Welcome to My Underworld
SETS Professor Judith Thompson is directing Welcome to My Underworld, a Rare Theatre Company/Soulpepper production in Toronto from May 8 to May 25 in Toronto.
SOTEC News
SURG
SURG updates for January 2019
2019-01-28
This is a time of dramatic transitions for SURG. After years of outstanding work and great commitment Jack McCart had to step down as editorial leader of the journal since he began a full-time job on campus. We thank Jack for his years of service and wish him every success in his new endeavors.
Stratford Summer Courses
UNIVERSITY COURSES
May 5-May 17, 2019
The Universities of Guelph and Windsor, Western, Brock and St. Jerome’s University (affiliated with the University of Waterloo) partner to offer annually two university-level courses for credit.
THST*3260 Shakespeare: Text & Performance S (3-0) [0.50]
Apparitions
Tory Hourie's Apparitions, an interactive, immersive art installation based on the esoteric themes in Britten's Turn of the Screw will be presented at the Aurora Cultural Centre from October 6 to November 10, 2018.
Pushkin
Pushkin, a new play by Jonathan Leaf opened at the Sheen Centre Black Box Theatre in New York City on July 23, 2018 and runs until August 25, 2018. The scenic design was by Troy Hourie.
Who Killed Snow White?
Judith Thompson's Who Killed Snow White? addresses sexual violence in the context of social media and cyberbullying. The play premiered this August at 4th Line Theatre.
English Prof Receives Prestigious Killam Fellowship
SETS faculty member Christine Bold received the Prestigious Killam Fellowship. Uncovering the "hidden histories" of Indigenous vaudeville actors such as Princess Chinquilla is the goal of Professor Bold. Her two-year $140,000 award provides release from teaching and administrative duties so that she can work full time on a research project that she says upends long-held notions of the role Native peoples play in the popular culture of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Congratulations!
Jessica Riley
Jessica Riley, SETS PhD grad, will be taking up a tenure-track position in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg in January 2019. She will be teaching theatre history, script analysis, and dramaturgy. Congratulations, Jess!
Congratulations to Ric Knowles!
On behalf of the School, congratulations to Ric Knowles who was made a University Professor Emeritus at convocation on October 21, 2017. The honor is a richly deserved recognition of Ric's tremendous contributions to theatre as a scholar and practitioner. Ric delivered the convocation address which spoke of the importance of recognizing, respecting and learning from difference. It was an excellent addre