Lee Papa is an associate professor and is now in his tenth year as the chair of the Department of English at the College of Staten Island. He has taught playwriting and dramatic literature at CSI since 2003. Lee is the author of the books Staged Action: Six Plays from the American Workers’ Theatre and The Rude Pundit’s Almanack, as well as a playwright whose works have been performed around the United States and in Canada. Most recently, his solo show It’s the End of the World… was produced at the One Yellow Rabbit Theatre in Calgary. He is also a political commentator who appears regularly on radio and TV.
Degrees
PhD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, English
MA, University of Louisiana, English (Creative Writing)
BA, University of Louisiana
Books:
The Rude Pundit's Almanack. New York: OR Books, 2012.
Staged Action: Six Plays from the American Workers' Theatre. Ithaca: ILR Press, 2009.
Plays:
It's the End of the World As We Know It... One Yellow Rabbit Theatre, Calgary. January 2020.
Heterosexuals. New York Fringe Theatre Festival. August 2010.
The Road to Rude. One Yellow Rabbit Theatre. January 2007.
The Year of Living Rudely. New York Fringe Theatre Festival. August 2005.
