Spring 2026 Theatre & Performance Research Colloquia

Theatre & Performance Research Colloquia Spring 2026

“From Field to Stage to Screen: Aesthetic Methodologies in the Making of Sweet Tea”

Weds Feb 4, 7pm (Glenn Close Theatre, PBK)
Keynote Speaker
Dr E. Patrick Johnson is (Northwestern University)

“Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity”

Weds Feb 18, 3:30-4:50pm (Zoom)
Dr Bethany Hughes (University of Michigan)

“Extractive Nostalgia: Performing Postindustrial Memory at Gold Reef City and The Big Hole in South Africa”

Weds March 4, 12-1pm (Lab Theatre, PBK)
Dr Bryan Schmidt (William & Mary)

“Performance, Disability, Technology: Planting Disabled Futures”

Tues March 31, 12-1 pm (Lab Theatre, PBK)
Dr Petra Kuppers (University of Michigan)

Student New Research Panel

Tues April 14, 12-1pm (Lab Theatre, PBK)

“The Inner Work of Social Justice: Untangling the Patterns of Injustice Woven into our Minds and Bodies”

Tues April 28, 12-1pm (Lab Theatre, PBK)
Joan Gavaler (William & Mary)

For more information, contact convenors, Dr. Sarah Hart ([[sahart]]) and Dr. Claire Pamment ([[clpamment]])