Rachel M. E. Wolfe

 Rachel M. E. Wolfe

Rachel M. E. Wolfe

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Biography

University of Puget Sound - Theater

Assistant Professor of Theatre at Utica College
Rachel M. E.
Wolfe
Clinton, New York
I received my Ph.D in Theater Studies with a doctoral emphasis in Feminist Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara in March 2016. Academic research interests include Adaptation Studies, Feminist Studies, and European theater history. Fluent in Spanish, reading knowledge of French, Italian, and Ancient Greek. Extensive experience in live theatre, in acting, directing, and technical support roles.

www.rachelmewolfe.com


Experience

    Education

    • UCSB

      Master of Arts (MA)

      Theater Studies
      Thesis title: Staging Public Debate: Religion, Morality, and Brother-Sister Incest in Seventeenth-Century British Drama Thesis committee: Simon Williams, chair W. Davies King Leo Cabranes-Grant

    • UCSB

      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

      Theater Studies
      Dissertation title: Iphigenia in Adaptation: Neoclassicism, Gender, and Culture on the Public Stages of France and England, 1674-1779 Dissertation committee: Simon Williams, chair Leo Cabranes-Grant Leila Rupp

    Publications

    • Book Review: "The Athenian Adonia in Context: The Adonis Festival as Cultural Practice by Laurialan Reitzammer"

      Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion

    • Book Review: "The Athenian Adonia in Context: The Adonis Festival as Cultural Practice by Laurialan Reitzammer"

      Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion

    • Racine’s Ancients: Paradoxes of Adaptation in the Panegyric Tradition of French Neoclassicism

      Ecumenica: A Journal of Theatre and Performance

    • Book Review: "The Athenian Adonia in Context: The Adonis Festival as Cultural Practice by Laurialan Reitzammer"

      Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion

    • Racine’s Ancients: Paradoxes of Adaptation in the Panegyric Tradition of French Neoclassicism

      Ecumenica: A Journal of Theatre and Performance

    • Opera’s ‘Return to Antiquity’: Adaptation, Gender, and the Illusion of Authenticity in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide

      Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance

    • Book Review: "The Athenian Adonia in Context: The Adonis Festival as Cultural Practice by Laurialan Reitzammer"

      Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion

    • Racine’s Ancients: Paradoxes of Adaptation in the Panegyric Tradition of French Neoclassicism

      Ecumenica: A Journal of Theatre and Performance

    • Opera’s ‘Return to Antiquity’: Adaptation, Gender, and the Illusion of Authenticity in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide

      Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance

    • Woman, Tyrant, Mother, Murderess: An Exploration of the Mythic Character of Clytemnestra in All Her Forms

      Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 38, No. 6 (September 2009): 692-719.