Joanna Rotté

Joanna Rotte, Ph.D., in addition to teaching Script Analysis and Sound & Movement at the graduate level, is writer, actor, director. For Villanova, she has directed select plays of Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett, David Rabe, Tina Howe and Sam Shepard as well as numerous works of Caryl Churchill. On Villanova's stage, she has performed Hedda Gabler, Mary Tyrone, Mother Courage and Catwoman, among others. Her own plays, PRAJNA, DEATH OF THE FATHER, ART TALK, and ALL VICTORIOUS OCEAN have been featured presentations of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Dr. Rotté is the author of SCENE CHANGE (A Theatre Diary: Prague, Moscow, Leningrad) and ACTING WITH ADLER. She writes a quarterly column for the print and online newspaper SOUL OF THE AMERICAN ACTOR. She was Chair of the Theatre Department from 1985-1992 and now serves the department as Director of Graduate Orals. For Villanova University, she is Director of Asian Studies.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) City University of New York Graduate Center
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of Dayton