Theatre in China in the 1950s
Steven Liu, from the University of British Columbia, will engage us in conversation about theatre in China in the 1950s. Come and enjoy coffee and cookies as you listen to Professor Liu present new research.
Coffee and Concepts: “Words and Images”
The Center for Performance Studies is inviting you for coffee and conversation with Sara E. Freeman, a theatre historian from the University of Puget Sound. Professor Freeman will share an excerpt from her current book project. Her title is "Words and Images" an excerpt from Poetic Images and Dramatic Spaces: Staging Caryl Churchil, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl." Sara Freeman is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Puget Sound. Previously she taught at the University of Oregon, Illinois Wesleyan University, and...
Coffee and Concepts: “Truth, Storytelling, and the Ethics of Dramatic Editing”
The Center for Performance Studies is inviting you for coffee and conversation with Laurie A. Frederik, a cultural anthropologist and performance scholar from the University of Maryland. Professor Frederick will share material from the book she is currently writing. The title of her talk is "Truth, Storytelling, and the Ethics of Dramatic Editing." Laurie Frederik is a cultural anthropologist and an associate professor of performance studies and ethnography in the School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies, University of Maryland. She was...
The Face of God: A Historiographic Fugue on Performance and Flight
Professor Scott Magelssen's talk The Face of God: A Historiographic Fugue on Performance and Flight, is excerpted from his book-length study about the cultural and political significance of aviation and space flight in the United States.
Coffee and Concepts – Seattle amongst Avant-Garde Geographies
This talk will focus on the manuscript's chapter on Seattle: on Seattle-based artists and venues including DK Pan, Sara Porkalab, Implied Violence, Annex Theatre, The Satori Group, and King Street Station, as well as the enduring, colonial role of the "frontier" in claiming urban space in Seattle.
Coffee and Concepts – LeAnne Howe, playwright
Native American playwright LeAnne Howe will be a guest at Coffee and Concepts next Friday, January 24, 2:00-4:00, at Hutchinson 154. On Wednesday, January 22, 6:00 - 8:00 there will be a staged reading of her new play Savage Conversations at the Henry Art Gallery, directed by School of Drama MFA Directing student Andrew Coopman . At Coffee and Concepts, LeAnne Howe will talk about her creative process and her sense of current developments in Native American playwriting.
Coffee and Concepts: “Theatre and Peace”
Coffee and Concepts: "Theatre and Peace" The Center for Performance Studies is inviting you for a conversation with the Iranian playwright and theatre scholar Naghmeh Samini on Friday, January 31, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, at Hutchinson Hall 154. Naghmeh Samini's plays have been internationally produced. More than twenty of her dramas have been staged in Iran, France, India, Canada, and the United States. Her scholarly research explores the connections between Iranian drama and Iranian mythology. We look forward to seeing...