Felicia Hardison Londré

Felicia Hardison Londré (born April 1, 1941) is Curators’ Professor of Theatre Emerita at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). She specializes in 19th and 20th-century American, French, and Russian theatre history, as well as in Shakespearean dramaturgy.

Early life Londré was born in Fort Lewis, Washington, to Col. Felix M. Hardison and his wife Priscilla Mae (Graham) Hardison in 1941. She completed her M.A. at the University of Washington in Romance Languages (also with a minor in drama) and her Ph.D. in Speech at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

From 1978 to 2000, Londré was dramaturg and literary manager for the Missouri Repertory Theatre (now the Kansas City Repertory Theatre) and served as dramaturg for the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival from 1990 to 2009. was Founding Secretary of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America, and is a recognized Oxfordian scholar in the field of Shakespearean authorship. Londré is also an expert on Kansas City theatre history, and has been involved in various attempts to preserve historic performing arts buildings throughout the city.

Works Londré’s published work includes over 60 scholarly articles, 25 journalistic publications, 100 book and theatre reviews, and 14 books. In addition to her print publications, Londré has given numerous lectures over theatre and drama to audiences in cities across the world, including in Beijing, Venice, Nanjing, Tokyo, Osaka, Moscow, Rouen, Caen, Paris, Brussels, and Budapest.