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FOR PARTICIPANTS</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Research Collaboration Workshop: Women in Theatre: The Maritime
Experience</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Mount Saint Vincent University, March 19, 2005</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Despite the identification in the early 1980s of significant gender inequality
within Canadian theatres, there are still many areas of concern for women in
theatre. In addition, there has been limited critical inquiry into topics related to
women in theatre, particularly as related to theatre in the Maritime Provinces,
despite the presence of women-focussed theatre groups and active professional
and amateur theatre communities in all three provinces. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">On Saturday, March 19, 2005, Mount Saint Vincent University will host a one-
day workshop on the topic of Women in Theatre with special emphasis on
productions by theatre companies in the Maritime Provinces, and plays and
performances by playwrights and theatre practitioners whose work reflects the
diverse cultures of the region, or who are associated with the theatre community
of the region. Invited speakers include award-winning playwright Wendy Lill,
and Rebecca Burton and Denyse Lynde, representatives of the National
Committee on the Status of Women in Canadian Theatre. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">The goal is to bring together theatre researchers and practitioners in the
Maritime Provinces to identify and clarify directions in research related to
women in theatre and to establish networks of practitioners and researchers with
similar interests in order to encourage researcher-practitioner collaboration and
close examination of the engagement of theory and practice. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Interested participants are asked to submit a brief description of their work (not
more than one page) associated with the topic of women in theatre as related to
the theatre of the Maritime Provinces. Topics may include, but are not limited to </span></font></div>
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Status of women in theatre</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> a.
Opportunities for women in theatre</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> b.
Difficulties for women in theatre</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> c.
Aging women in theatre</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> 2.
Gender role performance</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> a.
Performing female genders</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> b.
Cross-gendering roles</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> c.
Performing traditional gender roles for contemporary
audiences</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> 3.
Gendered direction and design</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> a.
The practice and purpose of gendered direction and
design</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> b.
The value and purpose of all-female theatre</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> c.
The politics, practice and marketability of feminist
theatre</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Descriptions of work (including work in process) that combines theory and
practice or identifies methods or opportunities for researcher-practitioner
collaboration are particularly encouraged. Please send submissions by e-mail to
Reina.Green@msvu.ca by January 9, 2005.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Dr. Reina Green</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Assistant Professor, English</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Mount Saint Vincent University</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">166 Bedford Highway</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Halifax, NS</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">B3M 2J6</span></font></div>
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