University of Portland

Lezlie Cross

Performing & Fine Arts, Associate Professor

Lezlie Cross

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Buckley Center 236

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Dr. Lezlie C. Cross teaches dramaturgy, theatre history, and dramatic literature as well as directing and dramaturging for the UP Theater program. Her scholarship is rooted in the multi-disciplinary study of performance, history and textual theory, specializing in the study of Shakespeare’s plays in print and on the stage in England and the United States from the first productions to the present day. Her published articles and book reviews appear in Theatre History Studies, Theatre Annual, Shakespeare Bulletin, The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and Theatre Survey as well as the book projects Women on Stage, Shakespeare Expressed: Page, Stage, and Classroom, and Performing Objects and Theatrical Things.

Dr. Cross is also a professional dramaturg who has worked at regional theatres across America including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare, Classic Stage Company, and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington; her M.A. from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham; and her B.A. from Whitman College. Before joining the faculty at UP, Dr. Cross was on the faculty at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she was named 2016 College of Fine Arts Teacher of the Year.