Esther Kim Lee (born 1970) is a theatre historian.

Lee completed her Ph.D. atOhio State University in 2000,^[1] specializing in theatre history, literature, and criticism.^[2] Lee's teaching career began at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where she spent twelve years.^[2] She then joined theUniversity of Maryland, College Park's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies in December 2012,^[2] as an associate professor.^[3] In 2018, Lee moved toDuke University and was appointed Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies in 2023.^[1]

Lee has served as editor of the academic journalTheatre Survey, published by theAmerican Society for Theatre Research.^[2] In 2023, she won the ASTR Distinguished Scholar Award.^[4]

• 1970 births
• Living people
• American women theater critics
• American women historians
• Duke University faculty
• Historians of theatre
• 21st-century American women writers
• Ohio State University alumni
• 21st-century American historians
• University of Maryland, College Park faculty
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty