A.J. Knox

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A Theatre Arts Professional with a demonstrated history of success in academic, professional, and nonprofit theatre settings and a portfolio of varied accomplishments including publications, conference presentations, original works, and academic achievements. Creatively-minded, collaborative, and passionate about the social, cultural, and commercial underpinnings of theatre. Specialties: Comedy, Theatre for Social Justice, Theatre History.

PUBLICATIONS

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The Servant of Two Masters, a new translation and adaptation; co-adapted with Samantha Ginn, 2019.

“Comedy, Timing, and Humiliation: The House of Blue Leaves.” How to Teach a Play, edited by Miriam Chirico and Kelly Younger. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

“The De- and Re-Mystification of Ubu Roi in the Trump Era,” submitting for publication, 2019.

 “Conflict, Carnage, and Cats: Toward a Comic Cu Chulainn in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore.” Comparative Drama 47.3 (2013): 367-92.

“Hasa Diga Eebowai, What a Wonderful Phrase!: Subverting Cultural Binaries of Disney’s The Lion King in The Book of Mormon.” Emerging Theatre Research Online 1 (Spring 2013).

“Book Review: Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter, by Michael Y. Bennett.” Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 28.1 (Fall 2013): 89-91.