| Name: | Dr. Eileen Curley |
| Title: | Assistant Professor of English |
| Office Location: | Fontaine 214 |
| Extension: | (845) 575-3000 ext. 2536 |
| Email: | eileen.curley@marist.edu |
| Personal Web Page: | http://foxweb.marist.edu/users/eileen.curley |
| Degrees Held: | BA in Theatre, Grinnell College, Phi Beta Kappa MA, Ph.D in Theatre History, Theory & Literature, Indiana University |
| Bio: | I teach American Drama I & II, Modern Drama, British Drama II, The Literary Traditions of Harry Potter, Intro to Theatre, College Writing II and a variety of other classes. Syllabi and schedules for all courses can be accessed through the website listed above. |
| Publications: | "Tainted Money? Nineteenth Century Charity Theatricals," Theatre Symposium 15: Theatre and the Moral Order, 2007 |
| Research Interests: | 19th Century Theatre of the United States and United Kingdom; Gender in Performance; Theatrical Architecture and Audiences; Classical Greek and Roman Theatre and Art; Appropriations of Classical Art; Restoration Theatre; Performance of Nation; Scenic Design |
| Presentations: | "An Homage to Sparknotes? Why Students Plagiarize," Mid-America Theatre Conference, March 2009. "An Archival Travelogue through Amateur Theatre," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, August 2008. "Hiring Outside Talent: When Goals and Missions Don't Mesh," Roundtable discussion organizer and participant: "Making it Up as We Go: Advising Student Theatre." Association for Theatre in Higher Education, August 2008. "An Unnatural Lack of Breeches: Comedic Mother Roles and the Introduction of Female Performers in Restoration England." Women & Society Conference, October 2007. "From New Orleans to New York to New Woman: Cora Urquhart Brown Potter's Choice to 'Go Pro.'" Association for Theatre in Higher Education, August 2007 "A Shot over the Bow: Gillette Takes on Amateur Play Pirates," American Theatre and Drama Society Emerging Scholars Panel, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, IL, August 2006 "Tainted Money? Nineteenth Century Charity Theatricals," Southeastern Theatre Conference Theatre Symposium, Atlanta, GA, March-April 2006. "Guiding the Nineteenth Century Home Performer: How Published Advice on Staging Home Theatricals Steered Amateurs Towards the Guise of Respectability," Seminar Paper, American Society for Theatre Research, Las Vegas, NV, November 2004 "Arming Innocents Against the Vampire," 28th Comparative Drama Conference, Columbus OH, April 2004 "Thanksgiving in 'America's Hometown,'" Mid-America Theatre Conference, Indianapolis, IN. March 2003 Robert of Sicily, Set/Prop Design, Bloomington Early Music Festival and Digby Mary Magdalene and Saint's Play Festival, Poculi Ludique Societas, University of Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies, May 2003 |
