Bella Burke

Bella is a Literature major. She will be presenting her project titled “She is as He is as They are Too: Exploring Gender Performativity in Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Its Musical Adaptation.” The project follows the character arc of Rosalind in Shakespeare’s original As You Like It, as well as the Public Theater’s recent musical adaptation. The project engages with the theories of Diana Fuss and Judith Butler, focusing on the notion that gender is a construct rather than a natural fact.