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Teaching Theatre

By: Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
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  • Teaching Theatre, a new podcast series from HowlRound Theatre Commons, examines the challenges facing theatre training programs post-pandemic. Theatre departments are reevaluating the way they approach teaching and asking big questions as they consider how to support their students. In addition, many programs have begun the important work of creating more inclusive programming while reimagining the canon. Each episode invites theatre educators and practitioners to interrogate relevant topics–like collaboration and work ethic–while offering up ideas, strategies, and solutions that can be incorporated into programs and classrooms.
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Episodes
  • On Teaching Dramaturgy

    On Teaching Dramaturgy
    May 7 2024
    Dramaturgs serve productions in a variety of ways, which are often dictated by needs of the play and the playwright. Playwright and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger, along with dramaturg and dean of the Theatre School at DePaul University Martine Kei Green-Rogers, join the conversation to discuss the role of the dramaturg in new play development, as well as how to incorporate dramaturgy in the classroom.
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    38 mins
  • On Reinventing the Canon

    On Reinventing the Canon
    Apr 30 2024
    As conversations about the diversity and decolonization of syllabi continue, many theatre programs reconsider the texts they teach. In this episode, host Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder talks with Nathan Alan Davis from Boston University and Yizhou Huang from St. Louis University about reinventing the canon. They question who controls the narrative, discuss what qualifies as canon, and offer up some suggestions for course redesign.
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    39 mins
  • On Devising in the Classroom

    On Devising in the Classroom
    Apr 16 2024
    More and more theatre departments are incorporating devising into their training. This highly collaborative process allows students to generate their own work, giving them ownership of the final product. Theatre professors Andy Paris (North Carolina School of the Arts) and Emily K. Harrison (Hamilton College) discuss their process, how they engage students, and the benefits of allowing students agency in the creation of their own work.
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    38 mins
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