An A.D. White Professors-at-Large keynote public event

Oskar Eustis (A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell; Artistic Director, The Public Theater) will present the keynote public lecture, “The Arts and Democracy,” on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 5:00pm, Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall.

This event is part of an A.D. White Professors-at-Large (ADW-PAL) visit and is cosponsored by the  Dept. of Performing and Media Arts (PMA).

Bio: Oskar Eustis is the Artistic Director of The Public Theater and has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the country. In recent years, Eustis has produced two Tony Award-winning productions in the category of best musical (Fun Home and Hamilton), as well as two productions that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton and Sweat).

Additionally, he has founded numerous groundbreaking programs at The Public, including Public Works, Public Forum, the Emerging Writers Group, and the Mobile Unit. Over the course of his career, Eustis has directed the world premieres of plays by Philip Kan Gotanda, David Henry Hwang, Emily Mann, Parks, Ellen McLaughlin, and Eduardo Machado, among many others.

Eustis was appointed as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University in 2020 and is a founding advisory board member for Cornell’s Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity. He has taught at UCLA, Brown University, and NYU, and holds honorary doctorates from Brown University and Rhode Island College.