Maria Szasz is a second generation UNM faculty member, who teaches Theatre History in the UNM Honors College. Her research interests include Irish Drama and Dance, Theatre and Human Rights, Comedy, and Musical Theatre. Her latest publication is the first book-length history of the Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre Company, called “Irish Repertory Theatre: Celebrating Thirty-Five Years Off Broadway” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).