Resume

• 1974

  English

  Theatre and Dance

  Ph.D.

  B.A

  English

• Press Releases

  Public Speaking

  Books

  Writing

  Art

  Plays

  Acting

  Literature

  Teaching

  Research

  Copywriting

  History

  Editing

  Fundraising

  Performing Arts

  Creative Writing

  Theatre

  Additional Selected Publications

  Additional Selected Publications

  Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists

  Annotated anthology of four plays by Mary Pix

  Susanna Centlivre

  Elizabeth Griffith

  and Hannah Cowley

  with introduction to authors and theatrical history of the time. Now in its third printing and being taught across the US

  Canada

  and Europe.

  Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists

  Melinda

  Finberg

  Producing and Project Managing

  Writing and Editing

  University of Southern California

  School of Dramatic Arts

  Teaching

  Freelance

  Swarthmore College

  Writing and Editing\t1980 - present\t\n•\tAuthor and Editor

  Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists (Oxford University Press) and articles for scholarly journals\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n•\tFreelance Writer and Editor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCopyedited

  proofread

  wrote press releases and catalog copy for clients such as Harper & Row

  \tFarrar Strauss & Giroux

  Oxford University Press

  David R. Godine

  The Franklin Library

  The New York \tAcademy of Sciences\n\tWriting teacher at Swarthmore College and private writing coach to high school juniors and seniors\n•\tAssociate Editor

  Beaufort Books

  New York

  NY

  Writing and Editing

  Visiting Associate Professor and Guest Lecturer

  Served on faculty of Swarthmore College

  Princeton University

  “Shakespeare Without Fear

  ” Oregon Shakespeare Festival Institute. Have been a guest lecturer at Yale University

  Princeton University

  and University of Puget Sound\n•\tDesigned courses

  lectured

  led seminars for students from elementary school through adult continuing education in Shakespeare

  dramatic literature (ancient to contemporary)

  and production dramaturgy\n•\tProduced performances by outside artists and visiting lecturers (including raising funds

  marketing

  publicity

  organizing catering and transportation)\n•\tOrganized trips to theatrical events\n•\tTaught and coached writing\n•\tPresented scholarly work at local

  national

  and international conferences

  Teaching

  Assistant Professor of Theatre Practice in Critical Studies

  Teaching Textual Analysis

  Dramaturgy

  Theatre History

  Comedy of Manners

  Women Playwrights

  Performing Identity

  The Performing Arts

  Modern Theatre

  and more.\nAdvising students\nProduction Dramaturgy

  University of Southern California

  School of Dramatic Arts

  Freelance Dramaturg

  Dramaturgy \t 2003- present\nPerformed dramaturgical work for: Oregon Shakespeare Festival

  Ashland

  Oregon; Shakespeare Theatre Company

  Washington

  DC; Prospect Theater

  New York; Juggernaut Theatre

  New York; McCarter Theater

  Princeton

  NJ; Bristol Riverside Theater

  Bristol

  PA; Theatre Ariel

  Philadelphia

  including:\n•\tRediscovering

  researching

  editing works of historical women playwrights and preparing texts for production; advocating for the production of plays by historical women playwrights with artistic directors

  literary managers and directors\n•\tDeveloping plays for production with literary managers and directors through experimentation and staged readings \n•\tCollaborating with directors

  designers

  marketing

  publicity

  and education departments of theaters on pre-production preparations and attending rehearsals to provide notes to director and answer questions regarding text and background information on play and author\n•\tWriting articles for subscriber publications to promote production and educate audience

  writing program notes and giving interviews to the press to help publicize production\n•\tResearching and preparing dramaturgical packets of background material

  social history

  politics

  art

  etc. to deepen actors’ and directors’ understanding of play \n•\tGiving public lectures on topics to attract audiences to the production and conducting post-performance audience discussions\n•\tDirecting staged readings

  Freelance

  Swarthmore College

  Swarthmore

  PA

  Teaching one of first college courses on the Harry Potter series

  \"Battling Against Voldemort: Harry Potter and the Heroic Quest\"; American Theatre: Staging the American Experiences; \"Interrogating Gender: Centuries of Dramatic Cross-Dressing; English Theatre 1400 to 1800; Comedy\nOrganized and produced performances by guest artists Deborah Margolin (Imagining Madoff) and Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw (feminist/lesbian performance sketches from Split Britches repertoire)

  Visiting Associate Professor

  •\tProducer

  Off-off Broadway plays and of performances by outside artists (such as Deborah Margolin and Split Britches) at Swarthmore College\t \n•\tConference Organizer

  The Age of Aphra Behn: Re-centering a Literary World

  Princeton University\n\t \t\t Created idea for

  organized

  and co-hosted conference with Earl Miner for over 50 scholars\n•\tArea Coordinator

  NARAL

  New York City\n \tManaged teams of volunteers who organized house meetings to educate and engage supporters; \tlobbied legislature in Albany\n•\tDepartment Manager

  Bloomingdale’s

  New York

  1978 - 1980\n\t\tManaged sales staff for women’s clothing departments

  Producing and Project Managing