Announcements

Sue-Ellen Case
Professor and Chair, Critical Studies
Department of Theater, UCLA

A past editor of Theatre Journal, Professor Case has published widely in the fields of German theatre, feminism and theatre, performance theory, and lesbian critical theory. She has published over thirty articles in journals such as Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, differences, and Theatre Research International and in many anthologies of critical works. Her books include Feminism and Theatre and The Domain-Matrix: Performing Lesbian at the End of Print Culture. She has edited several anthologies of critical works and play texts, including The Divided Home/Land: Contemporary German Women's Plays; Split Britches: Lesbian Practice/Feminist Performance; Performing Feminisms, and many others. Along with Philip Brett and Susan Leigh Foster, she edited a book series with Indiana University Press entitled Unnatural Acts. Her forthcoming book is titled From Alchemy to Avatar: Performing Science and the Virtual. Professor Case has been an invited professor in residence at Swarthmore College, Stockholm University, and as a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Singapore. Her work has received several national awards.

Petya Koleva, Project Manager of Tradition of the New
(strand 3 of the inter{artes Thematic Network, a joint
project of ELIA and the Warsaw Theater Academy) will
be returning to The Collective. After visiting the
2005 program, she completed and presented
Re-contextualizing the myth of Orpheus, a case study of
the Rhodopi International Theater Collective. A widely
published writer, international researcher, and consultant
in higher arts education, Ms. Koleva was based at ELIA's
Amsterdam office for the last four years, and has
recently relocated to Sofia to lead the Intercultura
Consult.

To download her study:

http://www.inter-artes.elia-artschools.org/index1.php?p1=ia&p2=7#i

Sergio Costola is a theater historian and the resident dramaturg for
the Theater Department at the Sarofim School of Fine Arts, where he
teaches Theater History, Dramatic Literature, and Critical Studies.
He holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles and a
BA Magna Cum Laude from the University of Bologna in his native Italy.
He has previously thought at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University.
He specializes in Italian Renaissance Theater and African American
Theater, and has published essays and presented papers at various
conferences on both topics.

Rick Roemer is currently the Chair and Artistic Director of the
Theater Department at the Sarofim School of Fine Arts, where he
teaches acting and directing and has directed numerous productions.
A professional actor and director, he has worked on Broadway,
off-Broadway, on national tours, and in regional theaters all
across the United States. After receiving his PhD from UCLA,
he became Director of Theater at Antelope Valley College in
California. Also an author, his book, CHARLES LUDLAM AND THE
RIDICULOUS THEATRICAL COMPANY, was published in 1998 by
McFarland and Company. Rick has also presented papers and
workshops on acting and directing at the Association of Theater
in Higher Education, Texas Educational Theater Association, and
the South Eastern Theater Conference.

A pdf application form for the 2006 program is available now in our Logistics Section.

Due to a few unfortunate technical problems, our site update has been slightly delayed. For a complete description of the 2006 program and/or an application, please contact us at info@thefourthworldlab.org. And please visit worldtheater.org frequently; we will update the site as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.