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Faculty and Staff
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GAITHER ADAMS Professor: Modern Dance, Choreography Dance 101 956-3264 adamsp@hawaii.edu
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MARK BOYD
Emeritus Associate Professor Lighting Design, Director of Facility KT 209 956-2599 mboyd@hawaii.edu |
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Employment: University of Hawaii, 1971 to present. Courses taught:
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JAMES R
BRANDON Emeritus, Professor of Japanese/Asian Theatre BILGER ANNEX #7 956-5333 jbrandon@hawaii.edu |
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James R. Brandon has been a Professor of Theatre in the department since l968, and has brought much recognition to the department. He has directed over sixteen major productions at the University of Hawai'i, many of which he also translated or authored, and his creative work has repeatedly been honored with awards on the state and national level. He has authored and edited sixteen books, many of them seminal works that comprise the core curriculum for Asian theatre courses nationally. James R. Brandon is unquestionably one of the most widely recognized and highly honored theatre faculty anywhere in the world. SOME OF HIS BOOKS INCLUDE
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| GLENN
CANNON Professor of Theatre SPECIALITY:ACTING AND DIRECTING FOR STAGE, FILM AND TELEVISION KT 109 956-2110 gcannon@hawaii.edu |
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Temple University, BA in Drama, 1954.
Professional Acting Classes in New York with Lee Strasberg, Uta Hagen and Robert Lewis, 1954-1957. Professional Actor since 1954. Member, Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. President of Screen Actors Guild, Hawaii Branch (700 members) since 1989. Broadway appearances include principal roles in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (with Franchot Tone and Wendy Hiller) and "Good Woman of Setzuan" (with Zero Mostel and Uta Hagen). Off-Broadway includes leading roles in "The Iceman Cometh" at Circle-In-The ÐSquare Theatre and "the Threepenny Opera" at Theatre-De-Lys; ten other off-Broadway Plays including "Deathwatch", "Shadow of the Glen". Tours include Riff in "West Side Story", and numerous roles in Summer Stock Theatres and other tours. Television and Film credits include major roles in series in New York and Los Angeles in 50Õs Ð 60Õs, among them "Studio One", "Playwrights 56", "Camera Three", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Outer Limits", "Combat", "77 Sunset Trip", "Gallant Men". In Hawaii, recurring roles in "Hawaii 5-0", Magnum PI", and "Island Son", "Tour Of Duty", and motion pictures "Miracle Landing" and "Picture Bride". From 1965-68, Cannon was a founding member of the professional Stanford Repertory Theatre at Stanford University. Funded by Rockefeller Foundation, this was one of the first programs utilizing Equity actors and directors to teach and direct in a campus environment. At the completion of the program in 1968, Cannon agreed to join the faculty at the University of Hawaii, bringing his professional experience to the Dept. of Drama and Theatre (as it was called then). He has taught and continues to teach the full range of Acting and Directing classes, utilizing the Stanislavski Method as the core of his work. To date (fall 2002), Cannon has directed 108 plays at Kennedy Theatre and other theatres in Honolulu. Some of those plays: "Coriolanus", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "A View From The Bridge", "The Learned Ladies", "Sexual Perversity In Chicago", "The Cherry Orchard", "The Marriage", "The World of Sholom Aleichem", "Desire Under The Elms", "Ah, Wilderness", "True West", "The Basic Training Of Pavlo Hummel", "American Buffalo", "Speed-The ÐPlow", "Grapes of Wrath", "West Side Story", "Big River", "Guys And Dolls", "The Most Happy Fella", "The Roar Of The Greasepaint", "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Forum", "Anything Goes", "South Pacific", "Sayonara", "The Music Man", "My Fair Lady", "Oklahoma!" and the world premieres of "Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire" and "Manoa Valley". Appearances as an actor on various stages in Hawaii include: Willy in "Death Of A Salesman", Willy in "The Sunshine Boys", Nat in "IÕm Not Rappaport", Iago in "Othello", Mike in "Breaking Legs" and Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof". Winner of 10 PoÕokela Awards for Acting and Directing, Cannon received the State of Hawaii Senate Declaration "Celebrating the continuing inspiration and artistic leadership of director Glenn Cannon." |
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE AS EDUCATOR: To promote and develop in-state expertise in play and film writing and direction- particularly through rigorous study of great plays, films and productions from the Greeks to today.
