Education
A Lagosian by birth, he studied acting at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, earning a diploma in 1965, after which he appeared in many shows on the London stage, including the Royal Court Theatre production of Wole Soyinka"s The Lion and the Jewel, and Shakespeare"s Macbeth, with the late Sir Alec Guinness as Macbeth and the late Simone Signoret as Lady Macbeth. Euba left London in 1970 to study Playwriting and Dramatic Literature at the Yale School of Drama, where his received an Master of Fine Arts in 1973.
Career
Among the topics of his plays is Yoruba culture. Euba could be called a man of many parts as a theatre practitioner (acting, playwriting, directing). In 1980-1982 he went back to Yale to study, receiving an Master of Arts in Afro-American Studies.
He then returned to Nigeria, where he worked for some years, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Literature-in-English at the University of Ife, Nigeria (now Obafemi Awolowo University), in 1986.
Over the years, Euba has taught at different colleges and universities, in Nigeria and the United States, including the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Currently the Louise and Kenneth Kinney Professor at Louisiana State University, he has continued to teach playwriting, and dramatic literature, mostly concentrating on the drama and theatre of Africa and of the African diaspora.
He is also a consultant in Black Theatre. Among the many plays he has directed variously are Soyinka"s Death and the King"s Horseman and The Trials of Brother Jero.
Edouard Glissant"s Monsieur Toussaint.
August Wilson"s Joe Turner"s Come and Gone. Shakespeare"s The Tempest. Molière"s The Learned Ladies.
And Euripides" Alcestis.
His favorite saying for his students, whether in acting, playwriting or directing is: "You need to get down to brass tacks.".
