Keith R. Huff
PhD
he / him / his
Arts-based Research
Research-based Theatre
Ethnodrama
Verbatim Performance
Ritual
LITR – Literacy Education
Biography
Keith is a Vancouver, B.C.-based artist, educator, and researcher whose work uses arts-based research to bridge the gap between past and present through dialogic, participatory theatrical experiences. As a creative, his interests lie at the intersection where narrative meets reality and how those collisions shape worldview, both past and present. His most recent work, Life in Close-Ups, is a theatrical meditation on grief and grieving through artifacts related to the death of Virginia Woolf. He is an educator with over 20 years of experience in the field from secondary schools to higher education. Keith has held adjunct positions at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (NYCDA) and in the Program of Educational Theatre at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (NYU) where he taught for the last nine years. He is a Lincoln City Fellow with the Sparanza Foundation, Creative Consultant with the NYU Verbatim Performance Lab, and a proud member of the Dramatist Guild of America.
Awards & Honours
Nominee for the 2025-2026 NYU Steinhardt Teaching Excellence Award
Recipient of the NYU Steinhardt Faculty Challenge Grant in Cross-Department Collaborative Research Track. (2019)
Recipient of the NYU Steinhardt Inaugural Diversity Innovation Grant for The Serena Williams Project. (2018)
Selected Projects, Presentations or Guest Lectures
Co-Presenter. “The Migration Project: A Collaborative Coding Workshop.” Drama for Schools Symposium: Celebrating 20 Years of DFS and Beyond, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, May 2026.
Guest Lecturer. “Coding the Data Set.” Creating Ethnodrama & Documentary Theatre. Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, New York University Steinhardt, New York, NY, October 28, 2025.
Co-Presenter. “Using Verbatim Performance to Explore the US Presidency in 2024.” International Drama in Educational Research Institute 2025, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 21, 2025.