PPP's Fridays@2: A Conversation with Lisa Scheps

PPP will kick off its Fridays@2 speaker series for the fall with a talk by Lisa Scheps, founder and co-artistic director of Ground Floor Theatre.

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. Starting last spring and continuing into the fall, 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. 

We are excited to welcome Lisa Scheps to the Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series! Lisa Scheps wears many hats in Austin as the founder and co-artistic director of Ground Floor Theatre, the creator and host of Off Stage and On The Air, a radio show about theatre in Austin hosted by KOOP Radio, and the co-founder of the Transgender Education Network of Texas. In a conversation and Q&A session mediated by faculty member Madge Darlington, Madge and Lisa will explore the current landscape of theatre in Austin, Ground Floor’s role in that community and how activism has shaped their theatre making processes. 

Date

September 16 at 2:00 p.m.
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A virtual option for attending this session is available via Zoom.

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This event is free and open to the public.