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Hailey Bachrach

Hailey Bachrach is a dramaturg and occasional playwright from Portland, Oregon. She is currently a resident in New York City. Her writing has appeared in Oregon's ArtsWatch, Litro Magazine, and the Globe Theatre’s Around the Globe magazine. She received her MFA in dramaturgy from Columbia University and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King’s College London/Shakespeare’s Globe. For more information, visit www.haileybachrach.com

Women Take Over The Tempest
Essay

Women Take Over The Tempest

10 January 2017

Hailey Bachrach reflects on Phyllida Lloyd’s The Tempest, the final installment of her Shakespeare trilogy featuring all-female casts, produced by the Donmar Warehouse at London’s King’s Cross Theatre.

The Dramaturgy of Gender
Essay

The Dramaturgy of Gender

How Audience Expectations Shape Storytelling

12 December 2015

Hailey Bachrach explores the subtle bias of audiences and directors toward female characters by surveying audiences following a performance with male and female actors trading roles.