Matthew McMahan

regional managing editor

Matthew McMahan is a performance scholar, dramaturg, and comedian. He is currently assistant professor of comedic studies at Emerson College, where he teaches the history and theory of comedy. He has a PhD in Drama from Tufts University and an MFA in Dramaturgy from Stony Brook University. As a performer, he has worked as a resident cast member at ImprovBoston and Union Comedy. As a dramaturg, he has worked with HowlRound, the Wooster Group, the Atlantic Theatre Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and the Boston-based collective imaginary beasts. His research and reviews have been published in Theatre Topics, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre History Studies, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, The New England Theatre Journal, and The Texas Theatre Journal.