Kiki Gounaridou received her PhD from the University of California, Davis. She teaches theatre history and theory at Smith College. She is the editor of Text & Presentation and the author of Euripides and Alcestis: Simulations, Speculations, and Stories of Love in the Athenian Culture and of Staging Nationalism: Essays on Theatre and National Identity.John Hellweg received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an actor, director, and Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Smith College. He has performed in over thirty productions, most recently with the Talking Band and with the Ensemble of the Romantic Century in New York City, and has directed over forty academic and professional productions.