John "Ray" Proctor

John “Ray” Proctor (Dramaturg, and Voice and Text Coach) (he/him) Folger Theatre: Six Othellos (The Reading Room Festival, 2024). Associate Professor of Theatre, Tulane University. Acting: Organic Theater Company: Romeo and Juliet; Arizona Repertory Theatre: The Merchant of Venice; Greenbrier Valley Theatre: Othello; Southern Rep Theatre: Airline Highway, Father Come Home from the Wars. Director: Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University: Into the Woods; Crescent City Stage: Pantomime; Tulane University: Trouble in Mind. Publications: “Romeo and Juliet at an Historically Black College/University” in Romeo and Juliet, Adaptation, and the Arts: ‘Cut Him Out in Little Stars’ (The Arden Shakespeare); “Reconsidering and Recasting” in Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance: Acts of Rebellion, Activism, and Solidarity (Bloomsbury Press). PhD in Theatre Research, University of Wisconsin Madison; MFA in Acting, West Virginia University; BA in English, Webster University.