Theatre History Studies 2011

Contributors   Rick Bowers is Professor of English at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has published many articles on Elizabethan literature and culture and is the author of Radical Comedy in Early Modern England (2008).   Dorothy Chansky is the author of Composing Ourselves: The Little Theatre Movement and the American Audience (2004) and is currently working on a book about domestic labor and food in American theatre. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University.   Patty S. Derrick is a Professor of English at the University of PittsburghJohnstown, where she teaches Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature. She is a coeditor of the New Variorum edition of Two Gentlemen of Verona and is writing a book on Julia Marlowe's Shakespearean portrayals and interpretations. Kelly Carolyn Gordon is the Coordinator of Theatre Studies at Brevard College. She earned a Ph.D. in theatre history, with a certificate in women's studies, from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in directing from Emerson College. She has also studied at Piven Theatre Workshop, La Mama's International Symposium for Directors in Umbria, Italy, and is a trained mediator. Her writing has appeared in Lighting Dimensions, The Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, and the Dallas Morning News. She is the granddaughter of actor Eddie Bracken.   Jennifer A. Kokai is a lecturer at Texas State University. She received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in December 2008. She is currently researching Aquarena Springs theme park, the United States' second underwater mermaid show and home of Ralphie the swimming pig.   Elizabeth Osborne is an Assistant Professor in Theatre Studies at Florida State University. She has presented her research at IFTR, ASTR, ATHE, ALA, Theatre Symposium, and MATC. Her work appears in Theatre Symposium, Theatre History Studies, and the Journal of American Drama and Theatre.