The project summaries listed below describe research related to the field of performance studies undertaken by Yale affiliates, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. When noted, the projects have been funded entirely or in part by a WPP performance studies grant, awarded to faculty and students seeking funding for performance-related research undertaken at Yale.
Aleksandra Jovicevic
Research Affiliate, Yale University, 2006
WHY PERFORMANCE STUDIES IN SERBIA (2006-2007 SEASON)
Nita Nagpal Kumar
Fulbright Senior Research Fellow / India
BLACK SURREALISM: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS AND ANTI-REALISTIC DRAMATIC FORM (2006-2007 SEASON)
Elizabeth W. Son
Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies, Yale University
THE TESTIMONY OF MAK DAL LEE (2007-2008 SEASON)
Paul Spera
Yale College, Theater Studies Major
HARLEQUIN MAGAZINE (2007-2008 SEASON)
Rebecca Rugg
Associate Chair of Playwriting, Yale School of Drama; Lecturer, Theater Studies
365 FESTIVAL (2006-2007 SEASON)
Pamela Prather
Acting Faculty, Yale School of Drama
GARDZIENICE VISIT TO YALE (2007-2008 SEASON)
Arun Storrs
Yale College, Theater Studies Major
SPONTANEOUS ARTISTIC COMPOSITION: A COLLECTION OF WORKSHOPS BY DAVE STORRS (2007-2008 SEASON)
Gamal J. Palmer
M.F.A. Candidate, Acting, Yale School of Drama
MOSAIC: A THEATRICAL MEDIATION ON DEFINING RACIAL MALENESS (2008-2009 SEASON)
Alice Moore & Francesca Ammon
Graduate Students, Ph.D. Program in American Studies, Yale University
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOFS: A GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE (2007-2008 SEASON)
Celeste Ballard, Allegra Long, Maggie Burrows
Yale College, Majors in Literature, English and Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
WWW.ONDERLAND (2007-2008 SEASON)
Andrea Tompa
Theater Critic & Editor
LECTURES IN NEW THEATER IN HUNGARY AND ROMANIA (2007-2008 SEASON)