List of academic signatories by field
Current and former faculty: 954 verified.
| Name, listed by field | Position and affiliation, or personal comment | Date signed |
|---|---|---|
| Theatre Arts | ||
| Michael Joseph Legate, M.F.A. | Theatre Instructor, Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell, MT |
05/09/07 |
| Kristin Linklater | Professor of Theater Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts; Guggenheim Fellow, 1983; author of "Freeing Shakespeare's Voice" |
04/07/07 |
| Prof. Felicia Hardison Londre, Ph.D. | Curators' Distinguished Professor of Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Dean, College of Fellows of the American Theatre, Kennedy Center, 2012-2014 |
04/07/07 |
| Mr. James Loren, M.A. | 09/29/14 | |
| Mr. Kenneth S. Malcolm, M.F.A. | Actor, teacher, director |
09/02/17 |
| Ms. Ege Maltepe, M.A. | Actor, writer, director; BA, Bilkent Univ. Acting Dept., Ankara; MA, New Actors Workshops, New York; student of Mike Nichols, George Morrison; Fulbright Scholar |
05/12/23 |
| Mr. Christopher Marino, M.F.A. | Actor with many roles and years of experience in the performance of Shakespeare's Plays. Founding member of Taffety Punk Theatre Company |
12/21/08 |
| Prof. Stuart John Marlow | Professor, Drama and Directing, Stuttgart Media University HdM. Network TV writer/director. TV Documentary "Looking for the Real Shakespeare" 2004. Stage play. |
10/20/07 |
| Mr. Nathaniel James Marsh | 09/09/07 | |
| Mr. James Martin, M.A. | Theatre Director and Educator |
06/05/11 |
| Kay Martinovich, Ph.D. | IL |
08/01/22 |
| Paul A Mastrangelo, M.F.A. | Adjunct Instructor, Utica College, Utica, NY |
09/09/07 |
| Riad Matqualoon, M.A. | Mater dissertation on Shakespeare's Drama. |
08/18/22 |
| Mr. Mark Matthews, M.A. | Director - Sydney Theatre School |
01/17/11 |
| Prof. Matthew Mazuroski, M.F.A. | Head of Acting & Directing |
06/28/13 |
| Mr. Steven David McCamish | Inquisitive director, theater teacher and actor. |
09/26/14 |
| Dr. Susan McCosker, Ph.D. | Independent scholar and researcher. Retired Educator |
07/13/13 |
| Ms. Julia McDermott, M.A. | 10/21/10 | |
| Prof. Lawrence Michael McDonald, M.F.A. | Professor of Theatre, Columbus State University, GA. |
08/08/11 |
| Christopher Francis McGill | Associate Professor, Film & Television, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne |
06/20/07 |
| Mr. Matthew Floyd Miller, M.F.A. | Lifelong Theater actor, Los Angeles, California |
09/28/20 |
| Ms. Maya Mitsova | 03/19/09 | |
| Timothy Mooney, M.F.A. | Published author of 18 new versions of the plays of Moliere, "Acting at the Speed of Life," and the one-man plays, "Moliere than Thou" and "Lot o' Shakespeare." |
04/22/11 |
| Stephen Moorer | Actor-Director-Producer; Founder and Artistic Director, Pacific Repertory Theatre; Artistic Director, Carmel Shake-speare Festival |
04/25/07 |
| Mr. Robert Michael Morris, M.F.A. | Actor, Playwright, Teacher |
04/22/09 |
| Prof. John Nassivera, Ph.D. | Playwright, founder of professional Dorset Theatre Festival; currently Prof. at Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA |
09/12/07 |
| James Newcomb | Actor, 14 seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Founding Company Member, Shakespeare & Co.; Artistic Excellence Award from the Shakespeare Oxford Society |
08/18/10 |
| Dr. Timothy J. Palkovic, D. Phil. | Prof. Emeritus, Theater, SUNY Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
08/29/22 |
| Ms. Lily S. Parker | Theatre Director (New York and Montreal), BFA Professor (Former College of Santa Fe), Actor (Lifetime Member Actors Studio NYC) |
06/21/14 |
| Christopher ("Chris") Plummer | Actor/Director/Writer/Stage Combat Choreographer and the Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director - Rockland Shakespeare Company - Suffern, NY |
04/20/11 |
| Douglas Post | Playwright, Composer and Lyricist; Founding Member of the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble; Instructor at the University of Chicago Graham School. |
06/17/21 |
| Mrs. Patricia Muriel Poullain | I believe that William Shakspere (the Stratford man) was not a writer. |
06/27/07 |
| Dr. William Douglas Powers, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Theatre, Susquehanna University |
04/13/08 |
| Javier Rivera | Assistant Professor of Theatre, American Uiversity |
09/22/10 |
| Mrs. Sharon Kilarski Rudorf, Ph.D. | I have doubted Shakespeare's identity ever since taking a class with Felicia Londre, an expert in Russian theater who happened to be an Oxfordian. |
09/21/16 |
| Mrs. Mariana Sagasti, M.A. | I find it incredible that Mr. Shaxpere wrote any of the plays, sonnets or poems that the writer behind the pseudonym William Shakespeare did write. |
05/05/20 |
| Mr. Pedro Salazar, M.F.A. | Theater Director |
05/10/12 |
| Don T. Sandley, Ph.D. | Chair of Theatre and Dance, Samford University |
10/12/11 |
| James Sasser | Classically trained actor, appeared on Broadway; writer and theatre director |
09/09/07 |
| Dr. Larry Craig Schmidt, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, St. Louis University |
10/06/10 |
| Dr. Jason Davids Scott, Ph.D. | Theatre professor (Dramatic Theory, Theatre History, Acting) |
10/17/11 |
| Ms. Susan D. Sharp, M.A. | Former Theatre Professor |
10/25/23 |
| Mr. Ron Singer, M.Ed. | 11/28/20 | |
| Gary K. Sloan, M.F.A. | Former head of Catholic University of America MFA Acting program and actor in 26 of Shakespeare's plays. |
07/22/24 |
| Arthur Lee Smith II, M.F.A. | As a scholar, there exists a reasonable doubt. As an actor on stage it is irrelevant. |
06/13/18 |
| Prof. Jennifer Szczesny Treadway, M.F.A. | Head of the Drama Department, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, NC |
09/09/07 |
| Mr. Nicholas James Tudor | Surrey |
10/17/13 |
| Dr. Michel Nino Vaïs, Ph.D. | Secretary General, International Association of Theatre Critics |
04/24/12 |
| Prof. E. Bert Wallace, M.F.A. | Associate Professor of Theatre, Campbell University, NC, USA |
07/25/17 |
| Mr. Kelly D. Ward | Actor / Writer / Director |
12/15/23 |