Speaker bios |
Presenters
Daniel Abdalla
Arnab Banerji
Mary Christian
Mary Christian is an Assistant Professor of English at Middle Georgia State University, where she teaches courses in world literature, drama, and professional writing. She is author of Marriage and Late-Victorian Dramatists (Palgrave, 2020) and has contributed articles to Religion and Literature, Theatre Survey, Humanities, and SHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies.
Diana Donnelly
Tim Jennings
Tim Jennings is Executive Director and CEO of The Shaw Festival. His online profile can be accessed here: https://www.shawfest.com/board-members/tim-jennings/.
Kay Li
John McInerney
Vishnu Patil
Jean Reynolds
Jean Reynolds is Professor Emerita of English at Polk State College. She recently published Language and Metadrama in Major Barbara and Pygmalion: Shavian Sisters with Palgrave. She is an avid ballroom dancer.
Yulia Andreevna Skalnaya
I have been studying Shaw since 2014. In 2015, I received my degree in Philology at Lomonosov Moscow State University (diploma paper “Bernard Shaw’s Interwar Dramas: Theatre as Synthesis”). There I continued my research at the Department of Foreign Literature and in 2018 defended my PhD thesis “Experimentation with Genre in Bernard Shaw’s Plays.” I am currently working at Lomonosov Moscow State University as a full-time senior lecturer of English at the Faculty of Global Studies. I also deliver lectures and conduct seminars on the history of literature as a visiting lecturer at other faculties and universities.
Laurie J. Wolf
Wolf is Professor of Theatre at the College of William and Mary. She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA, and previously taught at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where she developed and convened the MA degree in Playwriting and Dramaturgy. She is an associate member of the Stage Society of Directors and Choreographers. Among her directing credits are Candida and Othello (for the Virginia Shakespeare Festival), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Pippin, Unidentified Human Remains, Marat/Sade, Amadeus, Rhinoceros, Avenue Q and the upcoming Addams Family Musical at the College. She is dedicated to the development of new writing; previous students have had works produced at NYC Fringe, Capital Fringe and the Royal Court Theatre in London. Her current scholarship is focused on women in Shakespeare’s problem plays. She has been invited to and has presented at various international Shakespeare conferences situated in such locations as Taipei, Taiwan; Hull, United Kingdom and New Delhi, India. She has authored/edited three books on theatre: Performance Analysis: an Introductory Coursebook, co-edited with Colin Counsell (Routledge), Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, introduction and editor (Nick Hern Books) and Introduction to Theatre: A Direct Approach (XLibris).