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 “unsettled spectatorship,” 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’s 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 and As Your Like It by William Shakespeare, Sylvia by A.R. Gurney, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and The Cripple of Inishmaan 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