Theater and Dance
Dr. Meghan Brodie
Meghan Brodie
Associate Professor of Theater & Chair
Dr. Meghan Brodie was Ursinus’s first Theater major, first student to study abroad at Oxford, and Phi Beta Kappa valedictorian of the class of 2000 with a degree in English and Theater. She earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University. Meghan teaches dramatic literature, theater history, and dramaturgy and also works as a director, dramaturg, and playwright. She has previously taught at Cornell, Colgate, and the University of Southern Maine. Meghan’s scholarly work addresses intersections of theater and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. She directed the English-language world premiere of In the Underworld, a darkly comic operetta written by Germaine Tillion while in the Ravensbrück concentration camp during WWII. Other directing credits include work by dramatists such as Diana Son, Ellen McLaughlin, Emma Donoghue, Sarah Ruhl, Angela Carter, Holly Hughes, Charlotte Jones, and Paula Vogel. Meghan has previously written about queer casting and feminist directing, co-edited two anthologies of performance pieces written by LGBTQ youth and allies, and partnered with the Remember the Women Institute on several projects about women, theater, and the Holocaust.
Department
Degrees
- B.A., Ursinus College
- M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Teaching
Theater Studies
Theater 400: Senior Seminar: The Living Newspaper
Theater/Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies 315: Butches, Bitches, and Buggers: Modern Queer Drama
Theater 301W: History of World Theater and Drama II
Theater 300W: History of World Theater and Drama I
Theater/Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies 215: Dramatic Dames: Plays By & About Women
Theater 205: Text Detectives
Theater 100: Introduction to Theater
CIE 100: Common Intellectual Experience I
Theater Practice
Theater 275: Performance & Production
Theater 001-008: Performance Practicum
Independent Studies & Summer Research Fellowships
Theater 491 & 492W: Research/Independent Work (Honors & Distinguished Honors)
Interdisciplinary Studies 491: Lesbianism in American Culture, 1900-1950
Theater 362: Directed Studies/Research in Theatre: Playwriting
Summer Fellowship: Pride and Prejudice: A Modern, Queer Retelling for the Stage
Summer Fellowship: Writing Resistance: Examining the Evolution of Feminist Ideology and Theory in Theatre Since the Second Wave
Summer Fellowship: The Art of the Story: An Introduction to Playwriting and Dramatic Adaptation
Summer Fellowship: Mystery & Magic: Playwriting in Theory and Practice
Summer Fellowship: Female Stage Comedy: History & Practice
Summer Fellowship: Theatre for Social Justice
Summer Fellowship: Theatre for Social Justice & Sexual Violence Prevention
Summer Fellowship: Bitter Bitches: Feminism, Theatre, & Dark Comedy
Summer Fellowship: Tools for Change: Theatre for Social Justice in Communities of Marginalized Youth
Summer Fellowship: (Fun)ction: Developing Games from a Narrative Standpoint
Website
Research Interests
Feminist Theater
Queer Theater
Dramatic Adaptation
Holocaust Drama
Theater for Social Justice