About

McCully’s play, “All She Must Possess” finished a sold out run in RepStage in 2018. Her play “Girls on a Dirt Pile” received Nationally honored by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Best Production of a New Play. Her play Merlin is being developed by World Builders Incubator and the Actors Reading Collective in San Francosco.

Research interests

Playwriting, Feminist and Queer Theatre, Performance

Teaching interests

Playwriting, Dramatic Literature, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Performance Studies, Ensemble Theatre Making, Feminist Theatre, Queer Theatre

Education

  • Ph D, Theatre — University of Wisconsin-Madison (1997)
    How Queer: Race Gender and the Politics of Production in Contemporary Queer Theatre
  • MFA, Theatre — The Catholic University of America (1989)
    Faustina (play title)
  • BA, Theatre — DeSales University (1985)

Presentations

  • Talkback with Everyman Artistic Associate 2019 UMBC Guest Artist Series · CIRCA Susan McCully (Coordinator/Organizer), Noah Himmelstein (Leader)
  • Multi-lingual Theatre 2019 UMBC Guest Artist Series · CIRCA · Seminar Susan McCully (Coordinator/Organizer), Eunice Ferraira (Leader)
  • Diversity and Playwriting 2019 Guest Artist Series · CIRCA · Oral Presentation Susan McCully (Coordinator/Organizer), Jacqueline Lawton (Leader)
  • Queer Performance/Buddies in Good Times, Toronto 2019 UMBC Guest Artist Series · CIRCA · Oral Presentation Susan McCully (Moderator), Jenna Harris (Presenter)
  • At the Nexxus of Entrepreneurship and Artrepreneurship 2019 UMBC Guest Artist · CIRCA and Alex Brown Ctr for Entrepreneurship · Reading of Creative Work/Performance Susan McCully (Coordinator/Organizer), Vanita Sud Belani (Author & Presenter)
  • For Trans Girls 2019 UMBC Guest Artist Series · CIRCA · Reading of Creative Work/Performance Susan McCully (Leader), Dane Edidi (Presenter)
  • Readings from Leah's Dybbuk 2015 Comparative Drama Conference · Stevenson University · Reading of Creative Work/Performance Susan McCully, Eve B Muson
  • Readings from Leah's Dybbuk 2014 Gordon Center for the Arts · Reading of Creative Work/Performance Susan McCully, Michele Osherow, Eve B Muson
  • The Development of Leah's Dybbuk 2014 CIRCA Professional Development Intensive · CIRCA UMBC · Oral Presentation Susan McCully, Eve B Muson
  • Leah’s Dybbuk 2014 Dresher Center Currents Series · Oral Presentation Michele Osherow, Susan McCully, Eve B Muson

Performances and Exhibits

  • Kerrmoor 2015 Interrobang Theatre · DC Women's Voices Theatre Festival
  • Leah's Dybbuk 2014 Eve B Muson, Susan McCully, Michele Osherow
  • Leah's Dybbuk 2014 Eve B Muson, Susan McCully, Michele Osherow
  • Leah's Dybbuk Gordon Center for the Arts Eve B Muson, Susan McCully, Michele Osherow

Courses Taught

  • Independent Study 400 · Fall 2024
  • Theatre Ensemble II THTR 405 · Spring 2022
  • Script Analysis THTR 344 · Spring 2022
  • Intro Thtr: Thry & Prac THTR 120 · Spring 2022
  • Contemporary Political Thtr THTR 410 · Fall 2014
  • Theatre Ensemble II THTR 341 · Fall 2014
  • Gender and Sitcoms GWST 323 · Summer 2014
  • Mod Thtr: Hist & Pract THTR 411 · Spring 2014
  • Theatre Studies THTR 400 · Spring 2014
  • Script Analysis THTR 244 · Spring 2014
  • Intro Thtr: Thry & Prac THTR 120 · Spring 2014