Leonard
Pronko, Professor of Theatre,
Pomona College, studied at the École Charles Dullin
in Paris and was the first non-Japanese
to study Kabuki at the National Theatre of Japan. In 1986, he was awarded
the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese Government. He is
one of the pioneers in Asian theater studies in the United States, and
the
author of Theatre East and West, Avant Garde, and The
World of Jean Anouilh.
Carol
Sorgenfrei, Professor of
Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, is an award winning
author of plays including Medea:
A Noh Cycle Based on the Greek Myth, and Blood Wine, Blood Wedding.
Her articles have been published in such major journals such as Asian
Theater Journal, TDR, Theater Journal, Modern
Drama, and Contemporary
Theater Review.
She is the editor of the Association for Asian Performance Newsletter.
Betty
Bernhard, Chair and Professor of Theatre, Pomona College, teaches
acting, history of performance theory, theater for social change,
American theater history, feminist theater, women playwrights, and
dance and drama of India. Her research grants include IREX, NEH,
Asian Cultural
Council, and two Fulbright Lectureships to India. Directing credits include
professional grand opera, Sanskrit Theatre, works by women of color and
an “Arts American” Director for the U.S.I.S. in India.
Kathy Foley,
Professor of Theater Arts,
University of California,
Santa Cruz, is author of the Southeast Asia section
of Cambridge Guide to World Theater and editor of Asian Theatre
Journal.
Her articles
have appeared in TDR, Modern Drama, Asian Theatre
Journal, Puppetry International,
and other publications. She was the first non-Indonesian invited to perform
in the prestigious all Indonesia National Wayang Festival.
University of Redlands, Redlands, California