J. Ellen Gainor, professor of performing and media arts in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded the George Freedley Memorial Award Special Jury Prize from the Theatre Library Association (TLA) for her book, “The Routledge Anthology of Women’s Theatre Theory & Dramatic Criticism,” co-edited with Catherine Boroughs, courtesy professor of performing and media arts (A&S). 

The award will be presented at the TLA Awards Ceremony on October 18 and is co-sponsored by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

“The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism” is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers. Gainor contributed two pieces to the anthology. 

Among “The Routledge Anthology’s” more than 80 other contributors are Cornell faculty and numerous alumni, including Andrew Galloway, the James John Professor of Medieval Studies in literatures in English; Nick Salvato, professor of performing and media arts; Aoise Stratford, Ph.D. ’16, senior lecturer in performing and media arts and an advising dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Sara Warner, associate professor of performing and media arts; and Marvin Carlson, Ph.D. ’61, courtesy professor of performing and media arts, all in A&S.

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