Earth Matters on Stage: a Book Talk with Theresa J. May

Theresa May is Professor in Theatre Arts at the University of Oregon where she received the Thomas F. Herman Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021.  She teaches Native theatre, Latinx dramatic literature, ecotheatre, as well as devising and performance courses.  Her publications include two books: Earth Matters on Stage: Ecology, Environment and American Theater (Routledge 2020) and Salmon Is Everything: Community-based Theatre in the Klamath Watershed (OSU Press 2019); an edited volume, Readings in Performance and Ecology (edited with Wendy Arons) (Palgrave 2014); as well as articles and chapters that bridge performance studies and environmental humanities.  She is co-founder of the EMOS Ecodrama Playwrights Festival, and is currently working on a new play in collaboration with Native tribal members of Oregon. She received her PhD in from the University of Washington’s School of Drama in 2000; and also holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Southern California.