Lutterbie holds the Ph.D. in History, Theory and Criticism from the University of Washington at Seattle, where he wrote his dissertation on the plays of Tom Stoppard. Prior to he studied with Dr. Francis Hodge at the University of Texas in Austin, receiving an MFA in Directing for his production of Arthur Miller's After the Fall . P rofessor Lutterbie came to the University at Stony Brook in 1990, after teaching for six years at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, to head the graduate program in Dramaturgy. He teaches undergraduate courses in play analysis, theatre history and criticism. On the graduate level he teaches theatre history, theory and criticism.
H is areas of specialization are performance theory and theories of theatre.
It explores issues of identity and problems in communication between people in an attempt to develop an ethics of subjectivity that is responsive to concerns raised by postmodernism and moral relativity. He is currently working on a phenomenology of acting that will explore the experience of acting. In addition, he has published in Theatre Journal , The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Theatre Topics, Modern Drama and The Journal for Psychiatry and the Humanities.