Dallas Martinez

Dallas Martinez is the chair of Theatre, an associate professor of Direction. He previously served as the Artistic Producing Director of Theatre and Director of the Fowler Center.

Martinez’s applied and interdisciplinary scholarship focuses on directing, musical theatre, actor training, theatre history, public humanities, and culturally responsive approaches to classical performance. His Southern Prosody Project examines Shakespeare through Southern speech, regional identity, cultural memory, and place-based performance. His directing credits include 9 to 5 the Musical, Bright Star, Noises Off, The Thanksgiving Play, and Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play. His production of Mr. Burns received regional awards for Best Direction and Best Play.

Before joining A-State, Martinez spent sixteen years at Eastern New Mexico University in Roswell, where he was a tenured professor of Theatre and Humanities and served two terms as Faculty Senate president. He led A-State Theatre’s successful National Association of Schools of Theatre self-study and serves as a NAST evaluator. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Finance Committee of HumanitiesAR, Arkansas’s state humanities council.