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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The work of Elizabeth LeCompte,<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The Wooster Group, the Avant Garde, Textual Intervention, and Experimental Theatre Collectives<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Friday, January 20, 2012<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Keynote Speaker<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></p>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Elizabeth LeCompte<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium</i> is seeking abstracts for papers for our sixth annual gathering
of theatre scholars. This year's PTRS seeks to highlight the work of new scholars in the area of, but not limited to, the Avant Garde, Textual Intervention, Ensemble and Experimental Theatre Collectives, with a special emphasis on the work of Elizabeth LeCompte
and the Wooster Group. This symposium offers the opportunity to present work in progress and to share ideas with other researchers. We are seeking papers which engage a broad range of topics in theatre and drama studies including performance analysis, gender,
politics, and cultural theory. Participants’ papers will be eligible for publication in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Praxis: The Journal for Theatre, Performance Studies and Criticism</i>.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></b></font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Abstracts of 250 words or less should be submitted along with a brief bio to PTRS@villanova.edu.<o:p></o:p></font></font></i></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This year PTRS also seeks submissions for performance in the areas of Textual Intervention and Experimental Theatre Collectives. Submissions for
ensemble performance projects are limited to one hour. Submissions should include a description and a video, or a video link for the performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Artists will be responsible for their own tech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Materials should be submitted to PTRS@villanova.edu.</font></i></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">We are proud to announce that this year’s symposium will launch an accompanying journal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>This journal will provide a publishing opportunity for some of the papers presented. This journal will include established scholars but seeks to create publishing opportunities for new scholars and interesting practitioners in the area of theatre and
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