Gentile, John S(amuel)

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GENTILE, John S(amuel)

GENTILE, John S(amuel). American, b. 1956. Genres: Theatre, Speech/Rhetoric. Career: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, instructor in interpretation, 1984-85; Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA, assistant professor, 1985-90, associate professor of communication and performance studies, 1990-, artistic director of the Performance Series, 1985-. Scholar and performer with the Wyoming Chautauqua, 1985, and Rocky Mountain Chautauqua, 1989-90. Publications: Cast of One: One-Person Shows from the Chautauqua Platform to the Broadway Stage, University of Illinois Press, 1989; contributor: Eighteenth Century British and American Rhetorical Theory; Text and Performance Quarterly; Literature in Performance; Studies in Popular Culture; The American Institute for Discussion Review; On the Culture of the American South. Address: Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144, U.S.A.