Education/Training: Ph.D., Theatre, Northwestern University, 1980; M.A., Theatre, Northwestern University, 1976; B.A., Humanities, Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, IL, 1975;Tutorial Program, Dramatic Literature, Oxford University; Humanities Administrator, Division of Research Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington DC
Areas of Specialization/Interest: Theatre Architecture, Theatre Archaeology, History of Stage Technology, Problems in the Production of pre/early-Modern Drama, Shakespearean Stagecraft., New Technology and post-modern performance, Theatre Consulting
Professional Affiliations: American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Center for Renaissance and Baroque studies (CRBS), International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), International Shakespeare Globe Centre (ISGC), Shakespeare Theatre Association of America (STAA), National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH), Shakespeare Association of America (SAA)
Representative Productions: Professional lectures: Over 40 lectures across Europe, Taiwan, and USA. Theatre Consultant: Five projects including, E.H. Young Theatre Complex, Berry College, GA ; Rockport Schools Auditorium, Cambridge, MA; Oxford Performing Arts Center, Emory University; Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Architects, Atlanta, GA. Architectural history advisor: Ten projects including Shakespeare’s Globe reconstruction, International Shakespeare Globe Center, London; 2nd Globe Playhouse, Shenandoah Shakespeare Company, Stanton, VA; Rose Playhouse, Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA. Consultant: Numerous projects including $900,000.00 Virtual Vaudeville, National Science Foundation.
Representative Publications/Research Activities:
Author: Shakespeare at the Maddermarket: Nugent Monck and the Norwich Players (1986), current project - Theatre Archaeology: A Reconsideration of Theatre Architecture From the Greeks to the Romantics. Editor: New Issues in the Reconstruction of Shakespeare's Theatre (1990); Co-author: with Oscar Brockett, two editions of History of the Theatre (1999 and 2003). Various articles on theatre space, Shakespearean staging, Spanish Golden Age, and Baroque theatre. Authored entries: Oxford Companion to the Theater, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-1625
© 2009 University of Maryland All Rights Reserved
