Kim Marra is associate professor in the Departments of Theatre Arts and American Studies and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Iowa. She coedited Passing Performances: Queer Readings of Leading Players in American Theater History, Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History, and The Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures of the American Stage in the Pre-Stonewall Era.

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