About the producer/host

Mike Lueger earned his doctorate in Drama from Tufts University and has spent over a decade teaching theatre courses at Boston-area universities. His scholarly work includes articles on film adaptations of Eugene O’Neill and editing the book review section for the American Theatre and Drama Society’s Theatre Annual.

He’s written for a wide range of outlets. Some selected pieces:

An exploration of how women playwrights on Broadway at the turn of the century established themselves professionally.

The story of the explosive 19th-century divorce case that prefigured our modern obsession with celebrities.

The podcast’s interview with Siyuan Liu on modern Chinese theatre (now in article form!)

A brief history of actual death onstage.

The story of Joice Heth, the elderly Black woman who P.T. Barnum used to launch his career.

A history of loud, unruly theatre audiences.

A reflection on America’s legacy of racist violence and its echoes in South African drama.