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Philippa Kelly

Philippa Kelly

February 3, 2021 Philippa Kelly

Philippa Kelly is Resident Dramaturg for the California Shakespeare Theater, Resident Dramaturg for Remote Theater, and production dramaturg for many regional theaters. She serves on the board of TheaterFirst and is professor and chair of English at the California Jazz Conservatory.

Philippa’s Arden book, The King and I, illuminates King Lear through the lens of Australia’s history of outcasting. Her “Run the Canon” series at Cal Shakes presents original 12-minute video talks on Shakespeare’s canon: https://calshakes.org/cal-shakes-online/run-the-canon/

 

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