Benjamin Gillespie is Assistant Professor of Theatre History & Performance Studies at Santa Clara University. His essays have appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Modern Drama, Theatre Topics, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Performance Research, Theatre Research in Canada, and HowlRound. He is co-editor of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre (JADT) and has contributed numerous chapters to scholarly volumes on queer and feminist theatre. He is editor of Split Britches: Fifty Years On (University of Michigan Press, 2027) and co-editor of Late Stage: Theatrical Perspectives on Age and Aging (University of Michigan Press, 2026) and The Routledge Companion to LGBTQ+ Theatre and Performance in North America (Routledge, 2027).