My Wicked Life
Theatre
I was what you might call an early adapter to
Wicked. I’m an American theater historian with a particular interest in musicals. In fact, it’s the topic I’ve taught most often in my 34 years at Penn. So of course, I follow trends and what’s coming.
Beyond that, though, I was fascinated by the idea of Wicked Read more...
Education & Engagement with the Negro Ensemble Company
Accelerator Program Theatre World Premieres
The Negro Ensemble Company returned to Penn Live Arts the first week in February with a revival of
Day of Absence, a biting work of satire by Douglas Turner Ward, one of the company’s founders.
Day of Absence imagines a day in a southern U.S. town in which all the Black residents disappear, launching a panic predicated on invisible labor, dependence, and the boundaries of white identity.
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