Felicia Hardison Londré
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Template:Unreviewed Dr. Felicia Hardison Londré (born April 1, 1941) is Curators’ Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Dr. Londré specializes in American, French, and Russian Theatre History as well as Shakespeare.
Early life
Dr. Londré was born in Fort Lewis, Washington to father Col. Felix M. Hardison and mother Priscilla Mae (Graham) Hardison.[1] She attended the University of Montana, where she earned a B.A. in French (with a minor in drama), and completed her M.A. at the University of Washington in Romance Languages (also with a minor in drama) before earning her Ph.D. in Speech at the University of Wisconsin.[2]
Career
After serving as assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin and head of the theatre program at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Londré became an associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1975, a full professor in 1978, and the curators’ professor in 1987.[1] In 2001, she won the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s national award for Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education.[3] She is currently serving a two-year term as Dean of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre (2012–2014).[4]
From 1978–2000, she was dramaturg for the Missouri Repertory Theatre (now the Kansas City Repertory Theatre) and served as dramaturg for the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival from 1990-2009.[1] She is the Honorary co-founder of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival,[5] was the founding secretary of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America,[6] and is a leading Oxfordian scholar in the debate over Shakespeare authorship.
Works
Dr. Londré’s published works include over 60 scholarly articles, 25 journalistic publications, 100 book and theatre reviews, and 14 books.[2] Her book The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theater, 1870-1930 won the Theatre Library Association’s George Freedley Memorial Book Award in 2008.[7] In addition to her research and publications, she has given public lectures all over the world, including in Beijing, Nanjing, Tokyo, Osaka, Venice, Rouen, Caen, Paris (Sorbonne), Brussels, Moscow, and Hungary.
References
- ^ a b c “Londré, Felicia Mae Hardison.” In Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2013.
- ^ a b Canfield, Thomas. “Spotlight Article of Felicia Londré”. KC Stage, September 2012.
- ^ “Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education”. ATHE Website: http://www.athe.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=21
- ^ “College of the American Fellows of Theatre Board of Directors and Officers”. http://www.thecollegeoffellows.org/html/officers.html
- ^ “Felicia Hardison Londré, Honorary Co-Founder”. Heart of America Shakespeare Festival website: http://www.kcshakes.org/full_content.php?article_id=832&full=yes&pbr=1
- ^ “History”. Shakespeare Theatre Association website: http://stahome.org/about/history
- ^ “George Freedley Memorial Award – Winners 1969-Present”. Theatre Library Association Website: http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards/freedleyaward/winners.html