Alex Vermillion (ze/zir/zirs or they/them/theirs) is a dramaturg, artist, and educator. Zir dramaturgy credits include Deep Purple Wiggle at Theatre Battery (Seattle, WA), blues for miss lucille at the Yale School of Drama; Henry VI, Part III and The Two Noble Kinsmen with Play On Shakespeare; and We Are Proud to Present... at the Yale Cabaret, to name a few. Ze is currently the Public Relations & Communications Manager and freelance dramaturg for Play On Shakespeare and has been a guest artist at festivals, such as the Great Plains Theatre Commons, and a guest lecturer at Skidmore College. You can also find their various publications in Theatre History Studies. At Yale, Alex served as Co-Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret and Managing Editor at Theater magazine. Alex received zir B.A. in English and Theatre at the University of Utah (2016), their M.F.A. in Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism at the Yale School of Drama (2020). Ze is currently working on their D.F.A. at the Yale School of Drama, focusing on dramaturgy and audience agency in video games. Their other research interests include disability and accessibility in theater, queer performance, Shakespearean theater, and game studies.

New play dramaturgy; production dramaturgy; queer performance, disability & accessibility studies; Shakespearean theater; game studies.

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