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AMELIA (AMY) HOWE KRITZER Office: University of St. Thomas, Mail #LOR 210, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105 Office Phone (651) 962-5883 Fax: (651) 962-6410 E-mail [email protected] CURRENT POSITION: Professor of English and Theater University of St. Thomas PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Theater, University of St. Thomas Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Theater, University of St. Thomas, 1997-98. Assistant Professor, Division of Theatre, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University, 1992-1996. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1990-91. Lecturer, Department of English, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1989-90. Lecturer, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, 1989. Teaching Assistant, Department of Theatre and Drama, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1985-86. Editorial Assistant, Theatre Journal, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1983-85. EDUCATION University of Wisconsin—Madison Temple University, Philadelphia Wittenberg University Ph.D., Theatre and Drama, 1988. B.S., Radio-Television-Film. English Major. PUBLICATIONS Books Political Theatre in Post-Thatcher Britain: New Writing: 1995-2005. Houndmills; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Short-listed for the 2008 Society for Theatre Research Book Prize. Plays by Early American Women, 1775-1850. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995. The Plays of Caryl Churchill: Theatre of Empowerment. London: The Macmillan Press, and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Journal Articles “Theatre Conversations.” Review Essay. Theatre Notebook, forthcoming, 2013. “Enough! Women Playwrights Confront the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Theatre Journal 62 (Dec., 2010) 611-626. “Performance, Theater, and Culture in the Colonial Americas and Early United States.” Review Essay. William and Mary Quarterly, April, 2007: 436-440. “Two Views of Venality in Thatcher’s Britain: Serious Money by Caryl Churchill and A Small Family Business by Alan Ayckbourn, Reading: A Biannual Journal of English Studies 1.2 (October, 2003) 11-21. “Mary Carr Clarke’s Dramas of Working Women, 1815-1833.” The Journal of American Drama and Theatre 9.3 (Fall, 1997) 24-39. . Journal Articles, cont. "Playing with Republican Motherhood: Self-Representation in Plays by Susanna Rowson and Judith Sargent Murray." Early American Literature 31.2 (1996) 150-166. Republished by Questia Media "Dionysus in Bucharest: Caryl Churchill's Mad Forest." In-Between: Essays and Studies in Literary Criticism 4.2 (September, 1995) 151-161. “Madness and Social Change in the Plays of Caryl Churchill," Themes in Drama 15 (1992) 204-216. Reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism (New York: Gale Group, 2002). "Feminism and Theatre in Eighteenth-Century Boston," Journal of American Drama and Theatre 2.3 (1990) 22-34. "Theatricality and Empowerment in the Plays of Caryl Churchill," Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 4.1 (1989) 125-131. Book Chapters “Antebellum Plays by Women: Contexts and Themes” (Chapter 7), Oxford Handbook of American Drama, ed. Jeffrey H. Richards. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming. “Dramatic Myth in Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker.” Dramatic Revisions of Myths, Fairy Tales, and Legends: Essays on Recent Plays, ed. Verna Foster. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2012: 112-122. “America as Rogue State: Caryl Churchill’s Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? Political and Protest Theatre Since 9/11: Patriotic Dissent, ed. Jenny Spencer. New York: Routledge, 2012: 53-62. “The Absence of Wealth: Loss in Recent British Plays about Business.” To Have and Have Not: New Essays on Commerce and Capital in Modernist Theatre, ed. James Fisher. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011: 244-256. “Revolution and After: Heroism and Violence in Early National Plays about the American Revolution,” Violence in American Drama: Essays on Its Staging, Meanings and Effects, ed. Alfonso Ceballos Muñoz, Ramὁn Espejo Romero, and Bernardo Muňoz Martinez. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011: 15-27. “Travelers, Voyagers, Adventurers: Young Women in Early 19th-Century Plays by American Women.” Masculinities, Femininities, and the Power of the Hybrid in U.S. Narratives: Essays on Gender Borders, ed. Nieves Pascual, Laura Alonso-Gallo, and Francisco Collado-Rodriguez. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter, 2007. “Ethnicity and Style in Productions at the Royal Court Theatre, 1956-1966,” Ethnicity and Identity: Global Performance, ed. Ravi Chaturvedi and Brian Singleton. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2005: 195-205. “Margaret Fuller and the Theatre,” Women’s Contribution to Nineteenth-Century American Theatre, ed. Miriam López Rodríguez and María Dolores Narbona Carrrión. Valencia: University of Valencia Press, 2004: 71-84. “Political Currents in Caryl Churchill’s Plays at the Turn of the Millennium,” Crucible of Cultures: Anglophone Drama at the Turn of the Millenium. Brussels; New York: Peter Lang, 2002: 57-67. “Pursuits of Happiness: Comedies by Early American Women.” Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights, ed. Brenda Murphy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999: 3-18. "Systemic Poisons in Churchill's Recent Plays." Essays on Caryl Churchill: Contemporary Representations, ed. Sheila Rabillard. Winnipeg: Blizzard Press, 1998: 159-173. "Caryl Churchill." British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook, ed. William W. Demastes. New York: Greenwood Press, 1996: 107-118. 