Molly Seremet

Molly Seremet (Assistant Professor of Theatre, Shakespeare and Performance, and Director of Baldwin Honors Scholars)

Molly is Assistant Professor of Theatre in the undergraduate Theatre Department and the Shakespeare and Performance M.Litt/MFA program. She specializes in dramaturgy, theatre history, pedagogy, and in the intersections of  performance and the broader sociopolitical contexts in which they operate. She brings her experience as a practicing theatre maker into the classroom, which allows her to teach a rich range of classes including Theatre/Power/Revolution, Stage Costuming, Shakespeare Pedagogy, and Black Theatre in America. In her scholarly practice, Molly collides theoretical work on posthumanism and object-oriented ontology with performative practice and also works with early modern adaptation. She serves as the Creative Director for MBU Undergrad Theatre and is a mainstage director in our production season, where recent directing credits include The Wreck (a new devised musical created by the cast), Promenade by Maria Irene Fornes, and Machinal by Sophie Treadwell. She’s also a passionate collaborator, co-directing Fairview by Jackie Sibblie Drury and You on the Moors Now by Jaclyn Backhaus for MBU as well. Other professional credits include Antigone (American Shakespeare Center’s 2018-2019 Hand of Time National Tour), Der Wal: A Moby Dick Kabarette (Coney Island Sideshows by the Seashore), Troilus and Cressida (Compass Shakespeare Ensemble), and My Name is Rachel Corrie (NYC’s Kraine Theatre). Her award-winning devised piece Martin’s (words lost) has toured internationally to Battersea Arts Center, London Festival Fringe, Salzburg’s Szene Festival, and Stockholm’s STOFF Fest. Molly trained with the Atlantic Theatre Company’s acting school and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.