Current Projects
Shakespeare Biofiction
I’m currently writing an essay about Shakespeare biofiction plays for inclusion in a volume of essays.
Romeo and Juliet dir. Simon Godwin (2021)
I’m revising a conference paper on Simon Godwin’s 2021 hybrid filmed theatre/film Romeo and Juliet at the Gillian Lyne Theatre. I hope to send out the essay MS in summer 2025.
Recent articles and book chapters
- “Alas, Poor Hero: Heroism in Y: The Last Man.” In Shakespeare and Comics: Negotiating Cultural Value, edited by Jim Casey and Brandon Christopher. Shakespeare and Adaptation series. Bloomsbury/Arden, 2024.
- “Shakespeare and Gentrification in Regional Theatre.” In Ethical Appropriations in Shakespearean Performance, edited by Louise Geddes, Kathryn Vomero Santos, and Geoff Way, Edinburgh University Press, 2024, pp. 114-31.
- “Bridging the Gap from the Performance-Based Classroom to Teaching Shakespeare at the Performance.” College English Association Forum 49.2 (Summer/Fall 2023).
- “Queering The Winter’s Tale in Jeanette Winterson’s The Gap of Time.” Shakespeare in Fiction, special issue of Comparative Drama (co-edited with Graley Herren) 57.1 (Fall 2003).
- “Our Neighbor Shakespeare.” Introduction, co-authored with Jayme M. Yeo, to Shakespeare on Regional American Stages, special issue of Shakespeare Bulletin 39.3 (Fall 2021).
Updated 3 February 2025
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