Call for participants

[Glen Nichols]

Call for Participants

Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR) conference, Fredericton, NB

May 28-31, 2011

Seminar C: Approaches to the Theatre of Atlantic Canada

Organizers: Linda Burnett, Algoma University, and Glen Nichols, Mount Allison

University

Deadline: January 15, 2011

This seminar will focus on “approaches,” broadly conceived, to theatre in Atlantic Canada.

Seminar participants might be interested in exploring some aspect of one of the following subject

areas in their papers:

• Approaches to producing the work of Atlantic Canadian theatre artists (on stage or on film)

• Approaches to publishing the plays of Atlantic Canadian playwrights

• Approaches to new play development in Atlantic Canada

• Theatrical approaches to the history and/or politics of the region

• Approaches to the role of place/space in the work of Atlantic Canadian theatre artists

(including under “space” the condition, variety, and usefulness of theatre buildings in the

region)

• Approaches to the role of language in the work of Atlantic Canadian theatre artists

• Approaches to situating the work of Atlantic Canadian theatre artists in a national or an

international context

• Approaches of/to theatre artists in Atlantic Canada, including approaches of/to female, gay,

black, Mik’maq and other under-represented theatre artists in Atlantic Canada

• Approaches to theatre training in the region (eg, PARC’s playwright development program,

training done at universities and by theatre companies, etc.)

• Approaches to teaching dramatic literature in/of the region

Participants will be asked to circulate drafts of a short paper (12 double-spaced pages maximum)

a month before the conference. This will allow participants to read each other’s papers and pose

questions pre-seminar. As well, each participant will be asked to prepare a short overview of

his/her paper and ‘formal” response to another participant's paper and present these during the

seminar.

Interested participants are asked to submit a 250-word abstract and short bio to both Linda

Burnett at linda.burnett at algomau.ca and Glen Nichols at gnichols at mta.ca by January 15, 2011.
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