theater, commemorative practices, 20th century American theater and culture, political performance, directing and directing theory

theater, Playwriting, Indie Film, New Music Opera, Asian American, Japanese American

English literature, Shakespeare, English renaissance, Spenser, drama, theater, American film history, film theory and production, critical theory, imperialism, nationalism, mass entertainment, authorship

theater, gender, opera, performance, singers, voice, song-writing, staging of opera, 19th-century music, opera and politics, 19th-century Italy, music and words