Miriam Chirico

Biography

Dr. Chirico is a professor and scholar in dramatic literature, focusing on the 20th century as well as the history of comedic drama. She serves as a board member for the Comparative Drama Conference as well as a committee member for the College Board’s CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam. She received her Ph.D. from Emory University, an M.A. in Text and Performance from King’s College, University of London, and her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in English literature.

Research Interests

• Comedy Studies
• Dramatic Literature
• Modernist Literature

Of Note

Dr. Chirico published The Theatre of Christopher Durang (Bloomsbury: Methuen Drama, 2020) and co-edited a collection of teaching exercises for drama, How to Teach a Play: Essential Exercises for Popular Plays, with Kelly Younger (Bloomsbury 2020).

Teaching Interests

• Comedy Studies
• Modern and Contemporary Drama
• History of Theater

Publications

“Performed Authenticity: Narrating the Self in the Comic Monologues of David Sedaris, John Leguizamo and Spalding Gray. Studies in American Humor. 2.1 (2016): 22 – 46.

"Urban Revival and College Writing: Writing to Promote Communities." Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement. 4:1 (Spring) 2013: 25-44.

“Mythic Revision for the Stage: Notes Towards a Critical Aesthetic.” In Contemporary Dramatic Revisions of Myth, Fairy Tale, and Legend. Verna Foster, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2012. 15-33.

“Dotty’s “Juney Old Moon”: The Romantic Imagination in Tom Stoppard’s Jumpers.” Text and Presentation: Journal of the Comparative Drama Conference Series 7. Kiki Gounaridou, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 2012. 65-82.

"Shaw, Wilde, Synge and the Trope of Lost Identity." Origins of English Dramatic Modernism. Eds. Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe and Gregory F. Tague. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press, 2010. 275-317.