Robert A. Schanke is a Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Central College, Iowa, where he served for twenty-seven years. A native Iowan, he received his BA from Midland College in Nebraska and both his MA and Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. He edited the international journal Theatre History Studies from 1993 to 2005. He served as a Vice-President for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (2000-2002) and served as President of the LGBT (Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Transgendered) Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. He is the author of Ibsen in America: A Century of Change, Eva Le Gallienne: A Bio-Bibliography, Shattered Applause: The Lives of Eva Le Gallienne, (a finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the Barnard Hewitt Award for theater research), "That Furious Lesbian" The Story of Mercedes de Acosta (winner of the ForeWord magazine Book of the Year award in the best gay and lesbian nonfiction category), and a collection of essays titled Angels in the American Theater: Patrons, Patronage, and Philanthropy. He coedited with Kim Marra Passing Performances: Queer Readings of Leading Players in American Theater History, Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History, and The Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy. He has contributed to numerous reference books and anthologies, including Women in American Theatre, Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, and Shakespeare Around the Globe. His articles on theater history have appeared in Theatre Survey, Theatre Topics, Southern Theatre, and Central States Speech Journal. Besides his writing, he has directed theatre productions in England, Wales, and Mexico. Several universities have invited him to present guest lectures on their campuses. He is a Fellow of the Mid-America Theatre Conference and was honored with Alumni Achievement Awards by both Midland College and the University of Nebraska. In 2003 he was elected into the National Theatre Conference, and in 2004 he was elected into membership of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre and also received the "Excellence in Editing" Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. He is currently serving as Vice-President for Awards for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
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