WVU Division of Theatre and Dance

James Dylan Held
Associate Professor of Scenic Design/Theatre History
BA and MA - California State University; MFA - University of Washington

 

James Dylan Held
Associate Professor of Scenic Design/Theatre History
BA and MA - California State University; MFA - University of Washington

Prof. Held has been on the theatre faculty at WVU since 1980, specializing in Scenic Design, Period Style and Theatre History. He has designed numerous productions for the University and for professional theaters and has directed productions including: Medea, An Ideal Husband, The Rivals, Noises Off! and Brighton Beach Memoirs. Jim has served as a senior accreditation specialist for over twenty National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) accreditation teams. Professor Held focuses his teaching duties on Theatre History/Literature/Criticism, graduate seminars and World Theatre & Drama. He is currently preparing a web-based course for World Theatre and Drama that will first be offered summer, 2008. He has also become a popular instructor for the Osher Life Long Learners program in Morgantown, for which he offers an on-going series in MASTERS OF WORLD DRAMA.


Fall 2007 Courses:
Thet 101: Introduction to the Theatre
Thet 170: World Theatre & Drama
Thet 361: Theatre History I: Space

 

Production photos from some of Jim's designs:

Moon for the Misbegotten

Arcadia

Die Fledermaus

Dramatics Magazine March 2004

Dramatics Magazine January 2001

Dramatics Magazine November 1999