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| LORI ANN CHUN Department Staff, Secretary KT 115 956-7622 lorichun@hawaii.edu
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Lori Ann Chun joined the Department of Theatre & Dance, as the Secretary of the Dance Program, in June 2003. Yes, her first name is Lori Ann, but you can call her Lori if Lori Ann is too long. Before coming to UH, Lori worked for the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.
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| JOSEPH
DODD - MFA Professor University of Hawaii, Department of Theatre and Dance KT 402 956-2604 jdodd@hawaii.edu |
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Selected Scenic Designs: Hawaii
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SANDRA
K. FINNEY - MFA University of Hawai'i, Dept. of Theatre and Dance Director of Undergraduate Studies for Theatre
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| ELIZABETH
FISHER Professor - Dance History, Modern Dance, Choreography Dance 102 956-9626 efisher@hawaii.edu |
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DAVID A. GRIFFITH Lighting Design, Production Stage Management, Technical Direction |
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David A. Griffith has recently designed the lighting for the National Tour Streb/RINGSIDE, Shotgun Productions/Resistance Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of The Chaos Theories (McGinn/Gazale Theatre), Red Dog Howls (New World Stages), and Shotgun Productions Annual Benefit at Caroline's on Broadway with Daniel Reichard (Jersey Boys), Chester Gregory (Tarzan), and Kristine Zbornick (Mamma Mia). His designs have also been seen in Europe with the Burklyn Youth Ballet production of The Little Mermaid.
He has also toured internationally as a Produciton Stage Manager with Pilobous, Parsons Dance Company, and American Repertory Ballet, and the Korean Hit Cookin'/NANTA (American Tour).
David is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and IATSE Local 274.
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Dr. Tamara Hunt has been Director
of Youth Theatre and Puppetry for the past 33 years. She received
her MFA from Arizona State University with a major in Theatre and
her Ph.D. in Communications, with a minor in Dr Hunt has published many books
and is known internationally for her work in educational puppetry.
Puppetry In Early Childhood Education Celebrate: Holidays, Puppets and Creative Drama Pocketful of Puppets: Mother Goose Never Pick a Python for a Pet Greenpoems Tony Sarg: America's First PuppeteerArticles by and about her have appeared in many national journals including The Puppetry Journal, Continuum, and Family Court Today.
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Dr. Julie Iezzi has more than ten years experience living
and studying traditional theatre (kabuki, noh, kyogen) and music in Japan,
and has performed in both the US and Japan as an actor and musician. She
plays shamisen and sings several genres of Japanese narrative music (nagauta,
tokiwazu and gidayu) and has translated several kabuki and kyogen plays.
She is interested in integrating the musical, vocal, and movement concepts
of traditional Japanese theatre forms into original theatrical productions,
as well as directing English language productions of kabuki, noh and kyogen.
Her research interests range from Meiji Japan performing arts to narrative
theatre traditions throughout Asia.
