CFP: Special Issue of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Spring 2010

The Publications Committee of the American Theatre and Drama Society invites submissions for the Spring 2010 issue of The Journal of American Drama and Theatre which it is guest editing.  You do not need to be a member of the Society to submit an article, but submissions from the membership are particularly encouraged.  (For more [...]

Updated list of Theatre and Dance Doctoral Ph.D. Programs

DOCTORAL PROGRAMS Below are links to English-language doctoral programs in theatre, dance, performance studies, and related fields: UNITED STATES: * Arizona State University Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance in the Americas * Arizona State University Ph.D. in Theatre for Youth * Bowling Green State University Ph.D. in Theatre * Brown University Ph.D. in Theatre & [...]

Online access to Theatre Survey is now available to ASTR members

Online access to Theatre Survey is now available to ASTR members (login in to ASTR site required).

CALLS FOR PAPERS: AFTER THE MAGIC FLUTE

University of California, Berkeley Department of Music March 5-6, 2010 Call for Papers (abstract deadline: September 1, 2009) As Tamino stands before the three temple doors in Act I of The Magic Flute, he is about to embark on a humbling confrontation with the good-evil alignments he (and we) had previously assigned to the Queen [...]

CFP: “Staging the Middle East in Theatre and Through Performance”

Staging the Middle East in Theatre and Through Performance – UC Riverside – April 3-4, 2009 – abstract due 15 October 2008. Download the full CFP here.

The Passing of Brooks McNamara

Brooks McNamara died on May 8, 2009 at the age of 72. He was a longtime member of ASTR, served on the Executive Committee, and received the Distinguished Scholar Award and the Errol J. Hill Award in 1997. But his contribution to American theatre was amazingly diverse, and his influence on several generations of scholars [...]

Theatre Survey: Call for Papers

Theatre Survey invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to recent critical approaches to the historiography of opera. What are the challenges of researching the history of opera today? To what extent are new formats like live transmissions in “High Definition” transforming our perceptions of the genre? How is our understanding of operatic composers, singers, [...]

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