Theater Work

Macbeth: An Undoing, dir. Zinnie Harris, Theater for a New Audience (April 28, 2024)

Post-performance talkback with Emma Smith, April 28, 2024


Antony and Cleopatra, dir. Arin Arbus, Red Bull Theater (March 25, 2024)

Post-performance talkback with director and cast members, March 25, 2024


Medea Re-Versed, dir. Nathan Winkelstein, Red Bull Theater (May 21, 2023)

Post-performance talkback with director and cast members, May 21, 2023


Arden of Faversham, dir. Jesse Berger, Red Bull Theater (March 2023)

Bull Session, March 26, 2023

RemarkaBULL Podversation, Red Bull Theater,  March 11, 2023


Richard II and Henry IV, dir. Eric Tucker, Theater for a New Audience, New York (January 2023)


Merchant of Venice, dir. Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, New York (March 2022)

Post-Performance Talkback with John Douglas Thompson, Shirine Babb, Danaya Esperanza, and David Lee Hyunh, February 19, 2022.


The Wonder of Women, dir. Nathan Winkelstein, Red Bull Theater, New York (January 2022)

“Introduction to The Wonder of Women, or Sophonisba,” conversation with Nathan Winkelstein, Jesse Berger, and Derek Smith, Red Bull Theater, February 3, 2022.


The Alchemist, dir. Jesse Burger, Red Bull Theater, New York (October 2021)


The Revenger’s Tragedy, dir. Jesse Berger, Red Bull Theater New York (September 2020)

Bull Session Sept 14, 2020


Timon of Athens, dir. Simon Godwin, Theatre for a New Audience, New York (January 2020)

Post-Performance Talkback with Greg Doran (director, Royal Shakespeare Company), Simon Godwin (director, Shakespeare Theater Company), and Jeffrey Horowitz (director, Theatre for a New Audience), January 18, 2020


Macbeth, dir. Erica Schmidt, Red Bull Theater, New York (May/June 2019)

Post-Performance Talkback with director and cast members, June 2, 2019


“What’s Hecuba to Him? Greek Tragic Women on Shakespeare’s Stage.” Public talk at the Public Theater, with performances by Phylicia Rashad, Isabel Arraiza, Tina Benko, and Ayana Workman. April 22, 2019.


Julius Caesar, dir. Shana Cooper, Theatre for a New Audience, New York (March 2019)

Post-Performance Talkback with cast members Jordan Barbour, Rocco Sisto, and Tiffany Rachelle Stewart (April 13, 2019)


Kiss Me Kate, dir. Scott Ellis (Roundabout, spring 2019)

Shakespeare consultant


“Eyeless Rage: Anger in King Lear.” Panel discussion at the Public Theater with James Earl Jones, Sam Waterston, F. Murray Abraham, and Michael Sexton. November 27, 2018.


The Winter’s Tale, dir. Erin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, New York (March 2018)


Measure for Measure, dir. Simon Godwin, Theatre for a New Audience, New York (June 2017)


“Shakespeare’s First Folio: A Look at an NYPL Treasure on the 400th Anniversary of the Bard’s Death.” Conversation with Folger Shakespeare Library Director emerita Gail Kern Paster, introduced and moderated by Professor Richard McCoy. New York Public Library, September 28, 2016.


Coriolanus and the Modern Political Campaign.” Reading and panel discussion with actors Stephen Spinella, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Lisa Harrow; Shakespeare Society director Michael Sexton; Slate editor Jacob Weisberg; and Public Advocate for the City of New York Laetitia James. The Public Theater, New York, September 26, 2016.


“Shakespeare vs. Mozart: A Literary Debate.” Event sponsored by New York Public Library for Performing Arts and Lincoln Center, in conjunction with Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. New York, April 1, 2016. Part of Team Shakespeare, with author Adam Gopnik and writer Michael Sexton.


Pericles, dir. Trevor Nunn, Theatre for a New Audience, New York (March 2016)

“Bringing Back the Dead”: Public Event with cast members


Coriolanus, dir. Michael Sexton, Red Bull Theater (November 2016)

Post-Performance Talkback with director Michael Sexton and cast members Dion Johnstone, Patrick Page, Lisa Harrow, and Rebecca S’Manga Frank, November 16, 2023


The Servant of Two Masters, Theater for a New Audience (December 2016)

Post-Performance Talkback with cast members, December 3, 2016.


’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, dir. Jesse Berger, Red Bull Theatre, New York (April 2015) 


Two Gentlemen of Verona, dir. Jesse Austrian and Ben Steinfeld, Theatre for a New Audience (April 2015)


The Dutch Courtesan, dir. Michael Sexton, Red Bull Theater (March 2015)

Post-Performance Talkback with director and cast members, March 2, 2015


Tamburlaine the Great, Parts I and II, dir. Michael Boyd, Theatre for a New Audience (November 2014)


My Shakespeare. SKY/PBS documentary on King Lear, Blakeway Productions, 2014.  Appeared in conversation with Christopher Plummer on performance history of King Lear.


Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Julie Taymor, Theatre for a New Audience (Fall 2013)

Post-Performance Talkback with Professor David Scott Kastan, Nov 9, 2013


The Tempest, dir. Jesse Berger, Red Bull Theater  (October 2014)


Arden of Faversham, dir. Leah Gardiner. Red Bull Theater (January 2014)

Post-Performance Talkback with director and cast members, January 27, 2014


Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience (Spring 2013)

Post-Performance Talkback with Jonathan Kalb and Robert Michels, March 9, 2013


Shakespeare Uncovered, BBC/PBS documentary on Macbeth, Blakeway Productions, 2012. Appeared in conversation with Ethan Hawke on performance history of Macbeth.


The Witch, by Thomas Middleton, dir. Leigh Silverman, Red Bull Theater (February 2011).

Post-Performance Talkback with director and cast members, February 7, 2011


  • Additional theater work includes serving as academic advisor to directors and actors developing performances for Shakespeare Works Residencies (organized by the Public Shakespeare Initiative, formerly the Shakespeare Society) on As You Like It (November, 2019), Coriolanus (June 2016), Merchant of Venice (October 2015), Macbeth (May 2014), 2 Henry IV (February 2014), Measure for Measure (December 2013), Tempest (January 2013), and Hamlet (December 2012).
  • Additional post-performance talks include Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (Classic Stage Company, June 2015); Hamlet (Classic Stage Company, April 2015); King Lear (Globe/NYU, October 2014); Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, August 2014); King Lear (TFANA, April 2014); 2 Henry IV (Pearl Theater, February 2014); Richard III (Epic Ensemble Theatre, May 2014).