Professor of Theatre and Dance teaches courses in dramatic literature, acting, playwriting, art of the theatre, theatre history, and a WittSem for new students on documentary theatre; he also directs plays and musicals for the Department of Theatre and Dance. In addition, Reynolds serves on the Board of Trustees of The Cape Cod Repertory Theatre in Brewster, MA. He is past Chair of the National Playwriting Program for Region III of Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and in 2009 he was on the National Selection Team for KCACTF; traveling around the country to eight regional college theatre festivals to choose the best productions for the national festival at the Kennedy Center. He has received the Omicron Delta Kappa Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Matthies Research Award, a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar grant, and a Kennedy Center Gold Medallion Award from Region III of KCACTF. In 2003, he mentored student playwrights and directors at the KCACTF national festival in Washington, D.C. In 2001, he directed it is no desert by Dan Stroeh (’01) which won KCACTF's National Student Playwriting Award. Reynolds has published several reviews in Theatre Journal and the article "Communication between the Director and the Playwright," in the New England Theatre Journal. Reynolds has led or contributed to panels at national conferences in such areas as non-traditional casting, teaching of playwriting, period transfer of Shakespeare's plays, use of masks in actor training, and teaching theatre in the new student seminar. From 1995-2004 he was Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance. Reynolds has studied theatre in London. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan, The Ohio State University, Kent State University, and a guest director at Mira Costa College in California. His directing assignments at Wittenberg have ranged from A Midsummer Night's Dream to The Miser to the premiere of Janey Miller’s World Tour, by John Cassel (’98). In 1994, he directed an alumni showcase production in Hollywood, CA. His recent directing assignments include the Julie Harris tribute production of The Member of the Wedding and Stones in His Pockets (starring Seton Brown ’04) for Cape Rep. As an actor; he has had significant roles in a number of plays. As a playwright, he has seen his works produced at Tufts University and at Tufts-in-London. In 1983-84 he originated and coordinated Wittenberg's national Martin Luther Playwriting Contest and directed the winning production, George Jolly's Life of Martin Luther. Reynolds holds a B.A. from Tufts University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Reynolds joined the Wittenberg faculty in 1981.