ABOUT

Caroline Jane Davis (she/her) is a director, dramaturg, and educator. A passionate advocate for emerging voices, she works closely with playwrights and ensembles to develop new work through workshops, readings, devised processes, and community-based storytelling. Her practice often explores identity and social imagination, with an emphasis on queer and feminist dramaturgies. Professionally positioned at the intersection of contemporary play development and historical performance studies, much of her work begins in conversation with the archive—recasting literary icons, queering familiar plots, and challenging the assumptions embedded in canonical works.

Caroline currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Education at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. In addition to her academic role, she contributes to the field through leadership and service, including positions on the Executive Committee of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, the Artistic Advisory Board of the South Carolina Children’s Theatre, and the Editorial Board of Southern Theatre magazine. She holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Furman University and an M.F.A. in Performance and Pedagogy from Texas Tech University.