Marianne DiQuattro, PhD
Theatre, Literature, Associate Professor
Dr. Diquattro comes to the theatre department through her research interests in the intersection of dramatic literature, performance history, and phenomenology and through her artistic interest in directing, theatre for small communities, and theatre for and with children. Her dissertation research focuses on moments of what she calls 鈥渦nsettled spectatorship,鈥� in which performance events place ethical demands on their spectators. Dr. Diquattro examines specific dramatic works and performance histories of Antonin Artaud, Samuel Beckett, and Martin McDonagh.
Professionally, she presents at conferences on a wide range of literary and theatrical research interests, most recently on Artaud鈥檚 body as a performance of the plague metaphor, and on the limited access disabled individuals face to professional opportunities in the theatre world.
She is the founder and artistic director of Paper Sky Theatre in Grove City, PA. It is a nonprofit theatre that seeks to be a location for theatrical excellence, education, inclusion, and community development.
Her recent directing credits include: Twelfth Night听补苍诲 As Your Like It by William Shakespeare, Sylvia聽by A.R. Gurney, The Importance of Being Earnest聽by Oscar Wilde,听补苍诲 The Cripple of Inishmaan聽by Martin McDonagh.
Education
PhD, University of Notre Dame
Courses Taught
Theatre History I and II, Script Analysis, Global Theatre, Travel Narratives, and Rollins Foundation in the Liberal Arts offerings in the neighborhood of When Cultures Collide