Felicia Hardison Londré
Dr. Felicia Hardison Londré (born April 1, 1941) is Curators’ Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). She specializes in 19th and 20th-century American, French, and Russian theatre history, as well as Shakespearean dramaturgy.
Early life
Londré was born in Fort Lewis, Washington to Col. Felix M. Hardison and his wife Priscilla Mae (Graham) Hardison in 1941.[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 an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin and as Head of Theatre at the University of Texas at Dallas, Londré became an associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1975, a full professor there in 1978, and Curators’ Professor of Theatre 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, Londré 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 founding Secretary of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America,[6] and is a recognized Oxfordian scholar in the field of Shakespearean authorship.
Works
Londré’s published work includes 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 print publications, Londré has given numerous lectures over theatre and drama to audiences across the world, including in Beijing, Venice, Nanjing, Tokyo, Osaka, Moscow, Rouen, Caen, Paris, Brussels, and Budapest.
References
- ^ a b c “Londré, Felicia Mae Hardison.” In Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2013.
- ^ a b Canfield, Thomas. “Spotlight Article on 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