EDUCATION Ph.D., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Dept. of Theatre and Dance. Specialization: Japanese Theatre (emphasis on kabuki). 2000 MA, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Dept. of Musicology. Specialization: Japanese Music (emphasis on kabuki music). 1996 Research Student, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Dept. of Traditional Japanese Music. Special Project: Nagauta/Kabuki Music Performance. 1992-1994 MA, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, D ept. of Theatre and Dance. Specialization: Asian Theatre. 1991 BA, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH Dual major: Japanese Studies and Education. 1985 RECENT PUBLICATIONS Translations "The Dropped Robe" (Suo otoshi), with introduction, in Kabuki Plays on Stage, Vol. 4. Restoration and Reform: 1868-1900. Ed. by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. Forthcoming, fall 2002. "Five Great Powers That Secure Love" (Godairiki koi no fžjime), with introduction, in Kabuki Plays on Stage, Vol. 2. Villai ny and Vengeance: 1770-1800. Ed. by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 2002. "Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka" (Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami), with introduction, in Kabuki Plays on Stage, Vol. 1. Brilliance and Bravado: 1697-1770. Ed. by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 2002. "Tricked by a Rhythm" (Yobikoe), with Katherine Mezur and Susan Veyveris, in Noh and Kyogen: An Interpretive Guide. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai'i, Spring l989. Translations for Production "Tied to a Pole", "The Snail", and "The Washing River" for "KYOGEN: Laughter for All Time" English language kyogen production, December 2002 at John F. Kennedy Theatre. "Nozaki Village", by Chikamatsu Hanji, for English-language kabuki production, April 2004 at John F. Kennedy Theatre. Articles "Sounding Out Kabuki: Music Behind the Scenes," in 101 Years of Kabuki in Hawai'i. Dept. of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawai'i. Spring, 1995.
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KAWAOKA
Theatre Staff: Associate Technical Director and Facilities Manager KT 209Z 956-4019 kawaoka@hawaii.edu
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| TERENCE
KNAPP Emeritus, Professor of Theatre - Acting, Directing, Voice KT 110 956-2111 tknapp@hawaii.edu |
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Terence Knapp is honored by the State Legislature as "Hawai'i's Own World Class Actor" for his performance as Damien and created two other World Premiered roles as Captain Cook and Albert Einstein. He has directed and/or performed in well over 100 productions in Honolulu, in Japan and on the Mainland. These include more than half the Shakespearean canon either at Kennedy Theatre and (in Japanese) in Tokyo. He is known for his direction of Fusion Theatre productions of Western Classics (King Lear, Twelfth Night, Medea); of operas (Cosi Fan Tutte, Faust, Dido and Aeneas),of musical works with the Honolulu Symphony (Joan at the Stake, Manfred, King David, etc.,) and as a Mime in Ballet (Swan Lake and Coppelia). He has played leading roles in Musicals (My Fair Lady, Camelot, Oliver, etc.,) and is familiar to many for his recitals of songs and poetry and as a speaker on a wide range of cultural topics which include Spirituality and Celtic mythology. Professor Knapp is principal instructor of Voice, Shakespeare in Performance, and Graduate courses in Acting. |
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| PATRICIA
N. H. LEONG B.A. with honors, Mt. Holyoke College, M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa |
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Master Patricia N. H. Leong, is an affiliate member of the
graduate faculty of the University of Hawaii at Manoa where she teaches Taiji
quan for actors and dancers.
Master Leong founded and is chief instructor of the Wu Style
Taiji quan Hawaii Academy. She is the senior disciple of 4th generation
Grandmaster Wu Yenxia, granddaughter of the founder of Wu style Taiji quan,
and was trained in Hong Kong under Grandmasters Wu Yenxia, Wu Dagui and Wu
Daxin.
Master Leong has an extensive background in dance as well
as the martial arts. She trained with Martha Graham and has taught modern
dance at Hofstra College in New York and in Hong Kong at the American School,
New Asia College, Hong Kong University and the Chinese University of Hong
Kong. She was Dance Commissioner for the Mayor's Council on Culture and the
Arts for the City and County of Honolulu.
In 1991 she was invited by the Department of Theatre and
Dance at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to teach an experimental class
of Taiji quan for actors and dancers. She developed the experimental class
into a full training program in Taiji quan, Taiji Weapons and Qigong. Now
for the first time Taiji quan is being offered at a major university and
can be taken to fulfill core degree requirements in the Department of Theatre
and Dance as well as Asian Studies.
In 1998, Master Leong was honored as a Master of Taijiquan
with formal disciples in a disciple induction ceremony held in Honolulu,
attended by Grandmaster Wu Yenxia and other Wu family members.
