Recent papers. Click to view PDF.
ASTR 2008 ~ "Irony is the New Empathy: On the Campaign Trail with the Mexican Elvis"
Constructing Alliances Across USAmerican Distances
“You want me,” asserts El Vez in the [campaign] poster. Yet his accusatory finger seems to challenge the viewer, demanding, “What exactly is it of me that you want?”
Constructing Alliances Across USAmerican Distances
“You want me,” asserts El Vez in the [campaign] poster. Yet his accusatory finger seems to challenge the viewer, demanding, “What exactly is it of me that you want?”
ASTR 2007 ~ "As I'm Flowing I'm Getting Strong and Carrying On/What About the Stories and Storyteller Inside You?"
Will Power’s Flow and the Radicalization of Identification
Will Power is a storyteller, a griot for a new age of theatre. He at once looks forward to what theatre can be while looking deep in its history for what it has always been; for all his innovation, Power in fact returns theatre to its storytelling roots.
Will Power’s Flow and the Radicalization of Identification
Will Power is a storyteller, a griot for a new age of theatre. He at once looks forward to what theatre can be while looking deep in its history for what it has always been; for all his innovation, Power in fact returns theatre to its storytelling roots.
Dissertation Chapter 2 ~ "Let Us American Girls Be Friends"
"What kind of girl are you? Do you like being on the go or taking it
slow? Do you have one best friend…or five? Do you have a head for
history or a mind for math?"
"What kind of girl are you? Do you like being on the go or taking it
slow? Do you have one best friend…or five? Do you have a head for
history or a mind for math?"
Theatre Journal Performance Review ~ "¡Teatro Caliente!"
Despite its namesake, many assert that nothing new ever arises in Phoenix. Often assumed to be as culturally arid as its desert landscape, the city of Phoenix conjures images of relocated retirees, endless pavement, and the conservative politics of Barry Goldwater. Yet, original theatre is proving the exception.
Despite its namesake, many assert that nothing new ever arises in Phoenix. Often assumed to be as culturally arid as its desert landscape, the city of Phoenix conjures images of relocated retirees, endless pavement, and the conservative politics of Barry Goldwater. Yet, original theatre is proving the exception.
Statement ~ Teaching Philosophy
Because I believe in theatre’s transformative power, I situate the performing arts in my classroom as a means through which greater social, political, and cultural insight can be perceived, expressed, debated, and enacted."
Because I believe in theatre’s transformative power, I situate the performing arts in my classroom as a means through which greater social, political, and cultural insight can be perceived, expressed, debated, and enacted."
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