List of academic signatories by field

Current and former faculty: 904 verified.

Name, listed by field Position and affiliation, or personal comment Date signed
Social Sciences
Prof. Denny Taylor, Ed.D.

Professor Emeritus, Literacy Studies, Founder Garn Press

05/18/17
Prof. Hugh A. Thomas, Ph.D.

09/09/07
Dr. Ryan W. True, D. Phil.

English/World History Educator, Wentworth College

03/26/20
David Evans White, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Natural Resource Economics, West Virgina University

04/27/09
Theatre Arts
Prof. Thorvald Aagaard, M.F.A.

Dirctor of Theater, Pacific Union College

06/16/13
Aaron Adair, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Theatre/Honors Faculty, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

06/03/08
David Alberts, Ph.D.

Educator, author, director, and actor.

05/10/20
Mr. Ted Bacino, M.S.

Author of the historical novel "XTOFER -- The Shakespeare-Marlowe Conspiracy" (TBacino@AOL.com)

04/22/09
Mr. James A Baffico, Ph.D.

09/14/07
Renée M. Baillargeon, M.A.

Equity Actor/Director/Choreographer

01/05/11
Donald Henry Bennett, M.F.A.

11/10/11
Johanna Maria Binner

Student; writing my final thesis about the Authorship Question

11/22/10
Dr. Lauren D. Breach I, J.D.

Esteemed fellow

04/22/09
Ms. Amanda Brend, M.A.

Thank you so much for raising this-it makes total sense. How exciting!

05/02/16
Mrs. Helena Brodin Friberg

Swedish actress of The Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm; appeared in more than 40 films and television shows, 1960 - 2000; co-author, “Täcknamn Shakespeare”

10/20/07
Mr. Raymond H. Caldwell, M.A.

Founder/Producing Director, Texas Shakespeare Festival

08/27/11
Ms. Tracy Leigh Campbell

Theatre Instructor, John Abbott College, Quebec, Canada

01/12/18
Dr. Thomas F. Canfield, Ph.D.

Dramaturg and Professor of English and Humanities

09/22/10
Mr. Benjamin Alberto Castro-Ruiz, M. Phil.

Drama teacher and actor at the University of La Rioja

09/28/22
Ms. Eileen Connolly, M.F.A.

Faculty, Voice & Shakespeare Performance, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

01/26/22
Alex Cox, M.A.

Film Director, Actor & Screenwriter

09/12/07
Mr. Howard Charles Dando, M.A.

Broadway Producer and Director; Founder and Director of Stars of American Ballet; Producer and Director, PBS and ABC Arts; Artistic Director, New World Festival

04/23/09
Amber Davis

Maryland

12/01/15
Mr. Ron Song Destro, M.F.A.

Kennedy Center Award-winning playwright. Artistic Director, Oxford Shakespeare Company. Former university professor. Academic Fields both theatre & English lit.

05/20/18
Prof. Anne M. Diehl, M.F.A.

Member of Actors Equity Association, Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University, Acting Instructor

06/28/16
Mr. Ashley Samuel Dooley Martyn

Theatrical Profession

07/19/18
Prof. Kevin Doyle, M.F.A.

Professor Emeritus, Theatre, Utah State University

05/08/14
Mr. Christopher DuVal, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Idaho

04/07/09
Mr. Robert Jackson Erwin, M.F.A.

Professor of Theatre, Eastfield College

09/09/07
Mr. William Dean Fears

Oklahoma

02/01/17
Prof. James Fisher, M.F.A.

Head, Department of Theatre, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

09/22/10
Richard France, Ph.D.

Playwright, Film/Drama critic, Author of “Orson Welles on Shakespeare,” the Choice Award-winning “The Theater of Orson Welles,” “Obediently Yours, Orson Welles”

08/13/17
Ms. Barbara Friedkin

Co-author of award-winning musical "Breakfast in Marin," and uncredited writer on several high profile screenplays.

09/09/07
Mr. Joseph D. Frost, M.F.A.

12/20/10
Guy J. Gallo, M.F.A.

Writer

02/08/12
Mr. Lawrence Ray Gard

Artistic Director, Carpenter Science Theatre Company

09/12/07
Mr. Sam David Brimble Gardner

I believe Shakspere was Shakespeare, but only for faith. There IS reasonable doubt, and I wholeheartedly agree it should be a subject for discussion in class.

11/17/08
Mr. Jonathan Howard Gayton, M. Phil.

PhD candidate, Commedia Dell'Arte Practitioner

06/19/21
Dr. Sky Gilbert

University Research Chair in Creative Writing and Theatre Studies at Guelph University

01/29/08
Ms. Rebecca Greasby, M.A.

Theatre Director, Actor

09/09/07
Elleanne Green

Select

08/18/21
Dr. Stephen Isaac Gregson, Ph.D.

UK based theatre critic since 1991; UK representative at International Association of Theatre Critics Young Critics Conference 1993

10/29/11
Mr. Sebastian Harcombe

Course Director, BA Acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London (RADA)

07/20/08
Mr. William James Hargreaves, M.A.

01/08/21
Mr. Christopher L. Harris, M.F.A.

Professor of Theatre, Willamette University; Former President, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Chicago; Meritorious Achievement Awards, Kennedy Center/ACT Festival

11/02/13
Mr. Bill Jenkins, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor, Technical Director, Theatre Arts, Dominican University, River Forest, IL

10/03/11
Prof. William James Johnson, M.F.A.

Professor of Theatre, California State Univiersity, Chico.

09/09/07
Mrs. Kitter Krebs Keisernielsen, M.A.

Drama teacher on two theater schools in Denmark; MA in theater history.

06/14/09
Prof. Kitter Krebs, M.B.A.

Teacher of Theater History at National Danish Acting School. Final paper on King Lear

12/01/14
Mr. Carey Dwight Kugler, M.F.A.

05/06/16

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