Dramaturgy Program

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The Dramaturgy Focus Group serves as the primary site for professional and intellectual exchange for the growing numbers of university-based dramaturgs in North America. Dramaturgy is an inherently interdisciplinary aspect of theatre, operating at the intersection of theory and practice. The DR FG encourages interdisciplinary work, and at ATHE's annual conference we welcome sessions that combine performance with more conventional forms of conference presentation. The DR FG serves its members by supporting panels, presentations, seminars, discussions, and year-round activity that explore existing dramaturgical practices, seek to develop new ones, or that use dramaturgy as a tool for investigating broader social and historical concerns.

The DR FG coordinates its programming with Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. LMDA and ATHE support dramaturgs and literary managers from diverse backgrounds at any stage in their careers. While acknowledging and celebrating differences in our organizations and our membership, we seek to determine how we come together, particularly in terms of shared values and beliefs. Based on these commonalities, we are engaged in an extended search for ways in which we can defend the function, explore the practice, and promote the profession of dramaturgy. The DR FG also contributes to the expanding content of LMDA's web-based journal, Review.

Officers
Focus Group Representative 08-10
Richard Pettengill
pettengi@lakeforest.edu

Conference Planner 08-10
Shelley Orr
morr@mail.sdsu.edu

Conference Planner Elect 08-10
Karen Jean Martinson
misskarenjean@gmail.com

Nominations Chair 08-10
D.J. Hopkins
dhopkins@mail.sdsu.edu

Members-at-Large 08-10
Bryan Moore
orionbcm@yahoo.com
Kathleen Jeffs
kathleenjeffs@gmail.com

Debut Panel, Chair
Cindy SoRelle
csorelle@mclennan.edu

FG Historian
Geoff Proehl
gproehl@ups.edu

FG Historian
DD Kugler
ddkugler@sfu.ca

Graduate Student Representatives
Louise Edwards
louisesedwards@gmail.com
Kristin Leahey
kristinleahey@hotmail.com

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