Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium
Keynote Speaker
Sarah Ruhl
Theme: Rewriting Histories: Rewriting the Past and the Plays of Sarah Ruhl
Conference Schedule
PTRS will take place from 12 pm to 10 pm on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Bartley 1011 and Vasey Theatre. There will be breaks throughout the day and a book signing after the panels. Keynote speaker Sarah Ruhl will speak at 4 pm. Performances will take place in the evening.
Registration for PTRS is free of charge.
Subject to change
11:00 am - 12:00pm Registration
12:00 - 1:30pm Emerging Scholars Panel - Bartley Hall 1011
1:30 – 2:00pm Break
2:00 – 3:30pm Rewriting Histories Panel - Bartley Hall 1011
3:30 - 4:00pm Break
4:00 - 5:00pm Keynote Address: Sarah Ruhl, Playwright - Bartley Hall 1011
5:00 – 6:00pm Book signing and Reception - Bartley Hall 1011
6:00 - 8:00pm Dinner Break
8:00pm Evening of Performances - Vasey Hall
The Warehouse of Theatre in collaboration with ODU Rep presents a haunting tale of love, jealousy, and the inexplicable human desire to create. Taking on history, Edison lyrically explores a shattered man whose philosophical leanings crash headlong against sophomoric humor.
A one-woman adaptation of Twelfth Night with text pulled from Shakespeare's canon (plays, poems, and sonnets included) and woven together with some original text to create new monologues exploring women's societal roles as well as their roles within Shakespeare's canon.
Keynote Address: Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl’s plays include The Oldest Boy, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play;
The Clean House, Passion Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Melancholy Play; Eurydice; Orlando, Late: a cowboy song, Dear Elizabeth and Stage Kiss. She has been a two-time Pulitzer prize finalist and a Tony award nominee. Her plays have been produced on Broadway at the Lyceum by Lincoln Center Theater, off-Broadway at Playwrights’ Horizons, Second Stage, and at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater. Her plays have been produced regionally all over the country, often with premiers at Yale Repertory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, the Goodman Theater, and the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago. In 2014 she was the second most produced playwright in the country. Her plays have also been produced internationally and have been translated into over twelve languages. Originally from Chicago, Ms. Ruhl received her M.F.A. from Brown University where she studied with Paula Vogel. She has received the Susan Smith Blackburn award, the Whiting award, the Lily Award, a PEN award for mid-career playwrights, and the MacArthur "genius" award. You can read more about her work on www.SarahRuhlplaywright.com. Her book of essays 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write was published by Faber and Faber last fall. She teaches at the Yale School of Drama, and she lives in Brooklyn with her family.