This essay analyzes student experiences of studying all-female and non-binary cast Shakespeare productions in the Seattle area, including upstart crow collective's "Richard III" and The Fern Shakespeare Company's "Much Ado About Nothing." I draw on my teaching of the experimental work of these regional companies in an…

In her research with students at the Independent Elementary School of Art in Bratislava (Slovakia), Daniela Evjáková observed differences as well as common factors between the work of a director and work of an educator. These commonalities and distinctions varied over the course of different stages of production and creation. Following a period of…

This dialogue contributes reflections on the "theatre laboratory" to the scholarly debate surrounding methodologies of drama education and applied performance. The co-authors suggest that the experimental and ensemble-led approach of the Samuel Beckett Laboratory, founded at Trinity College Dublin in 2013 as a space for research into…