Biography
Intimacy Director,The Secretaries (Spring 2021)
Lindsey Mantoan is a scholar, director and dramaturg. Her research addresses US character, both national and individual. She is the author of War as Performance: Conflict in Iraq and Political Theatricality (Palgrave 2018); and co-editor with Sara Brady of Vying for the Iron Throne: Essays on Power, Gender, Death, and Performance in HBO's Game of Thrones (McFarland 2018) and Performance in a Militarized Culture (Routledge 2017). She is an occasional contributor to CNN.com. She teaches courses in theater history and theory, contemporary American drama, musical theater, political and protest performance, and fairy tales.