Accomplishments: Department of Theatre
Adam Paul (Film) published a paper and standalone podcast episode titled, "The Voice Actor and Their Double: Working as a voice actor and teaching voice acting in the age of AI voice cloning," in Volume 1, Issue 1 of Tradition-Innovations in Arts, Design, and Media Higher Education, a new peer-reviewed open access eJournal investigating artificial鈥
Dana Moran Williams (Theatre), is the first recipient representing the Fine Arts to have been named the Barrick Distinguished Scholar recipient in 23 years. This award recognizes faculty members who have established a record of distinguished research or demonstrated excellence in the area of creative activity.
On October 26, Stefano Boselli (Theatre) presented the paper, 鈥淭he Balcony, The Pope, and The Screens: Jean Genet鈥檚 Unsettling Perspectives on the Society of the Spectacle,for the 鈥淒rama and Society I鈥 session at the PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Conference 鈥淪hifting Perspectives鈥 in Portland, Oregon. In his plays The鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published his monograph Actor-Network Dramaturgies: The Argentines of Paris, which provides key critical tools to significantly broaden the readers鈥 perception of theatre and performance history. In line with posthuman thought, each chapter engages Actor-Network Theory and similar theories to reveal a comprehensive range鈥
Stefano Boselli (Theatre) published a research article titled, 鈥淎nd May the Best鈥 Thing Win!鈥: Posthuman Actor-Networks in RuPaul鈥檚 Drag Race,鈥 in the journal Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture.
Over the past 14 years, the highly successful reality TV competition series RuPaul鈥檚 Drag Race has popularized drag as the male performance of鈥
MFA Lighting Design candidate and graduate research assistant Jordan Z. Hall (Theatre) was recently awarded the Mabel P. Robinson Artist Award by the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC). The award was offered through a partnership with NC Black Rep and the Black Theatre Network.
Winners attend the 2022 National Black鈥
Tradition-Innovations in Art, Design, and Media Education Panel
Kimberly G. James (Music), Kymberly Mellen (Theatre), Phillip Zawarus (Architecture), Olga Townsend (51吃瓜网万能科大 Art Alumna), Adam Paul (Film), Julian Kilker (JMS), Timothy Jones (Music), Morgan Iommi (NSC), Alethea Inns (OIT), and Yvonne Houy (College of Fine Arts) presented on "tradition鈥
Trauma-Informed Performing Arts Education Workshop
Kymberly Mellen (Theatre), Alethea Inns (OIT), Morgan Iommi (NSC), Olga Townsend (51吃瓜网万能科大 Art Alumna), and Yvonne Houy (College of Fine Arts) facilitated the most requested workshop for the 2022 Art Schools Network national conference. Trauma 鈥 an emotional response to disturbing events 鈥斺
51吃瓜网万能科大 College of Fine Arts Dean Nancy J. Uscher has begun her term as president of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD). ICFAD is a vehicle through which members share information and ideas that enhance the leadership of deans and associate deans, provosts and associate provosts, university presidents and other arts鈥
Jenn Chandler (Theatre) has been cast in the ensemble of the world premiere of Mr. Holland鈥檚 Opus: The New Musical, at Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse. Written and directed by the Tony award-winning BD Wong (Jurassic Park, Father of the Bride, Mulan), with music by Tony-nominated Wayne Barker (Peter and the Starcatcher), it will be performed Aug. 12 -鈥
Adam Paul (Theatre) delivered a presentation on podcasting for creatives to the inaugural Humanities Podcast Network Symposium Oct. 16.
The symposium is a program of discussions and workshops about using podcasts for teaching, learning and scholarship in the humanities. The event gathered instructors, scholars, and independent鈥
Kimberly James, Timothy Jones (both Music), Louis McDonald (Art History), Olga Townsend (BFA student), Francisco Menendez (Film), Adam Paul (Theatre), Joshua Vermillion (Architecture), Phil Zawarus (Landscape Architecture), Sean Slattery, Michael Fong (both Art), Gil Kaupp (Music Technology), Julian Kilker (Journalism & Media Studies), and鈥