Monday, May 20, 2013
Featured Articles
In Memoriam: Herbert Blau (1926-2013)

Herbert Blau, Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor in the Humanities at the University of Washington, passed away on May 3, 2013 at the age of 87. 
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Volunteers Needed for Important ASTR Task Forces

ASTR is in the process of launching a series of initiatives that we hope will help to chart the course of the organization over the next few years. The Executive Committee is now reaching out for input on how ASTR can serve our members even more effectively and how the organization can respond to new developments in our field.

At the spring Executive Committee meeting we established four Task Forces. We now seek volunteers from the membership to collaborate with members of the 
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Announcing the Calls for the ASTR 2013 Working Sessions

In league with Working Session conveners and the Conference Program Committee, we have put together a slate of sessions that we are certain will lead to a vigorous and provocative set of conversations. Visit this page to review the calls: 2013 Working Session CFPs.  All Working Sessions have a common deadline for submission: June 3, 2013. 

 
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Nominations Slate for the 2013 Election

The nominations slate for the 2013 election is now available. To view the full slate of nominations and candidate bios, visit this page: www.astr.org/featured-news/421-nominees-for-the-2013-astr-election.
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ASTR and ATHE Respond to Chronicle Blog Post on Eliminating the Doctorate in Theatre

Dear ASTR Colleagues,

Dear ASTR Colleagues,

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently posted an article written by Patrick Anderson, ASTR Vice President, Bill Doan, ATHE President, Henry Bial, ATHE President-Elect, and myself. The article, titled Sustaining the Doctorate in Theatre, is our public response to the blog post on Eliminating the Doctorate in Theatre. You can read our internal response published on both the ASTR/ATHE websites below.

 
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Announcements

In Memoriam: Brian Johnston (1933-2013)

Brian Johnston, Professor Emeritus in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and internationally recognized authority on the plays of Henrik Ibsen, died on March 2 in Pittsburgh. He was eighty. His life’s journey was as interesting as it was improbable.
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Member News

Andrew Blasenak

Andrew Blasenak earned his Ph.D. in Theatre History/Literature/Criticism from The Ohio State University in December 2012. His dissertation Six Companies in Search of Shakespeare: Rehearsal, Performance, and Management Practices by The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare’s Globe and The American Shakespeare Center examines how theatre practitioners use a dedication to Shakespeare’s plays and Elizabethan-inspired stages to challenge the artistic and management practices of the commercial theatre.
 
C. David Frankel

C. David Frankel, assistant director of theatre at the University of South Florida, co-founded The Tampa Repertory Theatre in June 2011 and serves as the company’s artistic director. He recently directed a production of The Glass Menagerie (after staging A Streetcar Named Desire in TampaRep’s first season). His next production, Hamlet, opens on April 25th.

 
Megan Lewis

Megan Lewis, Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst, is leading a summer study abroad program this summer based at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, the second largest theatre festival in the world (outside Edinburgh in Scotland). Students will complete a 3-week online preparatory course before departing for South Africa. After visits to museums and the famous Market Theatre in Johannesburg, students will head to Grahamstown for "ten days of amazing," including seeing new plays and cutting edge international performances that they would not be able to encounter anywhere else; meeting playwrights, actors, artists and other students interested in performance and theatre; and engaging with, and reflecting upon, the historic, sociopolitical, and creative contexts of the work we see. The performing arts will offer students a lens through which to examine questions of social justice, race, class and gender politics, history, language, and memory. Students from any college or university are welcome to participate. For details, please visit www.theatreinafrica.weebly.com.
 

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