Ray Proctor

John Ray Proctor (Dramaturg) Folger Theatre: associate professor of theatre at Tulane University; Bachelor of Arts in English (Webster University); Master of Fine Arts in acting from West Virginia University; doctoral degree in Theatre Research from the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Notable works:
(Actor) Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, The Organic Theatre; Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Arizona Repertory Theatre; Othello, The Greenbriar; Airline Highway and Father Come Home from the Wars, Southern Rep.(Director) Into the Woods, Summer Lyric Musical Theatre; Pantomime, Crescent City Stage; Trouble in Mind, Tulane University. (Publications) Romeo and Juliet at an HBCU, Romeo and Juliet, Adaptation, and the Arts: ‘Cut Him Out in Little Stars’ (The Arden Shakespeare); Reconsidering and Recasting, Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance: Acts of Rebellion, Activism, and Solidarity (Bloomsbury Press).