78 episodes
On TAP: A Theatre and Performance Studies Podcast On TAP
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On TAP is a three-headed, freewheeling conversation about topics of current interest to graduate students, professors, independent scholars, and all those interested in academic Theatre and Performance Studies. Each edition features established scholars in Theatre and Performance Studies chatting about several topics of field-wide interest, including trends in ideas and scholarly methods, pedagogy, career development, notable developments in research, publishing and hiring, and news-worthy events. Something like a cross between a casual faculty seminar and an impromptu conversation at a conference hotel bar, On TAP features knowledgeable scholars discussing a rapidly evolving field of knowledge. It is not peer-reviewed.
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On TAP 071
Pannill, Brian, and Shayoni discuss Alisa Zhulina's new book, Theater of Capital, the Wilma Theatre's production of My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion by Sasha Denisova, and the 10th anniversary convening of the Latinx Theatre Commons.
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On TAP 070
Pannill, Leticia, and Miriam discuss Suhaila Meera's article about "Little Amal," the large scale puppet drawing attention to the plight of displaced children, the trend toward earlier curtain times for theatre, and Faye Driscoll's dance performance work, including Thank You for Coming and Come On In.
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On TAP: 069
Pannill and Brian discuss Eric Mayer-Garcia's recent article, "Theorizing Performance Archives through the Critic's Labor," Alexis Soloski's novel Here in the Dark, and the 2024 musical film Mean Girls.
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On TAP: 068
Pannill, Miriam, and Shayoni discuss Rustom Bharucha's recent book, The Second Wave, about cultural responses to the pandemic, speech and protest on campus regarding the war in Israel and Gaza, and the essay Decomposition Instead of Collapse - Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil.
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On TAP: 067
Recorded in Providence, Rhode Island, site of ASTR 2023, Sarah, Harvey and Pannill discuss “The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Commodification,” a forthcoming essay by Annie Dorsen and Sam Gill, the current moment in conservative cultural politics and what it means for theatre makers and scholars in the US, and the legacy of Matthew Perry.
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On TAP: 066
Pannill and Brian welcome Sean Metzger and Laura Edmondson, outgoing and incoming editors of Theatre Journal, to discuss the 75th anniversary of the journal, and the forthcoming special issue commemorating that milestone. We discuss some of the pieces in the anniversary issue, the 1980s as a watershed era for the field, and what we hope the future will bring.