Faculty & Staff
Dr. Prince Duren
Assistant Professor,
Phone: 318.274.0000
Email: durenp@gram.edu
Visual and Performing Arts
Dr. Prince Duren is from the city of Itta Bena, MS by way of Muskegon MI. Prince is
a graduate of Jackson State University with a degree in Mass Communications and English.
After graduating from JSU, Prince pursued his MFA in Play and Screenwriting at the
University of Arkansas. Prince has written several stages plays with many receiving
local and national recognition. Even though he enjoys acting, Prince garnered his
most notable success as a playwright. Among his awards are the Lorraine Hansberry
award from The Kennedy Center for American College Theatre Festival, Mississippi Theatre
Association Award, and Stage Black One Act Festival Award, just to name a few. Among
his many published works, he's most proud of his published essay "Identifying the
HBCU Graduate and HBCU Experience" which can be found in The HBCU Experience Book.
When it comes to the theatre, Prince feels he has yet to construct his greatest dialogue,
create his most memorable character, or conceived his greatest play. Therefore, he
is always working towards that ultimate goal. Prince lives by the saying “In a world
where you can be anything, why not be yourself?”
