Michael Warren (Textual Consultant and Head of Dramaturgy) is Professor Emeritus of English Literature at UC Santa Cruz. He served as Textual Consultant to Shakespeare Santa Cruz from its first season in 1982 till its closure in 2013 and as dramaturg for many of its Shakespeare productions. He continues this work with Santa Cruz Shakespeare. A past president of the Shakespeare Association of America, he has published The Division of the Kingdoms: Shakespeare's Two Versions of ‘King Lear,’ (co-edited with Gary Taylor), The Complete 'King Lear' 1608-1623, and numerous articles on the texts of English drama.