Dr. Jeffrey C. Steele

Dr. Jeff Steele is a professional performing artist who has been fortunate enough to experience the magic of teaching at a variety of levels. Maintaining a balance between campus activities and professional engagements, Steele has the best of both worlds: the performing arts in education and the practical experience of the public arena.

Scholarly Interests

• Acting and interpretation
• Shakespeare
• Early Modern drama
• Theatre history
• Stage magic and combat
• Filmmaking
• 20th–century American literature
• Creative writing
• Alternative dispute resolution

Contributions to Field

• Founding member of three professional theatre and entertainment companies
• Author of five plays
• Director of award-winning productions at international theatre festivals
• Panelist at The International Shakespeare Conference, UK
• Head Coach, Principia College INADR Mock Mediation Team:
  International Intercollegiate Champions—2014, 2015, 2018, 2020

Memberships and Affiliations

• Actors' Equity Association
• Shakespeare Association of America
• Society of American Fight Directors
• International Academy of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Publications and Presentations

• The Merry Wives of Seoul, Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival, August, 2018.
• Silent Night, Holy Noelly, Bankside Repertory Theatre Co. December, 2016.
• “The Temenos of Re-authorization: When Production or Re-publication Cross the Line into Re-writing Shakespeare”—Paper, Re-authoring Shakespeare Seminar, 44th Annual Shakespeare Association of American Conference; New Orleans, LA, March 2016.
• A Dickens of a Tale, Bankside Repertory Theatre Co. December, 2015.
• “Training for Transformative Mediation”—Panelist, 7th Annual World Mediation Congress, ‘A Gathering of Mediators’ Plenary Discussion, H. Case Ellis, Moderator; Drake University Law Clinic, Des Moines, IA, November, 2015.
• “The Making of H4”—Panelist, Open Forum at the 49th Annual Chicago Film Festival, Chicago, IL, October, 2013.