Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium May 3-4, 2018  Conference Theme: Community Outreach and the Arts Keynote Speaker and Workshop Presenter Michael John Garcés, Cornerstone Theatre Company The Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium is seeking abstracts for papers for our 12th Annual gathering of theatre scholars. This year’s theme is “Community Outreach and the Arts.” PTRS is seeking papers […]

National Endowments for the Arts Institute on Digital Technologies in Theatre and Performance Studies June 17-29, 2018 University of Georgia (Athens, GA) Application Deadline: March 1, 2018 The institute is for college and university faculty would like to integrate digital technologies into their curricula, and who would like to gain a deeper understanding of the technologies and techniques to make […]

ATDS and MLA Chicago, 3-6 January 2019 “American Drama’s Ethical Transactions” This panel will consider how twentieth century American plays define, operationalize, register, and/or critique ethical discourse. Is there an “ethics” of the twentieth century play? What people, places, and things are left out of this ethical discourse? For example, in asking ethical questions, some […]