Magda Romanska

Dr. Magda Romanska is a pioneering interdisciplinary scholar at the intersection of theatre, digital humanities, and technology, whose work is reshaping how we understand performance in the digital age.

Her research spans transmedia storytelling, hybrid dramaturgy, and computational analysis of dramatic texts, including the development of drametrics, which draws on historical precedents (from Aristotle to Freytag) and demonstrates how mathematical relationships can organize dramatic structure.

Her current research on pattern recognition includes quantum dramaturgy, which applies concepts like superposition, entanglement, and the observer effect to multi-voiced, and networked narratives; posthuman disability studies and the ethics of mimicry (in theatre, AI, VR, and post-human enhancements), with a focus on human–AI interaction and cognitive liberty.

Dr. Romanska is the Chair of Transmedia Arts Seminar at Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, and Researcher at metaLAB (at) Harvard. She is also the founder, executive director, and editor-in-chief of TheTheatreTimes.com, the largest global digital theatre portal, which has been recognized with numerous international awards, including a 2025 Webby, the 2024 ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the American Society for Theatre Research, and the Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy from Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of Americas. She launched Performap.org, an interactive digital map of theatre festivals; and IOTF: International Online Theatre Festival, a yearly streaming global theatre festival, which won a second-place Culture Online International Award for “Best Online Project,” chosen among 452 projects from 20 countries.

She has previously taught at Harvard University, Yale School of Drama, and Cornell University, and worked on over 30 theatre and opera productions as a dramaturg and director.