Abraham Stoll (he/him/his)
Director, Theatre Arts and Studies Program
Contact Information
- [email protected]
- Merrick Barn
Abraham Stoll specializes in the Renaissance and early modern period. As a dramaturg and coach he works on Shakespeare, as well as modern and contemporary productions. Recent books include: a new edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost (Broadview, 2023), Conscience in Early Modern English Literature (Cambridge 2017) and Milton and Monotheism (Duquesne, 2009). He is currently co-writing a study of Aphra Behn and staging practices in the Restoration theatre. Formerly Head of Text and Context at the The Old Globe/ University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Acting Program, his recent productions as dramaturg include: Romeo and Juliet (for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), Brecht's Galileo, Aristophanes, The Clouds, Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, Williams, The Glass Menagerie (for JHU Theatre), Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of our Teeth, Henry 4 Part 1, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Freidrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar (for The Old Globe / USD MFA program). He received his PhD from Princeton University.