Marie TROTTER
Shakespeare; renaissance drama; metatheatre; performance phenomenology; audience reception; creative practice; production history
Marie Trotter is a PhD Candidate and course lecturer in the Department of English at ۲ݮƵ University, researching metatheatre and audience reception in the performance of Shakespeare’s plays. Through the lens of performance phenomenology, her dissertation explores the role of metatheatrical characters and scene types in shaping audience judgment, participation, and delight. Her work is published in the journals Theatre Research in Canada and Early Theatre, with creative writing and criticism appearing in the magazines Ekstasis, Broadview, Plough, and Intermission.
Ph.D., ۲ݮƵ University (exp. 2026)
M.A., Queen's University, 2019
B.A. (Honours, high distinction), University of Toronto, 2017
- Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council SSHRC Doctoral Award, 2023-2026
- Lang Family Text and Performance Fellowship, 2022
- Archie Malloch Fellowship, 2022