International Women Stage Directors

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments There are many people who helped this book toward its creation, refinement, and publication. First and foremost, we thank the contributors for their dedication to the book. In many ways this was a labor of love, because without existing resources on women directors the research work was difficult, and in some cases language and/ or geographical barriers were added obstacles to overcome. We also thank those who passed along the call for contributors as we searched the globe for appropriate scholars in the field. Many individuals helped us as we planned and edited the volume as well, including Tom Greenfield, Valentine Moghadam, Sharon Bowker, Ann Shanahan, and Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead. We thank them for their advice, and we also thank our translators: Eric Felix, Mass Giorgini, Emilia Ismael, and Sandra Venegas. We are grateful to Purdue’s Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion for a seed grant, which provided funds for chapter translations. Finally, editors Joan Catapano and Daniel Nasset and their staff at the University of Illinois Press have given their constant support and time, answering difficult questions in this, our first international project together. A special thanks goes to our husbands, Eric Felix and Chris Whitaker, for their support. Wendy Vierow would also like to thank Anne Fliotsos for doing more than her fair share of editing and for managing the project. International Women Stage Directors ...