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Laura Edmondson

Assistant Professor of Theater
Office: 103 Hopkins Center
Office Phone: (603)646-3218
E-mail: Laura.Edmondson@Dartmouth.edu

Courses

  • Theater 10: Special Topics in Theater: Human Rights and Performance, 06F
  • Theater 15: World Theater History: Classical and Medieval Theater, 07W
  • Theater 10: Special Topics in Theater: African Theater and Performance, 07S
  • Theater 16: World Theater History II: Early Modern Theater, 07S

 Laura Edmondson is a scholar and playwright whose work focuses on East Africa.  Her articles on Tanzanian and Ugandan theater have appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre Research International, TDR, and the anthology African Performance Arts (Routledge 2002). Her book, Politics and Performance in Tanzania, is forthcoming from Indiana University Press. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the American Association of University Women.  Her creative work is closely tied to her research interests, as seen in her play, “Out of Isak,” which is set in colonial and postcolonial Kenya.  She is currently collaborating on a performance piece, “Vessels of Fire,” with Ugandan performer Okello Kelo Sam and Tanzanian musician Robert O. Ajwang’.  The piece integrates music, dance, and text to explore Okello’s personal experiences of the civil war in northern Uganda.  Prior to coming to Dartmouth, she held positions at the University of Georgia and Florida State University.  She has also taught theater history and playwriting at the Bagamoyo College of Arts in Tanzania and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Last Updated: 6/2/06