Rachael Powles (she/her) is a dramaturg and scholar based in Ottawa, Ontario. She is currently the Resident Dramaturg at The Theater at Woodshill in her hometown of Sauquoit, New York, where she has worked on productions of Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. Other credits include: Concord Floral (University of Ottawa Theatre) Dr Ride’s American Beach House (New Voices Literary Festival), and House of Desires (Ithaca College Theatre Arts). Up Next: The Child (University of Ottawa Theatre, English language premiere). MA Theatre Theatre and Dramaturgy, University of Ottawa. BA Theatre Studies, Ithaca College. Available for freelance dramaturgy at rachaelpowles.com

Late-19th century theatre, American theatre history, American Rhetoric, Women's History, Mass Media Culture, Performing Nationalism, Shakespeare

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