Shelley Graham is a professor, writer, and dramaturg with degrees in theatre education, theatre history, and an MFA in theatre pedagogy and dramatic writing. She has worked as a dramaturg and education director for several institutions and served for a time as resident dramaturg at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah. As Dramaturgy Supervisor and adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University, her artistic and scholarly practice focuses on musical theatre script development and dramaturgy for devised theatre. Her creative work often explores women’s experiences in the complicated intersections of faith and performance in Western history. Recent projects include script development for the world premiere of 1820: The Musical; dramaturgy and theatrical direction for the devised dance theatre piece, Bind, Burn, Whisper, Press; and dramaturgy for the devised theatre project, City of Women: Book of Miracles.

new play development, educational outreach, university dramaturgy, secondary and undergraduate dramaturgy curriculum development, dramaturgy for devised performance

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