Master Leong currently serves on the Executive Committee
of the International Wu Style Taiji quan Federation and has lectured, taught
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GREGG LIZENBERY Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance; Professor: Modern Dance, Kinesiology KT 112 956-2464 lgreg@hawaii.edu |
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TANA MARIN Department Staff: Department Secretary KT 115 956-7622 tmarinl@hawaii.edu |
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| Tana Marin has been a secretary with the dance department
since February 2001. She moved to Hawaii with her husband and worked at the Department of Education, Special Education Section, before coming to UH. Tana brings with her 20+ years of experience from the Vallejo City Unified School District in California. BACK TO THE TOP
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| PAUL T. MITRI Assistant Professor Dept. of Theatre and Dance Acting, Voice and Movement, Styles, Shakespeare KT 102B 956-8445 mitri@hawaii.edu |
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Education:MFA in Acting from the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program Paul Mitri has worked on over 150 productions as an actor, director, fight choreographer, dance choreographer and playwright. Paul was one of the founders and Past Artistic Director of the Seattle Shakespeare Festival and also served as Director of Theatre at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Artistic Director for Summer Theatre at Salem, and Artistic Director for the Salem Theatre Company. Previously, he has lived, taught and/or directed in France, Japan, Egypt, and the East and West Coasts. Recently, his production of Children of a Lesser God was awarded the New England Theatre Conference’s Moss Hart Award for University/College Productions. His original play, Molière, was produced at the American University in Cairo. Paul has a special interest in bi-lingual, multi-cultural productions of Shakespeare as well as the use of film/video on stage. BACK TO THE TOP
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| MARTY
MYERS Theatre Staff: Theatre Manager KT 207 956-2602 martym@hawaii.edu |
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Marty Myers is the Theatre Manager for the John F. Kennedy Theatre,
responsible for management of theatre facility for Department of Theatre
and Dance. Duties include overall marketing, promotion and advertising for
theatre and its activities. Also, supervision of box office operation, all
house management functions, teaching of theatre management courses, and training
and supervision of a student staff of up to ten.
She has also worked for the Manoa Valley Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii,
the Hale Koa Hotel on Waikiki Beach, the Department of Art at the University
of Hawaii at Manoa, and for the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She has served
as a board member for the Hawaii State Theatre Council, as an advisor to
the Hawaii Theatre Center, and as a speaker at the Box Office Management
International Conference in Vancouver, Canada in 1992.
Marty is very interested in the profession of Arts Management, in
keeping technology up-to-date in the business of the arts, in training students
in the importance of business and the arts, and in the complexities of copyright
law and its implications to the performing arts.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Arts
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LURANA DONNELS O'MALLEY Professor of Theatre: Theatre History, Dramatic Literature, Directing http://www2.hawaii.edu/~omalley omalley@hawaii.edu KT 102A 956-9609 |
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Dr. O'Malley's primary area of research is Russian theatre, with an emphasis on the drama of Catherine the Great. She is the listowner for three national discussion lists: RUSSTHEA-L (on Russian theatre), EKATERINA-L (on Catherine the Great), and ECRSA-L (Eighteenth-Century Russian theatre). For UH, she has directed Eric Overmyer's On the Verge and Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, and, most recently, David Hirson's La Bête. She also directed Sean T.C. O'Malley's Island Skin Songs for Kumu Kahua Theatre in 1999. She serves as the departmental advisor to Late Night Theatre. In 1993-94, she received the UH-Manoa Presidential Citation for Excellence in Teaching.
"As a historian, my goal is to instill students with a sense
of how thrilling our field can be-and how demanding. The theatre scholar
works in many fields simultaneously: literature, history, art, music, and
anthropology. My own research work on Catherine the Great has led me into
all of these areas. As a director and teacher of directing, I focus on the
inherent challenges of a script or project, and on the collaborative
possibilities. Overall, whether I'm teaching directing, research methods
or a dramatic literature course, I seek to combine a respect for rigorous
discipline and intellectual inquiry with a sense of creativity and interpretive
freedom."
