Georgia Beckmann is pursuing a Ph.D. in Theatre with a specialization in performance as public practice at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research primarily centers queer memory, histories and temporalities in theatrical performance, and her M.A. thesis engaged recent immersive art works depicting the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York. They have presented their work at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the Afterlives of Grief: Queerness, Disability and Race conferences. She has additional research interests in mediated performance, the Off-off-Broadway movement and the public dramaturgies of LGBTQ+ theatre festivals.
As a theatre artist, Beckmann has worn a variety of hats in multiple theatrical works across New York, Hartford and Lisbon, and has experience working as a dramaturg, director, writer and performing arts festival coordinator. Directly prior to beginning their graduate studies in Austin, Beckmann completed a Fulbright grant placement in Portugal which enabled her to work with the Lisbon-based Já International Theatre, acting as chief production executor for JáFEST 2023, an inaugural international theatre festival sponsored by the European Union.