Volume 4: Albee and Influence, edited by Natka Bianchini and John M. Clum, Publication date: 2021.

New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies is an annual peer-reviewed book series which provides an outlet for scholarship and criticism on, or related to, Edward Albee and his works. Volumes feature original, academic essays and review-essays centered around a special topic. Each volume is edited by a guest editor. The series welcomes and encourages different critical and theoretical scholarly approaches to Albee studies. In keeping with Albee’s own view that drama is literature, New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies is also interested in essays that examine Albee’s plays as dramatic literature.

Visions of Tragedy in Modern American Drama, Chapter 8, Edward Albee by Natka Bianchini, Publication date: 2018.

This volume responds to a renewed focus on tragedy in theatre and literary studies to explore conceptions of tragedy in the dramatic work of 17 canonical American playwrights. The essays offer a clear framework for exploring the work of many of the most studied and performed playwrights of the modern era. Scholars examine the dramatic work of major playwrights in chronological succession, beginning with Eugene O'Neill and ending with Suzan-Lori Parks.

Samuel Beckett’s Theatre in America, by Natka Bianchini, Palgrave MacMillan Press, Publication date: 2015

Samuel Beckett’s Theatre in America investigates the long collaboration between Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider. Based on extensive research of archival sources, Samuel Beckett’s Theatre in America is the first book to critically study this partnership and identify the way it shaped American theatre. In a study of the 30-year collaboration, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid 20th century.

Published by the Center For International Theatre Development, Philip Arnoult, Founder & Director, Reporter: Natka Bianchini, Publication date: 2019

Dispatches dunaPart 5 - Hungary focuses on the Contemporary Drama Festival — Budapest’s premiere showcase of independent theatre and dance presented for an international audience. Begun in 2008, this was the festival’s fifth iteration, which brought together more than 130 participants from across the globe for four days and over thirty performances scattered in various venues across the city.