Pictured: Lesley Ferris, co-Director of the Carnvial Exhibition Group.
Lesley Ferris has chaired departments of theatre at four different universities: The Ohio State University, Louisiana State University, University of Memphis and Middlesex University. She has published numerous essays and articles on theatre and performance and her books include Acting Women: Images of Women in Theatre (Macmillan 1990) and Crossing the Stage: Controversies on Cross-Dressing (Routledge, 1993). Over the last decade she has been researching carnival in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and London. She was the theatre consultant for The Saint Louis Art Museum catalogue/book for their exhibit entitled Masks: Faces of Culture. She has directed over forty productions in London, Edinburgh, the U.S.A. and South Africa.