Professor Oliva holds an M.F.A. in Directing and a Ph.D. in Theatre andDrama from Northwestern University. She is presently teaching at the University of Tennessee and has contributed numerous articles to Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, and Theatre History Studies. A book on English playwright David Hare, published in 1991, David Hare: Theatricalizing Politics is a comprehensive study of the first two decades of Hare’s career. A descendant of the Chickasaw tribe, Oliva has a special interest in Native American Performance, thereby continuing her research into the impact of performance on international culture.

• Crossing Boundaries: Directing Gay, Lesbian, and Working-Class Theatre in Scotland, Richard Trousdell, Belgian/American Theatre Exchanges: Reflections and Bridges Suzanne Burgoyne, Stanislavsky Meets Shepard at the Shchepkin, On the Edge: Utrecht, Netherlands 1993, Maybe Theatre Is Bom: Directing Student Theatre in Communist and Post-Communist Poland, The Politics of The Professional. Connecting the Prose with the Passion, Vestiges of Control: Censorship and Society in Contemporary Egyptian Theatre, Year of Improvising in the Balkans, After the Visit, the Ruins, East Meets West Meets Hamlet: Get Thee to a Noh Master, Kuando 1991: A New Beginning A Ritual Pilgrimage, Israel’s Rina Yerushalmi and Her Directorial Experiments in Spatial Interrelations, Diablomundo and the Royal Hunt: The Shadow and the Sun..

Professor Oliva holds an M.F.A. in Directing and a Ph.D. in Theatre andDrama from Northwestern University. She is presently teaching at the University of Tennessee and has contributed numerous articles to Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, and Theatre History Studies. A book on English playwright David Hare, published in 1991, David Hare: Theatricalizing Politics is a comprehensive study of the first two decades of Hare’s career. A descendant of the Chickasaw tribe, Oliva has a special interest in Native American Performance, thereby continuing her research into the impact of performance on international culture.

• Crossing Boundaries: Directing Gay, Lesbian, and Working-Class Theatre in Scotland, Richard Trousdell, Belgian/American Theatre Exchanges: Reflections and Bridges Suzanne Burgoyne, Stanislavsky Meets Shepard at the Shchepkin, On the Edge: Utrecht, Netherlands 1993, Maybe Theatre Is Bom: Directing Student Theatre in Communist and Post-Communist Poland, The Politics of The Professional. Connecting the Prose with the Passion, Vestiges of Control: Censorship and Society in Contemporary Egyptian Theatre, Year of Improvising in the Balkans, After the Visit, the Ruins, East Meets West Meets Hamlet: Get Thee to a Noh Master, Kuando 1991: A New Beginning A Ritual Pilgrimage, Israel’s Rina Yerushalmi and Her Directorial Experiments in Spatial Interrelations, Diablomundo and the Royal Hunt: The Shadow and the Sun..