Overview

As an author, artist, and teacher . . .

I create public conversations

I create theatre

I create artful connections between the present and the past

Allow me to explain . . .

I’m based inAustin, Texas. The woods of northern Wisconsin is also an important creative space for me.

For much of my career, I was Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies in the Chicago area. I recently decided to focus exclusively on my own creative work. You will find some examples of what I do here.

I welcome opportunities to perform, speak/teach, write, and collaborate on creative projects.

Selected Non-Fiction Publications

Here are a few of my published works. See also “Selected Performance Videos and Published Scripts,” below. My complete curriculum vitae, including many other writings and presentations is available at the end of this website.

Book

"Melding resources as diverse as newspaper reports, women's magazines, sermons, and theatrical reviews with sophisticated theoretical concepts, Angela Latham offers a lively and provocative analysis of women's ways of testing the boundaries of gender definitions during the Roaring Twenties."
~Kathleen J. Turner author of Lyndon Johnson's Dual War: Vietnam and the Press

"In her engaging analysis of women's dress in the 1920s, Angela Latham is the first analyst in recent times to address at any length the important issue of the meaning of the flapper for the United States. Drawing her information from conservative moralists, feminists, and men and women of the stage, Latham plumbs the age's agendas regarding women's clothing and their bodies."
~Lois W. Banner, Professor, History and Gender Studies, University of Southern California

Essays

Unraveling Patriotism

DRESS: JOURNAL OF THE COSTUME SOCIETY OF AMERICA

The Artifact

CONTRARY: JOURNAL OF POPULAR DISCONTENT

Doubts About the Enterprise

STREETLIGHT MAGAZINE

God Bless the Child

ETHEL

Song of Salvation

INWOOD, INDIANA

Writing and Performance

“Angela J. Latham as Mrs. Hoey creates a marvelous character of the aggrieved 1930s woman. She serves as a foil to Dorothy, the thoroughly modern Millie reporter pushing the 30s into the 40s.”

— David Glen Robinson (CTX Live)

Angela J Latham as “Mrs. Hoey” in Above the Fold, The Filigree Theatre, Austin, Texas 2024

(Photo by Steve Rogers)