Dr. ABBOTT, Erik Email: [email protected] 4, Place Léon XIII L-1929 LUXEMBOURG Graduated: October 2014
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Dr. ABBOTT, Erik email: [email protected] 4, Place Léon XIII L-1929 LUXEMBOURG Graduated: October 2014 Professional life: Founder and Artistic Director, Actors Repertory Theatre Luxembourg (Actors Rep), a professional English-language theatre company. Founded in 2012, we have presented 10 productions since 2013, with at least three planned for 2018. We are currently working to bring one of our 2017 productions to the US. (www.ActorsRep.lu). Professional Director, Actor and Playwright, Various Direct and act professionally for Actors Rep and others. Two of my plays have been professionally produced this year. Theatre Critic, Wort.lu/en I write theatre articles about reviews of local and touring productions for the online English version of the national newspaper, the Luxembourger Wort. Independent Scholar Current fields of interest/research: Contemporary European Theatre and Performance, Carnival, Theatre Management Recent publications/papers: No recent publications (except a few reviews for the Wort). However, two of my plays, #WTF Happened? On the Phenomenon of Trump, and Dear Santa..., were produced by Actors Rep in 2017. The Trump piece was originally commissioned by Théâtre d’Esch, a major regional professional theatre in Esch- sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. Selections from it were presented at the theatre in May as part of the city’s ‘Nuit de la Culture’ celebration. The complete revised version was produced by Actors Rep at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg in September. We are currently working to bring it to the US. Family: Spouse/Partner: Dena Child(ren): none listed Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: I do extensive volunteer work with a non-profit (UK registered charity) in York, England (in recent years primarily as a writer and editor), and at various places on the Continent. What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: nothing listed =============================================================================== Dr. ABRAMS, Joshua email: [email protected] 126 Casewick Road West Norwood, London SE27 0SZ UNITED KINGDOM Graduated: September 2008 Professional life: Deputy Dean, Academic The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY United Kingdom Current fields of interest/research: Contemporary Performance, Food Studies, Immersive Performance Recent publications/papers: “Sriracha and the Performance of Identity,” in Fonds of Food: Sauces and Identity in the Western World, ed. Andrew Donnelly, Beth Forrest, and Deirdre Murphy (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2017); “On Oysters” in sketch, Mourad Mazouz and Pierre Gagnaire, (2017, Bloomsbury Press); “Gloss: Esprit de Corps”; “On Scale”; “Gloss: Realism”; “Th’eater” in Imagined Theatres: Writing for a Theoretical Stage, edited by Daniel Sack (2017, Routledge) 75, 156, 183, 200-201; “Design and Décor of Restaurants,” in Sage Encyclopedia of Food Issues, ed. Ken Albala (Sage Publications, 2015); “Performing the Ephemeral: On Ice Cream and the Theatre,” in “On Ice,” Performance Research 18, no. 6 (December 2013); “Mise en Plate: The Scenographic Imagination and the Contemporary Restaurant,” in “On Scenography,” Performance Research 18, no. 2 (September 2013). Family: Spouse/Partner: Jennifer Parker-Starbuck (‘03) Child(ren): 1 (female) Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: none listed What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: In 2016, I was elected as President-Elect for ATHE and I’m getting up to speed on that, as well as still enjoying my role as Deputy Dean at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Jen and I had a great last year running ASTR and managed to fit in a fair amount of conference and other work-related travel. I’m still working on Food and Performance and aiming to finish the book soon! Hope to see lots of you on the conference circuit or in London. =============================================================================== Dr. AJELLO, Linell email: [email protected] [email protected] 1621 Fern Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Graduated: May 2012 Professional life: Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Tulane University, School of Liberal Arts Department of Communication 219 Newcomb Hall New Orleans, LA 70118 Current fields of interest/research: nothing listed Recent publications/papers: “A Game of Poverty and Tragic Deliberation,” Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory 21, no. 1 (March 2014); “Soldiers, Scapegoats, and the Tragic Demands of Operation First Casualty,” International Journal of Cultural Studies 17, no. 3 (2014). Family: Spouse/Partner: none listed