Academia

Laura London Waringer is Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at Tulane University in New Orleans, where she helms their BFA Musical Theatre program.

She previously served as Assistant Professor of Directing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she helped create their Musical Theatre program. 

She recently earned her PhD in Theatre and Performance Research from the  School of Theatre at Florida State University.

Her research focus includes representations of race and gender in musical theatre, theatrical adaptation, site-specific performance, and the evolution of musical theatre training at academic institutions.

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Her creative research focuses on the work of her non-profit site-specific theatre company, Wanderlust: Theatre on Location, which she founded in 2018.

For this work, she has been awarded grants from the Florida Division of Arts & Culture, the Council on Culture & Arts, the LeonCares Foundation, the North Carolina Arts & Science Council, the Center for Heritage, Community & the Arts, and several faculty research grants.

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She is currently developing her dissertation, Triple Threat: A Study of American Musial Theatre Training, into a book project.

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Recent Publications:

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•  “The Villain in Your History: The Complications of Color-Conscious Casting in Hamilton's America,” in Hamilton: History and Hip-Hop: Essays on an American Musical.  (2024, McFarland & Co. Press.) Dr. Kevin Wetmore, editor.
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• “Welcome to America: Reassigning Appropriation through Choreography in Soft Power,” in Dance in US Popular Culture. (2023, Routledge Press) Jen Atkins, editor.

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• “Queen Bey: A Lyrical Investigation of Beyoncé as Feminist, Mother, Superstar, and Sex Symbol,” in Queen Mothers: Articulating the Spirit of Black Women Teacher-Leaders. (2019, Information Age Publishing.) Dr. Rhonda Jeffries, editor. (collaboration with Devair Jeffries)