Ann Marie Stewart is currently a professor of theatre at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She holds a BA and a MA in Theatre and English from Michigan State University, and a PhD in Theatre History from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has also taught and directed in theatre departments at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Colorado, and Olivet College. She has published articles on Renaissance and Restoration drama, and is interested in the dramatic evolution of playwriting by British and American women throughout the centuries.