Named for renowned theatre educator and historian Oscar Brockett, the Outstanding Teacher award honors a college-level faculty member whose superiority as a teacher of theatre is recognized by students and colleagues, who has provided inspiration through instruction in theatre, and who has created strong, effective interpersonal communication through advising, mentoring, and all aspects of the student/teacher relationship. Candidates must support multiculturalism and diversity in theatre and/or education. This recipient of this year’s award is:

Jeanmarie Higgins
Associate Professor, School of Theatre
The Pennsylvania State University

A new works dramaturg in dance and theatre, Jeanmarie Higgins is the dramaturg for #HereToo, a project that amplifies the voices of youth activists through performance. She is an associate professor in the School of Theatre at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, where she heads the BA in Theatre Studies. Jeanmarie is the editor of Teaching Critical Performance Theory in Today’s Theatre Classroom, Studio, and Communities (Routledge 2020), and is at work co-editing a collection about teaching theatre and dance in remote and hybrid spaces, with dance colleague Elisha Clark Halpin.

Acceptance Speech

Interview

ATHE offers special thanks to the Brockett Award subcommittee members for their work this cycle.