Child(ren): none listed Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: none listed What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: nothing listed =============================================================================== Dr. ALCIDE SAINT-LOT, Marie Jose email: [email protected] 5574 Witney Drive, #D 313 Del Ray Beach, FL 33484 Graduated: May 1988 Professional life: Communication Consultant nothing listed nothing listed Current fields of interest/research: nothing listed Recent publications/papers: Barack Obama: Speaker of Genius (Educa Vision, 2011). Family: Spouse: Emile Saint-Lot, Computer Sciences Child(ren): none listed Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: none listed What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: I recently created “The Speak-to-Win-Project,” which consists of seminars in Business Communication and Public Speaking dedicated to professionals of various fields. I also give conferences in museums, libraries, and social clubs on Cultural Diversity. =============================================================================== Dr. ALEXANDER, Philip A. email: [email protected] 77 Eastern Parkway, #3C Brooklyn, NY 11238 Graduated: February 1999 Professional life: Director New York State Alliance for Arts Education P.O. Box 2217 Albany, NY 12220 Current fields of interest/research: nothing listed Recent publications/papers: “‘Thinking Like a Spider’: Teaching Artists in Long-Term Partnerships,” Teaching Artist Journal 3, no. 2 (Spring 2005). Family: Spouse/Partner: none listed Child(ren): none listed Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: Recent public speaking engagements include emceeing at gala fundraisers for small performance companies. Invited to provide keynote address at New Jersey Arts Education Collective Connect Conference, Sept. 2014. What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: For the past year or two, I’ve been exploring the world of creativity, brain research and learning through the arts. =============================================================================== D r. AONO, Tomoko email: [email protected] 2-5-11 Chizuka, Kofu Yamanashi 4000074 JAPAN Graduated: June 2010 Professional life: Associate Professor Tokyo University of Science Suwa JAPAN http://www.rs.suwa.tus.ac.jp/aono/research1.html Current fields of interest/research: nothing listed Recent publications/papers: “Neither Art Nor Entertainment: The Development of Regional Theatres as Public Theatres in the United States.” Theatre and Film Studies, 2008 vol.1 (March 2009): 395-440 (Japanese). Family: Spouse/Partner: Shuhei Ikai Child(ren): two (2) Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: none listed What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: nothing listed =============================================================================== Dr. ARMSTRONG, James email: [email protected] 1443A Fifth Ave., 4th Floor New York, NY 10035 Graduated: 2017 Professional life: Adjunct lecturer at City College and Baruch College Currently teaching theatre history and business communications Also continue to adjunct at Saint Peter's University and Marymount Manhattan Will be presenting at the MLA conference in January 2018 Current fields of interest/research: Regency Drama Recent publications/papers: "The Spirit of Perpetual Negation: Christopher Marlowe as Demonic Trickster," Romard 55 (2016): 41-52. Family: Spouse/Partner: Marci Morimoto Child(ren): none listed Grandchild(ren): none listed Hobbies, Community Service, Volunteer: I continue to take part in Renaissance dance. What you would most want your GC colleagues to know: My play Dark Night of the Soul won the Nittany Theatre at the Barn's National Free Speech Play Contest. ====================================== ========================================= D r. ARONSON-LEHAVI, Sharon email: sharon.aronson- [email protected] Department of Theatre Arts The Yolanda & David Katz Faculty of the Arts Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, ISRAEL Graduated: October 2004 Professional life: Chair, Department of Theatre Arts, Tel Aviv University, Academic Director of the Tel Aviv University Theatre (TAU Theatre) Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel Current fields of interest/research: Medieval theatre, religion and theatre, modern theatre and performance, Israeli theatre and performance Recent publications/papers: “The Performative Utterance ‘I’: Theatricality and Subversion of Identity in the Works of Eyal Weiser,” TDR 61:4 (2017): 22-39; “Sexuality and Gender,” A Cultural History of Theatre in the Middle Ages, Vol. 2. Ed. Jody Enders. Gen. Eds. Tracy C. Davis and Christopher Balme. London: Bloomsbury, 2017; 59- 76; “Dialectical Aesthetics of Change and Continuity in the 2010 Oberammergau Passion Play,” The Oberammergau Passion