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Doug Killingtree

Graduate Teaching Fellow
Instructor of Record
Theatre Arts, Folklore Program
dhk@uoregon.edu
Office: Villard 341
Office Hours: Friday 1-2pm or by appointment.
Research Interests: Intermedial adaptation, structuralism, character study, narratology, folk archetypes, horror and science fiction narratives, folklore of the theatre, gender performance in British pantomime, the utility of isolation and solitude in video games, evocation of fear in live performance contexts

Biography

Doug is a concurrent Masters of Arts student in Theatre Arts and Folklore & Public Culture. He holds his BFA in Theatre Arts-Performance from Southern Oregon University and is an award-winning actor and playwright. Outside of the worlds of theatre and folklore, he is a published author and illustrator of LGBTQ+ children's books. He is from Chugiak, Alaska and currently lives in Eugene, Oregon with his husband and 11yo boxer-ridgeback Harper.

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Education

Southern Oregon University, BFA Theatre Arts-Performance (2001-2006)
Oregon State University, Search Advocate Certificate (2020)
University of Oregon, MA Theatre Arts (currently enrolled, 2023-26*)
University of Oregon, MA Folklore & Public Culture (currently enrolled, 2025-26*)

*expected graduation

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Research Interests

Doug is interested in Adaptation Studies—including, but not limited to, theatrical contexts. He is interested in exploring the adaptation of genre literature to the stage, interactive media to live-action performance contexts, character archetypes from European folklore and mythology, and what structural narratology can reveal about the evolution of character function as folktales are adapted between mediums. He hopes to apply this approach to an actor-centered practice of character study.

He is fascinated by fear-based narratives on stage, particularly those to do with the monstrous, cosmic, and apocalyptic.

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Research

Currently, Doug is engaging in ethnographic research focusing on queer perspectives of gender parody in British pantomime.

He is also completing a thesis on generational adaptations of superstition within the theatre.

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Teaching

  • University of Oregon
    • Movement for the Actor, Instructor of Record (2026)
    • Introduction to Acting, Instructor of Record (2024-present)
    • Introduction to Theatre, Teaching Assistant (2023-24)
  • Southern Oregon University
    • Acting 1, Teaching Assistant (2006)
    • Theatre Foundations, Discussion Leader (2004-05)
    • Script Analysis, Teaching Assistant (2003)

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