Jerry Jaffe
Associate Professor of Theater- Phone 440.375.7451
- Emailjjaffe@lec.edu
- Office LocationFine Arts
What makes Lake Erie College a unique place?
- Theatre students at Lake Erie College, as well as all students interested in theatre, get a chance to work on exciting pieces of performance art in a supportive environment with a high degree of personal mentoring. I spend a lot of time, in class, in rehearsals, and in general, with all of my students.
Degrees:
- Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
- M.A., Brown University
- B.A., University of Toledo
Courses Taught:
- Acting
- Shakespeare
- Comedy
- History
- Japan
Research/Creative Activity Interests:
- Primary focuses:
- Acting
- Directing
- Standup comedy
Awards/Professional Memberships:
- Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies
- Popular Culture Association
- Honors for best production and best actress, THE SHAPE of THINGS (2006) (IN THE New Zealand Listener)
- Honors for best supporting actor, STAGE BLOOD (2007) (IN THE New Zealand Listener)
Publications:
- Performing Japan: Contemporary Expressions of Cultural Identity. Global Oriental LTD, University of Hawaii Press: 2008 (co-edited with Henry Johnson)
- "I needed to go to this tabernacle of ignorance”: Marc Maron’s critique of the Creation Museum."Bulletin for the Study of Religion, Vol 42, No 3 (2013).
- "Loop/I/-ness in the New Zealand Performance of Identity (or, Id Entity).”Australasian Drama Studies 55 (Oct 2009).
Career Accomplishments:
- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, BINGO PARALLAX THEATRE GROUP, TSUKUBA, JAPAN:English language community theatre located in this college town 50 miles north of Tokyo which I began and operated for approximately two years, 12/95-2/98.
- Taught at Universities in Japan and New Zealand (Tsukuba University & Otago University)
- Performed standup comedy all over the country, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, as well as many other places.
- Produced the Marx Bros. show FLYWHEEL, SHYSTER, AND FLYWHEEL was part of the 2007 New Zealand International Comedy festival
- Coproduces and hosts a podcast called GOLD STAR CLASSROOM, with Prof Steven Gutierrez, since 2013.