Professor.
Ph.D. 1987, University of IFE; M.A. 1982, M.F.A. 1973, Yale.
Office: 210I Allen Hall, and 205 M&DA Building.
Phone: (225) 578-2863 or 3537.
E-mail: theuba@lsu.edu .

Current Projects:

Play : "Dionysus of the Holocaust;" Text : "The Creative Process;" Novel : "Camwood at Crossroads."

Teaching and Research Interests:

Playwriting; Directing; Acting; Dramatic Literature; Comparative Black Drama and Theatre.

Publications:

Books : Poetics of the Creative Process: An Organic Practicum to Playwriting (MD: The University Press of America, forthcoming); Archetypes, Imprecators and Victims of Fate: Origins and Developments of Satire in Black Drama (1989).
Essay : "Soyinka's Satiric Development and Maturity," Black American Literature Forum (1988).
Plays : The Eye of Gabriel" a full-length play: world premiere at LSU Theatre (1999); The Gulf (1991).
Plays in Anthologies : "The Game," Ten One-Act Plays (1968); "Abiku," Five African Plays (1970); "Crocodiles," in Quarterly Journal of Ideology (June 1995); numerous plays for BBC radio.

Professional Service, Honors, and Awards:

Directing and Acting : Numerous stage roles at, among others - The Royal Court Theatre (London), Hartford Stage, Lincoln Center (New York);
Many plays directed in - Nigeria, Great Britain and the United States.
Member : Phi Kappa Phi.
Awards : LSU Alumni Faculty Excellence Award (1997).