2 Reviews Performance review of Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? By Caryl Churchill, Royal Court Theatre, London. Theatre Journal 59.3 (October, 2007) 516-517. Performance review of A Dream Play by August Strindberg, adapted by Caryl Churchill, Royal National Theatre, London, Theatre Journal 57.3 (October, 2005) 502-504. Performance review of The Permanent Way by David Hare, Royal National Theatre, London, Theatre Journal 56:3 (October, 2004) 510-511. Performance review of A Number by Caryl Churchill, Royal Court Theatre, London, Theatre Journal 55.2 (May, 2003) 354-355. Book review of After Brecht: British Epic Theater by Janelle Reinelt. Theatre Journal 48.4 (December, 1996) 525-526. Book review of Gender, Race, Renaissance Drama by Ania Loomba. In-Between: Essays and Studies in Literary Criticism 2.2 (Sept., 1993) 193-195. Book review of Look Back in Gender by Michelene Wandor, Modern Drama 32.1 (1989) 169-171. Performance review of Serious Money by Caryl Churchill, Theatre Journal 39.3 (1987) 394-395. Contributor The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, ed. Dennis Kennedy. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. "Drama and Theater, British (Twentieth Century)," Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Vol. II. Ed. Helen Tierney. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990: 101-103. LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND CONFERENCE PAPERS National and International Conferences “Debate about the War of 1812 in Mary Carr’s The Fair Americans,” British Association for American Studies, Manchester, April, 2012. “Mothers of the Nation in Plays by Early American Women,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, San Antonio, March, 2012. “Women’s Work in Plays by Early American Women,” Mid-America Theatre Conference, Chicago, March, 2012. “Censorship and Religion in Contemporary Theatre,” International Federation for Theatre Research, Lisboa, July, 2009. “Violence and National Identity in Post-Revolutionary American Plays.” III International Conference on American Theatre and Drama, Cadiz, May, 2009. “The Politics of Happiness in American Plays of the Early National Period,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Richmond, March, 2009. “Identities and Implications in Out of Joint’s Macbeth.” International Federation for Theatre Research, Helsinki, August, 2006. “Travelers, Voyagers, Adventurers: Young Women in Plays by Early American Women.” Spanish Association for American Studies (SAAS) Biennial Conference, Jaen, Spain, March, 2005. “Ethnicity and Style in Productions at the Royal Court Theater, 1956-1966.” International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) Annual Conference, Jaipur, India, January, 2003. “Political Currents in Recent Plays by Caryl Churchill,” Anglophone Drama at the Turn of the Millennium Conference, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, May, 2001. “From Actress to Spectator: Eliza Haywood,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 3 National and International Conferences, cont. Milwaukee, 1999. “Irish-Americans in Early Working-Class Dramas,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1998. "Self-Representation in Collaboration: Louisa Medina’s Dramatic Adaptation of Ernest Maltravers." Association for Theatre in Higher Education, New York, 1996. "'So Gross a Violation of Propriety and Public Decency': Sarah Maria Cornell at the Richmond Hill Theatre, 1833." American Society for Theatre Research, St. Louis, 1995. "Uses of History in Plays by Early American Women." American Theatre and Drama Society special session, "History in Drama, Drama in History," Modern Language Association, San Diego, 1995. ”Performance: The Subject in Crisis." Seminar on "Macrohistory or Microhistories," American Society for Theatre Research, New York, 1994. "Feminism and Nationalism in Eighteenth-Century Plays by American Women," American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Charleston, 1994. "Restructuring the American Dramatic Canon: Including Early American Women," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Philadelphia, 1993. "Gender and Ethnicity in the Autobiographical Plays of Jacqueline Rudet and Winsome Pinnock," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Atlanta, 1992. "Staging and Subjectivity in Postwar England: A Gender-Conscious Examination of 'the Court Style,' 1956-1966." Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, 1990. "Two Views of Venality in Thatcher's Britain," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, 1988. "Theatricalism and Transformation: The Dispute over Theatre in Geneva," Debut Panel in Theatre History, American Theatre Association, Toronto, 1985. Regional and University Conferences “Antebellum Plays by Women: Contexts and Themes,“ English Department Colloquium Series, University of St. Thomas, April, 2010. "Individual and Community in the Plays of Caryl Churchill" [lecture], 7th Annual Dickinson Symposium in Women's Studies, West Virginia University, April, 1993. "Theatricality and Empowerment: The Plays of Caryl Churchill," Theatre History Forum, Mid-America Theatre Conference, Omaha, 1989. "The Individualist Ethic in Three Plays by Clifford Odets," Odets Symposium, University of WisconsinMadison, 1985. Theatres Post-play discussion of Misterman, Frank Theatre, Minnespolis, MN, April, 2013. Post-Play discussion of Vinegar Tom, Frank Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2008. Post-Play Discussion of Proof, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, October, 2006. Post-Play Discussion of “Girl’s Got Pluck,” Theatre Unbound, Minneapolis, February, 2005. Post-Play Discussion of Fen by Caryl Churchill, University Theatre, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April, 2002. "Visions of History and Community in Top Girls." Women's History Month presentation, Tap-It Dancing and Theatrical Company, Madison, WI, March 24, 1995. "Sex, Lies, and Gender in The Taming of the Shrew," Theatre Circle Lecture, Indiana University, January, 1991. 