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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

The Dramaturg that never sleeps

Post-Doctoral Fellow Toby Malone is a busy man this summer.  He is the supervising dramaturg on the Department's productions, both of which require preparation and work during the spring term.  He is prepping his two new courses - DRAMA 409 (Theatre Criticism) and DRAMA 371 (Theatre History).  He is the Dramaturg for King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Stratford Festival.

The Department of Drama and Speech Communication is excited to announce that Toronto-based actor-playwright-director, Martha Ross, has been contracted to direct the winter production of Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco.

On April 24th, Paul Cegys and Andy Houston presented their process and challenges regarding their work on the play "From Solitary to Solidarity: Unravelling the Ligatures of Ashley Smith".  The presentation took place at the REAP felt lab in St. Jacobs for the faculty and staff of the Department of Drama and Speech Communication.

DAC faculty members, Jill Tomasson Goodwin, Glenn Stillar and Dave Goodwin recently teamed up with Kelly Grindrod of uWaterloo's School of Pharmacy on a joint research project: to explore how to convince doctors and patients to reduce antibiotic use.