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Honors and Awards
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| KIRSTIN
A PAUKA Professor, Asian Theatre (South and Southeast Asia focus) Office: BILGER ANNEX # 6 Ph. 956-2587 pauka@hawaii.edu |
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Dr. Kirstin A Pauka's
primary area of specialization is
the theatre and performance of Southeast Asia. She has done groundbreaking
research on Randai theatre in Sumatra, and has published a book, a CD-ROM,
and numerous articles on Randai and related topics. She is also a practitioner
and scholar of martial arts and their relationship to performing arts in
Asia.
Dr. Pauka has produced and directed several Southeast Asian Theatre productions at Kennedy Theatre. In 2001 she directed the first-ever English language production of an Indonesian Randai dance theatre which included a 6-month intensive artist-in-residence training program with two renown Randai artists from West Sumatra. Dr. Pauka has considerable multimedia expertise. She was the first Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hawai'i to submit her dissertation on Randai theatre in CD-ROM format, which has since been published. Since becoming a faculty member in the Dept. of Theatre and Dance in 1997, she has developed new multimedia courses on how to integrate digital media into theatre research, analysis, and performance. In 2003 Dr. Pauka was the recipient of a INNOVATEC grant through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to teach courses in multimedia technology and Southeast Asian Theatre at the Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Dr. Pauka is also a member of the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble, performing locally, nationally, and internationally. Education
Ph.D. Asian Theatre: University of
Hawaii at Manoa, Dept. of Theatre and Dance. 1995.
MFA Theatre: Department of Applied Theatre Studies, Justus-Liebig University Giessen/Germany. 1989 |
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Publications "Martial Arts, Magic, and Male Bonding: The Pauleh Tinggi Ceremony in West Sumatra, Indonesia." Journal of Asian Martial Arts 4.3 (1995): 26-46. |
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HANNAH K. SCHAUER Theatre Staff: Costume Shop Manager KT 109 956-7643 schauer@hawaii.edu |
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Hannah K. Schauer is currently the costume shop manager for the Department
of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai‚i, at Manoa. Before
moving to Hawai‚i, she was involved in theatre in Texas and Louisiana
as an actor, director, and designer. While attending Northeast Louisiana
University, she received Irene Ryan Acting nominations two consecutive years
for entries into the Louisiana College Theatre Festival. LCTF (part of ACTF)
awarded her this honor in 1993 for portraying the role of Henriette in The
Learned Ladies and in 1994 for portraying the role of Erin in Voices. Recently,
she has designed costumes for Little Foxes (HPU), The Rabbit Who Wanted Red
Wings (UH), The Little Prince (UH), The Paper Bag Princess and Other Stories
(UH), and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (UH).
Education
MFA - Directing. University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
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Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance, University of California at Irvine
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| ELIZABETH
A WICHMANN-WALCZAK Professor, Asian Theatre (Chinese theatre focus) Director, Asian Theatre Program KT 113 956-2597 ewichman@hawaii.edu |
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Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak is Professor of Theatre and Director of the Asian Theatre Program in the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance, where she received her Ph.D. in Asian Theatre in 1983. While carrying out the field research for her doctoral dissertation, she became the first non-Chinese to perform Jingju (Beijing/Peking opera) in the People's Republic of China. Since that time she has written and published on the performance structure and aesthetics of Chinese theatre, and has translated and directed one modern and three classical Jingju plays at the University of Hawai'i; at Chinese invitation, two classical productions were given extensive performance tours of mainland China. Dr. Wichmann-Walczak is the first honorary (and first non-Chinese) member of the National Xiqu (Chinese opera) Institute and of the Chinese Theatre Artists Associations of Shanghai and of Jiangsu Province, as well as a recipient of the National Xiqu Music Association's Kong Sanchuan award for excellence in research, creation, and performance, and of the Second National Festival of Jingju's Golden Chrysanthemum Award for outstanding achievements in promoting and developing Jingju. Education:
