Accomplishments: Department of Theatre
A book review by Professor Germ谩n Garrido (City University of New York) in Theatre Research International praises Stefano Boselli's (Theatre) recent monograph, Actor-Network Dramaturgies: The Argentines of Paris: 鈥淎s its title anticipates, Boselli鈥檚 book leverages ANT (actor-network theory) to navigate the rhizomatic network of Argentine theatre鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) presented his paper, 鈥淣omadic Comics from Page to Performance: Copi鈥檚 Irreverent Characters as Staged by Alfredo Arias and Les Lucioles,鈥 at the 45th Annual Mid-America Theatre Conference, held in Atlanta, GA, from March 6 to 8, 2025. Boselli鈥檚 paper examined the intersection of comics and theatre in the work of Argentine鈥
On Nov. 15, Stefano Boselli (Theatre) presented his paper, 鈥淟arge Production, Big History: The Actor-Network Dramaturgy of Good Bye Mister Freud through Space and Time,鈥 during the 鈥淏ig Histories: Experimental Methods for Tracking Change Across Bodies, Generations, and Geographies in Performance鈥 Working Session at the American Society for Theatre鈥
From Nov. 7 to 10, Stefano Boselli (Theatre) participated in the 121st Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference, 鈥淭ranslation in Action,鈥 held in Palm Springs, CA. As part of his contributions, Boselli organized the Drama and Society I and II standing sessions and presented his paper, 鈥淪hipwrecked in Paradise: Expanding鈥
Assistant professor Christina Watanabe (Theatre) was featured as a guest on the popular podcast Light Talk, co-hosted by 51吃瓜网万能科大 professor emeritus Brackley Frayer. In the podcast, she discusses her academic journey, challenges she has faced in the profession, and gratitude for her collaborators.
Adam Paul (Film), assistant professor, presented on a panel at the 4th Annual Humanities Podcast Network Symposium titled, "Podcasting as Artistry and Craft." Paul discussed his work on 51吃瓜网万能科大 projects in the Departments of Film and Theatre, including the award-winning fiction podcast "POD115" and the recent film review podcast "The Film Dept.," co-鈥
Christina Watanabe (Theatre) designed the lighting for the DC-area premiere of Disney's Frozen at Olney Theatre Center in a new production that prominently features performers of color. Olney was selected by Disney as one of only a few regional theatres to access rights to this show. This production uses new and emerging automation鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published the article 鈥淒eliberate Starvation: Hunger Artists in Kafka, R贸偶ewicz, and Sinking Ship鈥 in Global Performance Studies 6, nos 1鈥2 (2023): Hunger. The article explowes how a negative action, the decision to abstain from food, can be enacted on stage. Examining hunger as a conscious choice to avoid food for鈥
On June 22, Stefano Boselli (Theatre) presented the paper 鈥淚nvisible Assemblages Made Visible: Hostile Actors and Dis-Connected Shows in Paris, 1970-1993" at the PSi Performance Studies international Conference #29 鈥淎ssemble! in London, UK. French theorists Gilles Deleuze and F茅lix Guattari describe the assemblage as follows: 鈥渁鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published the chapter on controversial French author Jean Genet in The Routledge Companion to Absurdist Literature, 鈥渢he first authoritative and definitive edited collection on absurdist literature. As a field-defining volume, the editor [Michael Bennett] and the contributors are world leaders in this ever-exciting genre鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published the chapter 鈥淟atin America鈥 in the collection Pirandello in Context, edited by Patricia Gaborik for Cambridge University Press. Boselli speaks about the introduction of Pirandello鈥檚 plays to Latin America, which started after the controversial Italian success of Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921), then鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published the chapter, 鈥淓choes of Theatre Past: Blasco Iba帽ez's El comediante Fonseca and Cozarinsky鈥檚 El rufi谩n moldavo,鈥 in the The Routledge Companion to Theatre-Fiction edited by Graham Wolfe. Boselli鈥檚 chapter examines El comediante Fonseca (Fonseca, the Actor, 1924) by Spanish author Vicente Blasco Iba帽ez (1867鈥1928鈥