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Talk by Dr. Christin Essin
Presented as part of PPP's Fridays@2 Speaker Series

The third in a series of virtual discussions will feature alumna Dr. Christin Essin (Ph.D. 2006), current Associate Professor of Theatre History at Vanderbilt University. 

The Performance as Public Practice graduate area of the Department of Theatre and Dance celebrates its 20th anniversary with a year-long celebration of engaging the arts. Beginning this spring, Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series will feature discussions from a number of alumni and arts leaders. More celebratory events continue into the fall with an event recognizing the accomplishments of Performance as Public Practice faculty, students and alumni. 

In its first two decades, the Performance as Public Practice graduate area has contributed to the fields of theatre, dance, performance, performance studies, theatre studies, dance studies and arts leadership on an international scale by fostering citizen-artist-scholars. Graduates of the program have gone on to teach at major universities, publish books, produce new works for the stage and serve as leaders in a myriad of ways. 

About Christin Essin

Christin Essin is an Associate Professor of Theatre History at Vanderbilt University. She graduated with her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006, working at Louisiana State University and the University of Arizona before landing at Vanderbilt. Her first book, Stage Designers in Early Twentieth Century America (Palgrave, 2012), won a Golden Pen Award from the United States Institute of Theatre Technology. Her recent publication, Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theatre Labor (University of Michigan Press, 2021), shines a light on the essential contributions of unionized technicians in New York City's commercial theatre industry. Her research into backstage labor has also appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, Shakespeare Bulletin and Theatre Design & Technology. She currently serves as the Vice President for Research and Publications for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

Date

April 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Conducted via ZOOM

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