Background
Fuchs, Elinor was born on January 23, 1933 in Cleveland. Daughter of Joseph Fuchs and Lillian Kessler.
educator playwright theater critic
Fuchs, Elinor was born on January 23, 1933 in Cleveland. Daughter of Joseph Fuchs and Lillian Kessler.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1955. Master of Arts, Hunter College, 1975. Master of Philosophy, City University of New York Graduate Center, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre, City University of New York Graduate Center, 1995.
Research director Sextant Prodns.-ABC, New York City, 1960—1961. Producer, writer Channel 13/W National Educational Television, 1962—1963. Literature manager, dramaturg Chelsea Theater Center, 1978—1979.
Staff theater critic Soho News, 1979—1982. Contributing critic Village Voice, since 1982. Consultant National Endowment Arts, Washington, 1982—1983.
Dramaturg Women's Interart. Theatre, New York City, 1984—1985. Lecturer Freie University, Berlin.
Visiting lecturer Yale School Drama, 1994—1997, professor dramaturgy and dramatic literature, since 1998. Adjustment lecturer State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1975, 82. Member Plays-in-Process Selection Committee Theatre Communications Group, New York City, 1983—1984.
Senior lecturer department theatre Emory University, 1987—1990. Visiting professor English New York University, 1990. Adjunct associate professor Columbia University School Arts, 1992—1998, adjunct professor theatre, 1998—2001.
Visiting associate professor English and women's studies Harvard University, 1995. Adjunct professor English and comparative literature Columbia University, 1998.
Vice president Performing Artists Nuclear Disarmament, New York City, 1981—1983. Artistic advisor Fund New American Plays, Kennedy Center, 1992—1998. Member executive council Ibsen Society of America, 1993—2001.
Member advisory board Bunting Institute, 1998—2001. Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, American Society Theater Research, Association Theater in Higher Education, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Michael Oakes Finkelstein, May 3, 1962 (divorced 1984). Children: Claire Oakes Finkelstein, Katherine Eban Finkelstein.