Dr. Martha S. LoMonaco, PhD.
Selected refereed journal papers
- "The Stage is not the Place for Real Women: The Odd
Career of Lulu Glaser," Theatre Symposium: Representations of Gender on
the Nineteenth Century American Stage, Vol. 10, Univ. of Alabama Press, 2002,
50-62. This article profiles a major American
actress/manager of the turn of the 20th-century whose on-stage portrayals of
dainty femininity contrasted sharply with her managerial ruthlessness.
- "From Archive to Stage: Hair Then and Now," Performing
Arts Resources, Vol. 22, Their Championship Seasons: Acquiring, Processing, and
Using Performing Arts Archives, New York: Theatre Library Association, 2001,
69-86. This paper describes the research undertaken to support my
directorial decisions for the 1999 production of Hair at Fairfield University;
this paper also includes production photos.
- "Teetering at the Margins: The Evolution of Hair, the
American Tribal Love-Rock Musical," Theatre Symposium: The Political, the
Popular, the Personal, the Profane, Vol. 8, Univ. of Alabama Press, 2000,
95-104 (Appendix I). This paper describes how this groundbreaking show evolved
from an experimental theatre piece grounded in the precepts of the 1960s
countercultural to a Broadway blockbuster which compromised and exploited those
virtues for commercial gain.
- “Treasures in the Attic: Gleanings from the Private Archive
of Henry Clay Barnabee,” Performing Arts Resources, Vol. 16, Taking the
Pledge and Other Public Amusements, 93-102. New York: Theatre Library
Association, 1991.
- “Putting Performance On-Line,” Performing Arts Resources,
Vol. 15, Arts and Access: Management Issues for Performing Arts Collections,
51-57.
- “Of, By, and For Women: The Women’s Playhouse Trust,” Women
& Performance 2, 59-64 (1985).
- “The Giant Jigsaw Puzzle: Robert Joffrey Reconstructs Parade,” The Drama ReviewT103, 31-45 (Fall 1984).