List of academic signatories by field
Current and former faculty: 928 verified.
| Name, listed by field | Position and affiliation, or personal comment | Date signed |
|---|---|---|
| Theatre Arts | ||
| 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. | Assistant Professor of Theatre, United States |
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 |
| Mr. Steinar Rivedal Wiik, M.A. | Former assistant arts editor Aftenposten, Oslo |
04/10/16 |
| Daniel Wirth, M.F.A. | Actor and Director |
05/13/14 |
| Dr. Alan L. Woods, D. Phil. | Emeritus Director, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University; Central Ohio Theater Critics Circle Roy Bowen Lifetime Achievement Award |
06/26/16 |