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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.
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