FYI: This post discusses staged and written sexual assault scenes in theatre. Did I miss the content advisory? So I thought, bewildered, as I watched a graphic staged sexual assault in the opening night performance of Mary…
This past spring, I suddenly found myself finished with my dissertation and without a theatre project to work on. In the midst of my push to finish writing the dissertation and prepare for my defense,…
This post was originally published in January 2020. Heads up: This post discusses two media images—a promo photo for a play and a political cartoon—which depict sexual violence (physical restraint). In order to discuss the…
Over the last several years, I’ve been working on what I call “survivor-centered theatre.” This kind of theatre considers survivors of sexual and gender-based violence as a particular audience with their own specific needs. Survivor-centered…
Here’s a talk I gave at Delaware REP before the premiere performance of Cheri Magid’s play, A Poem and a Mistake. The play is an adaptation of/commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and its many depictions of…
This is a presentation that I created for the 17th Annual International Conference on the Arts in Society July 4-6, 2022 at San Jorge University in Zaragoza, Spain. In it, I discuss the production of…
Here is a video of my presentation for the 16th Annual Conference on the Arts in Society, which I attended virtually June 16-18, 2021. Scroll down for the abstract. This talk references intimate partner violence…
This time I did a wee video recording of a presentation I made for one of my seminars. This talk references domestic violence and abuse.
Content note: This post discusses sexual assault, abuse, and intimate partner violence. I’ve said many times that at this point, I am never surprised to hear that a celebrity has been named as an abuser….