A Conversation with Joshua Polster

Dr. Joshua Polster is the Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies and a Professor of Theatre at Emerson College where he teaches courses in theatre history, dramatic theory, playwriting, and dramaturgy, as well as courses for the Emerson Prison Initiative. Dr. Polster was the President of the Arthur Miller Society, is currently Vice President, and serves on their Board of Directors. He is also a member of the editorial board for The Arthur Miller Journal. His books on Miller include Reinterpreting the Plays of Arthur Miller, Methuen Drama’s critical editions of Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays and Incident at Vichy, and the upcoming Cambridge University Press publication, coedited with Dr. Sue Abbotson, Arthur Miller in Context. He has served as a dramaturg on Miller productions, published book chapters, journal articles, theatre program notes, reviews, and interviews on Miller; and presented on Miller at conferences and symposiums, as well as talkbacks and panels at various theatres.