A theatre scholar, teacher, intimacy professional, and artist, invested in exploring the role of the audience in performance

About

Dr. Kelsey Jacobson is an Associate Professor in the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University where she teaches theatre history, theory, literature, and directing. She is a co-founder and director of the Centre for Spectatorship and Audience Research (CSAR), an organization focused on furthering the field of audience studies in theatre and performance, and a co-editor of the Routledge Theatre & Performance Series in Audience Research.

She is passionate about teaching, especially working with young people, and was awarded the Frank Knox Award for Teaching Excellence in 2021. Kelsey is also a theatre director, lighting designer, and an intimacy professional (with almost 100hrs of training from Theatrical Intimacy Education, National Society for Intimacy Professionals, Intimacy Directors International, and Open Intimacy Creatives) and has worked with students, community members, and professionals on productions as an intimacy choreographer and coordinator.