My research interests are in Dramaturgy, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theatre, Theory and Practice of Translation, and History of Sexuality.
Articles and Chapters
“Dramaturgy Beyond the Classroom: Making Use of Local Museum Resources.” LMDA University Caucus SourceBook vol. 5. Eds. Kathleen Jeffs, Bryan Moore, and Roxanne Ray (2018): pp. 19-25. (Museum Collaboration for LMDA Sourcebook) (Published Version requires LMDA login: https://lmda.org/sites/default/files/sourcebook%20volume5%20final1_0.pdf)
“Brecht for Theater Majors: Teaching Epic Theater in a Play Analysis Course.” Brecht Yearbook 41 (2017) pp. 62-75. (PDF)
“60/50 Theatre Project: Collaboration, Citizenship, and the Faculty Dramaturg.” Theatre/Practice Vol. 5 (2016). http://www.theatrepractice.us/pdfs/V5_6050_Project_Smith.pdf
“Le Bordel and L’Art de F*****: Confounding Clues on Title Pages.” Performing Arts Resources vol. 28 (2011). (PDF)
“Naughty Readers Envision Bawdy Theatre: Illustrations in the 1782 Théâtre gaillard.” Proceedings of the CESAR/Clark Symposium. (2009) https://cesar.huma-num.fr/cesar2/conferences/conference_2008/smith_08.html
Reviews
Review of The Beau’s Lesson by Marivaux, trans. Tom Weber. The Mercurian 7.1 (Spring 2018). https://the-mercurian.com/2018/05/10/in-review-the-beaus-lesson-by-pierre-de-marivaux/
Review of Brindusa Grigoriu, Actes d’émotion, pactes d’initiation: Le spectre des fabliaux. H-France Review vol. 18 no. 15 (January 2018). https://h-france.net/vol18reviews/vol18no15smith.pdf
Review of All Our Tragic, The Hypocrites at the Den Theatre, in Didaskalia 11.3 (November 2014). http://www.didaskalia.net/issues/11/3/
Translations
The Imaginary Invalid by Molière. Adapted by Constance Congdon, based on a new translation by Dan Smith. New York: Broadway Play Publishing, 2016. https://www.broadwayplaypub.com/the-plays/imaginary-invalid/
The Serpent Lady by Carlo Gozzi. Co-translated with Valentina Denzel. The Mercurian, 5.3 (Spring 2015), pp. 5-56. https://the-mercurian.com/2016/06/19/the-serpent-lady/
Love in Disguise by Marivaux. The Mercurian 4.1 (August 2012), pp. 54-108.
Public Scholarship
Syllable of Recorded Time Podcast, Episode 3: Shakespeare and Translation, November 2019. (Link)
“Between the Lines: Changes of Heart” WBEZ Chicago, December 2011. (Link)
Selected Presentations and Workshops
“False Friends: Problems in Translation and Musical Theatre.” Telephone Hour, May 2020. (Slides) (Handout on Fanette)
Travel Brochure response for ASTR Working Group