4 Theatres, cont. "Caryl Churchill's Serious Money," Court Theatre, Chicago, October, 1989. THEATRICAL PRODUCTION A Servant of Two Masters, Director, March, 2010, University of St. Thomas. Top Girls. Director, October, 2008, University of St. Thomas. Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Director, April, 2008, University of St. Thomas. Painting Churches. Director, April, 2007, University of St. Thomas. Voices of Women from the Abrahamic Faiths: Sapientia, The Royal Jewess, Baghdad Burning, Adapter and director, University of St. Thomas, November, 2005. Note: Baghdad Burning re-staged for the Minnesota Fringe Festival, August, 2006. A Piece of My Heart, Director, October, 2004, University of St. Thomas. Owners, Director, April, 2004, University of St. Thomas. The Laramie Project, Director, March, 2003, University of St. Thomas. A Box of Monkeys, Director, November, 2001, University of St. Thomas. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Director, March, 2000, University of St. Thomas. Isn’t It Romantic, Director, April, 1998, University of St. Thomas. L’Chaim: A Jewish Tapestry, Dramaturg, March, 1998, Tapit/New Works, Madison, WI. The Art of Dining, Director, September-October, 1994. West Virginia University. A Box of Monkeys, Director, October, 1993. West Virginia University. "Dramatic Women and their Characters" [scenes with narration], Director, March, 1993. Seventh Annual Dickinson Symposium in Women's Studies, West Virginia University. Cloud Nine, Guest Director, January-February, 1992. University of Wisconsin Center, Rock County. COURSES CURRENTLY OR RECENTLY TAUGHT Introduction to Theater: Structures, forms, and meanings of theater in multiple cultural contexts. Nineteenth-Century American Drama. Graduate English course. Contemporary American Drama (Genre Studies: Drama). Graduate English course. Shakespeare. Graduate English course. Women Playwrights of Restoration England. Graduate English course. World Drama by Women. Undergraduate English course. COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT Introduction to Theater in England. Short-term introductory study-abroad course. Theater History, American. Survey of American theater history and dramatic literature for majors and advanced non-majors. Theater History, Ancient Greece to 1700: Survey of world theater history and dramatic literature for majors and advanced non-majors. Theater History, 1700 to Present: Survey of world theater history and dramatic literature (excluding American) for majors and advanced non-majors. Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Influential theories and modes of criticism from Aristotle to the present, required for advanced majors. Includes a writing component. Women in American Theater: Senior seminar. Women in Music and Theater (co-taught with member of Music Department). Honors seminar. 5 COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT, cont. Theater History, Restoration to Realism: Survey of world theater history and drama, 1600-1900. The Development of Dramatic Art, 1945-Present: Two courses-- (1) Multicultural survey of the period required for theater majors with an elective writing component, (2) Topics course that focused on British theater and included a writing component. Shakespeare: Study of representative plays of William Shakespeare in the context of the theater and society of Renaissance England. Included a writing component. Women Dramatists, 1600-Present: Chronological study of major plays by women in England and the United States. Topics course; elective for upper-level undergraduates. Women in Theater Seminar: Feminist theories as applied to performance, theater history, and dramatic theory and criticism. Different graduate and undergraduate versions. Research Methods for Theater Studies: Introduction to research, required for graduate students. Aesthetics and Criticism: Survey of performance and dramatic theory and criticism, required for graduate students. AWARDS AND ACADEMIC HONORS University Scholars Grant, 2010-2013 (awarded 2010), University of St. Thomas Center for Faculty Development. Maxi Grant, 2008-09, University of St. Thomas Center for Faculty Development. Bush Grant for dissemination of faculty-student collaborative work, 2006. Sabbatical, 2006, University of St. Thomas Center for Faculty Development. Sabbatical Assistance Grant, 2006, Center for Faculty Development. Seed Grant, Centers of Excellence, College of St. Catherine, 2005. Research Assistance Grant, 2003-04. University of St. Thomas Center for Faculty Development. Sudden Opportunity Grant, 2002. University of St. Thomas Center for Faculty Development. West Virginia University Faculty Travel Grants, 1994, 1995. WVU College of Creative Arts Professional Activities Grants, 1994, 1995. Radiological Consultants Associates Summer Fellowship, West Virginia University, 1994. Honorary Fellow, Women's Studies Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1991-92. American Fellow, 1987-88; national dissertation fellowship granted by the American Association of University Women. Charlene Wackman Travel Grant, 1987 and 1985, University of Wisconsin—Madison. Charlene Wackman Fellowship, 1984-85. University of Wisconsin—Madison. AFFILIATIONS Airmid Theatre Company, Scholars’ Advisory Board American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies American Society for Theatre Research American Theatre and Drama Society Member, Faculty Fellows exchange program, 2007-08. Board Member, 1997-2001. Nominating Committee, 1998-99. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. International Federation for Theatre Research 6