Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present »

Francesca Coppa is Director of Film Studies and Associate Professor of English at Muhlenberg College.

Lawrence Hass is Professor of Philosophy and Theatre at Muhlenberg College and founding director of the award-winning program, The Theory and Art of Magic.

James Peck is Associate Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Muhlenberg College.

Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality.