Theatre Department Faculty

Michael Lueger

Lecturer in Theatre

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Michael Lueger

Contact

Rubenstein Hall, Room 4F

Telephone: 617-5520124

Email: michael.lueger@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., College of the Holy Cross
  • M.A. & Ph.D., Tufts University

Courses

Intro to Theatre

Research Interests

American theatre, 19th-century celebrity scandals, women playwrights on Broadway at the turn of the 20th century

Curriculum Vitae

Department

Theatre

Profile

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mike Lueger earned his B.A. in Theatre and English at the College of the Holy Cross and his MA and doctorate in Drama at Tufts University. He's been teaching Intro to Theatre at BC since 2017 and also works at Emerson College. Outside of teaching, he's the Book Review Editor for Theatre Annual and serves as the host and producer of The Theatre History Podcast. He lives near 艾可直播 with his wife and son.

Selected Publications

鈥淒ance and the Plague: Artaud and Epidemic Choreomania" in the Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater

鈥淲omen in Three Film Adaptations of O鈥橬eill,鈥� Eugene O鈥橬eill Review

鈥淏aroque and Classical in Jesuit Theatre,鈥� Journal of Theatre and Religion

鈥淗ow Canons Are Formed,鈥� Contingent Magazine

鈥淭he Penny Paper Sex Scandal,鈥� The Awl

鈥淓ast, West, and In-Between,鈥� American Theatre

鈥淪tage Death: From Offstage to In Your Face,鈥� JSTOR Daily

鈥淥verwhelmed Social Workers, Troubled Families: 鈥楲una Gale鈥� Is All Too Familiar to Massachusetts,鈥� WBUR The Artery

鈥淭he Immortal Life of Joice Heth: How an Elderly Slave Launched P.T. Barnum鈥檚 Career,鈥� JSTOR Daily

鈥淲hat鈥檚 in a Label? The Charleston Massacre and the Evolving Definition of Terrorism,鈥� WBUR Cognoscenti

Professional Activities

Host and producer, The Theatre History Podcast

Editorial Positions

Book Review Editor, Theatre Annual

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