Bess Rowen
Dr. Bess Rowen is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Villanova University, and affiliated faculty in Gender & Women’s Studies and Irish Studies. She is the author of The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect Embodiment (University of Michigan Press, 2021) and the editor of the Methuen Critical Edition of A Streetcar Named…
Read MoreAnnette J. Saddik
Annette J. Saddik, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Theatre at the City University of New York, specializing in 20th and 21st century drama, most notably the work of Tennessee Williams and theories of the grotesque. She has published over 50 essays on theatre and performance and four books, including Tennessee Williams and the…
Read MoreKarisma Price
Karisma Price is an assistant professor of English at Tulane University. A poet, screenwriter, and media artist, she is the author of I’m Always So Serious (Sarabande Books, 2023). Her work has appeared in publications including Poetry, Indiana Review, Oxford American, Four Way Review, Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day Series, and elsewhere. She is a…
Read MoreJohn “Ray” Proctor
John “Ray” Proctor, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Tulane University, Department of Theatre. He holds a BA in English (Webster University), an MFA in Acting (West Virginia University), and a Ph. D. in Theatre Research (University of Wisconsin Madison). He has played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (The Organic Theatre), Shylock in The…
Read MoreTom Mitchell
Tom Mitchell is emeritus professor of Theatre at the University of Illinois and Festival Scholar for the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. He has edited Early Stories by Tennessee Williams, available from the University of Iowa Press, and The Caterpillar Dogs: Early Stories by Tennessee Williams, from New Directions. Mitchell edited the stories, “Fin du…
Read MoreDavid Kaplan
David Kaplan is the author of Tennessee Williams in Provincetown (2006) and Tenn Years (2015), a collection of essays about Williams in production. He is the editor of Tenn at One Hundred (2011), the centennial collection of essays about Williams’ reputation. He has staged Suddenly Last Summer in Russia (1993), The Eccentricities of a Nightingale in…
Read MoreThomas Keith
Thomas Keith has edited the Tennessee Williams titles for New Directions since 2002, over twenty volumes, and wrote the introductions for A House Not Meant to Stand and Now the Cats with Jeweled Claws. Co-editor of Letters of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin, Keith edited Love, Christopher Street—a collection of original LGBTQ essays about New…
Read MoreJewelle Gomez
Jewelle Gomez is the author of eight books, including the recently published collection of poetry, Still Water, which explores her multiple identities: Black, Native American, Lesbian, Feminist, as well as her activism (she served on the original board of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation and GLAAD). Her Black, Lesbian Vampire novel, The Gilda Stories, has been…
Read MoreBenjamin Gillespie
Benjamin Gillespie, Ph.D. (he/him) is Doctoral Lecturer in Communication, Gender Studies, and Theatre at Baruch College, City University of New York. His research centers on the intersection of gender, sexuality, and aging in contemporary theatre and drama. Benjamin is Co-Editor of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre and Contributing Editor of PAJ: A Journal…
Read MoreMargot Douaihy
Margot Douaihy lives in Northampton, MA, and is an assistant professor of creative writing with Emerson College. She is the author of the award-winning, nationally bestselling Sister Holiday series, in addition to the poetry collections Bandit/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr, Scranton Lace, and Girls Like You. Her debut mystery, Scorched Grace, won The Pinckley…
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