Sad News

[Moira Day]

Hi Marlis,

I didn't know Lisa personally, but the loss of a passionate, productive scholar diminishes all of us. Warm thoughts and prayers as well to her family, colleagues and students at a difficult time.

Moira
On 2011-10-12, at 9:59 AM, Marlis Schweitzer wrote:

> It is with great sadness that we announce the passing our dear colleague, Professor Lisa Wolford Wylam. Lisa died suddenly on Oct. 9 while visiting family in Knoxville, Tennessee. 
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> Lisa was a passionate and widely respected scholar, best known for her extensive involvement with the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards as well as her ethnographic work with Guillermo Gómez-Peña and his company, La Pocha Nostra. Her publications include Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research (University Press of Mississippi 1996) and The Grotowski Sourcebook (Routledge 1997), co-edited with Richard Schechner. In 2008, she co-edited with Mario Biagini and Antonio Attisani Doorways: Performing as a Vehicle at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards (Seagull Press) and coedited with Kris Salata a special issue of TDR that examines Grotowski’s lingering influence on artists and scholars around the world. This scholarship was informed by her extensive experience as a dramaturg—including work with La Pocha Nostra and Cleveland’s Theatre Labyrinth—and longstanding commitments to devised theatre. Lisa was a founding Vice President of Performance Studies international (PSi) and served as Program Chair for the 2010 PSi conference held in Toronto.
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> In the Department of Theatre at York University where she began as Associate Professor in 2006, and in her previous position at Bowling Green State University, Lisa was a beloved teacher and a strong advocate for students and junior faculty. She brought to her classes tremendous critical insight, warmth, and humour, and instilled in her students a passion for merging theory with practice. She worked closely with graduate students as Director of the MA/PhD Program in Theatre Studies, and helped to create a challenging and forward thinking environment for advanced study. This past summer, she was instrumental in bringing Mario Biagini from the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards to York for an intensive Summer Institute. For all that she brought to the Department of Theatre and the Faculty of Fine Arts, she will be sorely missed.
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> Lisa is survived by her loving husband, John Wylam. A memorial for Lisa will be held at York University later this fall.
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> Marlis Schweitzer & Laura Levin
> Department of Theatre,
> York University
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