086

Pannill, Harvey and Miriam welcome Noe Montez to talk about his new book (co-edited with Ariel Nereson), Critical University Studies and Performance, in particular a chapter on PhD curricula and Henry Bial's essay, "Defund the Season." They also discuss the recent Creative Labor event at Boston Public Library co-sponsored by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Barr Foundation, and hosted by Company One Theatre.

On TAP 085

Elise Morrison joins Pannill and Sarah to talk about her new book, Beyond the Fourth Wall of War: Theater and Therapy for Embodied Trauma. They also discuss the performance dimensions of Flock surveillance cameras, and the MIT report on AI and Education.

Here are links to some of the things we talk about on this episode:

  • Elise Morrison’s new book, Beyond the Fourth Wall of War: Theater and Therapy for Embodied Trauma.

  • The MIT report on AI and Education.

On TAP Special: Helen Shaw

Pannill, Miriam, and Brian welcome Helen Shaw, chief theatre critic for The New York Times, for a conversation about theatre criticism, journalism, and pedagogy.

Here are links to some of the things we discussed on this episode:

  • Shaw’s obituary for Libby Howes, an actor and dancer who worked with The Wooster Group

  • Shaw’s article for American Theatre, “A Critics Bestiary”

084

Pannill, Brian, and Shayoni discuss Wallace Shawn's new play, What We Did Before Our Moth Days, currently playing at the Greenwich House Theatre, Milo Rau's talk, "The Second Coming," and innovations in live performance supertitles and other technologies that join accessibility and artistry.

Here are links to some of the things we talked about on this episode:

083

On this episode, On TAP emeritae Sarah Bay-Cheng and Kareem Khubchandani join Pannill to discuss Annie Dorsen's essay on generative AI as theatre, Chris Grobe's new essay in Critical Inquiry on imitations of robots or "botface," and the looksmaxxing phenomenon.

Here are links to some of the things we discuss on this episode:

  • Annie Dorsen’s essay, “The Theater of the Unreal”

  • Chris Grobe’s article in Critical Inquiry on “Botface”

  • The NYT article on Clavicular and “looksmaxxing”

On TAP Special: Branislav Jakovljevic and Kimberly Jannarone

Pannill welcomes Branislav Jakovljevic of Stanford University and Kimberly Jannarone of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale to talk about the points of contact between their two new books. Branislav Jakovljevic's book is entitled The Performance Apparatus: On Ideological Production of Behaviors, and Kimberly Jannarone's book is entitled Mass Performance: Systems and Citizens. Both are published by University of Michigan Press.

082

Pannill, Miriam, and Harvey discuss Carla Neuss's Theatre Journal article on gender reveal parties, James Bundy's retirement from leading the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and the PBS stream of The Public Theater's free production of Twelfth Night in Central Park.

Here are links to some of the things we discuss on this video:

  • Carla Neuss’s article in Theatre Journal about gender reveal parties

  • Stories about James Bundy’s retirement from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale

  • The PBS stream of Twelfth Night in Central Park



081

On this episode, Pannill, Brian, and Leticia discuss Patrick McKelvey's new article about seeing-eye-dogs and disability performance, the resurgence of clowns on stage, including Courtney Pauroso's streaming show, Vanessa 5000, and the prospect of AI "actors."

Here are links to some of the things we discuss on this episode:

  • Patrick McKelvey’s article, “Honest Work Done by Honest Dogs”

  • The New York Times piece on clowns

  • Courtney Pauroso’s show Vanessa 5000, on Dropout.tv

  • Some of the coverage of Tilly Norwood, the AI “actor”

080

We welcome special guests Jacob Gallagher-Ross of University of Toronton and Caden Manson of Big Art Group to talk about "interface theater," an emerging genre of works that examine the way contemporary life is mediated by apps, devices, and data. Shayoni, Miriam, and Pannill then take stock of the political attacks on higher education and freedom of expression in recent months.