

    four college students on stage throwing papers into the air while rehearsing a play.

    ‘Ordinary Days’ is extraordinary musical theater

    RIT’s University Gallery is the perfect venue for an upcoming play where much of the plot takes place in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ordinary Days runs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, through Sunday, April 2, in the gallery, in Booth Hall.