This group is a gathering of academics, performers, students, and friends in Toronto who want to expand our knowledge of premodern drama beyond England. We meet roughly once a month during the school year to cold-read and discuss dramatic texts from before 1550 (and preferably before 1500), in present-day English translation from any language other than English. Cold-reading – introducing all group members to the text for the first time by reading it live, together – is the core. It ensures that the group is truly accessible while also encouraging our members to interact with dramatic texts first and foremost as performance – live, embodied, and aloud.
Lead
- Matthew Sergi, A&S English
Faculty Members, University of Toronto
- Jill Carter, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (CDTPS)
- Antje Budde, CDTPS
- Alexandra F. Johnston, English (Emerita)
Faculty Members Outside University of Toronto
- Charlotte Steenbrugge, University of Sheffield
- Jody Enders, UC-Santa Barbara
Staff Members, University of Toronto
- Linda Phillips, Wardrobe Supervisor, CDTPS
- Katherine Belyea, Communications Officer, Poculi Ludique Societas
Graduate Students, University of Toronto
- Alexandra Atiya, Medieval Studies
- Aria Kowal, (MA) Medieval Studies
- Morgan Moore, Medieval Studies
Graduate Students Outside University of Toronto
- Mary Maxine Browne, Purdue University
- Delphine Li, Medicine, McMaster University
Undergraduate Students, University of Toronto
- Kate Carracci, Psychology & English
- Dylan Coley
- Frank Cui, Economics
- Iulia Hermenean, Drama Theatre & Performance Studies
- Kurt Jiang, English
- Lee Lahav
- Meagan Mellor, English, Mediaeval and Renassance Studies
- Andrew Mookerjea, VIC Literature & Critical Theory
- Lochlan Moorlag, English
- Lauren Saxberg
- Trisha Valdes, English
Community Professionals
- Monica Hultin, Early musician
- Michaella Mairi Kinloch, Actor
- Daning Li, Actor
- Angie Lo, Actor
- Savannah Lollo, Actor
- Bruce Matthews, Actor
- Karen Matthews, Actor
- Aras Pabedinskas, Actor
- Jane Smythe, Actor