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Selected Publications: "'Reform' at the Shanghai Jingju Company and Its Impact on Creative Authority and Repertory," The Drama Review, 44, no. 4 (T168, Winter 2000): 96-119. "Ma Bomin and the Question of Creative Authority in the Peony Pavilion Controversy," ACMR Reports 2 (Fall 1998): 107-110 Featured review of Manuel D. Lopez, Chinese Drama: an annotated bibliography of commentary, criticism, and plays in English translation. China Review International 3.1 (Spring 1996): 22-31. "Xiqu Research and Translation with the Artists in Mind" Asian Theatre Journal 11.1 (Spring 1994): 97-103. Listening to Theatre: The Aural Dimension of Beijing Opera. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1991. "Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Beijing Opera Performance." The Drama Review 34.1 (1990): 146-178. The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest. Beijing: New World Press, 1986. 140 pp. "Traditional Theatre in Contemporary China," Chapter 8 of Colin Mackerras, ed., Chinese Theatre: From Its Origins to the Present Day, 184-201. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1983. "Introduction," 1-6, co-authored with Colin Mackerras. |
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JUDY VAN ZILE Professor of Dance: Dance Ethnology, Notation Dance 100 956-2596 zile@hawaii.edu |
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WESSENDORF Associate Professor of Theatre: Dramatic Criticism and Theatre Theory, Experimental and Avant-garde Theatre www2.hawaii.edu/~wessendo/ KT 206A 956-2600 wessendo@hawaii.edu |
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Dr. Wessendorf's primary area of specialization is in experimental and avant-garde theatre. He has written several essays and a monograph about Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, but he has also published articles about Bertolt Brecht, Richard Maxwell, The Wooster Group, Ron Athey, the choreographer William Forsythe, and various German performance artists. From 1992 to 1997 Dr. Wessendorf was assistant professor at the Department of Applied Theatre Studies at Justus-Liebig University Giessen/Germany. In 1998 he was a guest scholar at the University of Queensland/ Brisbane, where he worked on a DAAD-funded post-doc project on "cultural transactions between Asian theatre and contemporary Australian performance." From 1999 to 2001 he taught theatre as an adjunct professor at various drama departments in New York City (NYU, Queens College, Marymount Manhattan College). Dr. Wessendorf has also worked as a theatre director internationally. In 1989 he directed the American premiere of Heiner Müller's Germania Death In Berlin at ABC No Rio/New York. In September 1998 he staged Barking Dogs by Australian playwright Norman Price for Brisbane's Metro Arts Theatre. He also presented Cynthia Farar's Curdom at the New York International Fringe Festival 2000. His production of Friedrich Schiller’s The Robbers was performed at Honolulu’s Kennedy Theatre in April/May 2003. Recent Publications "’I’ll Shine in the Backyard. Bright Like a Beacon.’ Introduction." Barking Dogs. By Norman Price. Brisbane: Playlab, 2002. 4-14. "The (Un)Settled Space of Richard Maxwell's House." Forthcoming in Modern Drama. "Ein Gespenst geht um in Foremans Theater – ‘Jetzt, da der Kommunismus tot ist’ (= A Specter Haunts Foreman’s Theatre—‘Now That Communism Is Dead’)," Vienna Festival publication, 2001. "Richard Foreman's Hotel Fuck: Theatre at the Turn of the Century." Interview. Theater der Welt 1999 in Berlin. Arbeitsbuch. 138-144. "Richard Foreman's Theatrical Deconstruction of the Neo-Ritualistic Theatre of the Sixties." Anthropological Perspectives. Ed. Werner Huber and Martin Middeke. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1998. 121-129. Die Bühne als Szene des Denkens: Richard Foremans Ontological-Hysteric Theatre (= The Stage as a Scene of Thinking: Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre). Berlin: Alexander Verlag, 1998. 311 pp. Gabriele Brandstetter, Helga Finter, and Markus Wessendorf, eds. Grenzgänge: Theater und die anderen Künste (= Crossing Boundaries: Theatre and the Other Arts). Tübingen: Narr, 1998. 393 pp |
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