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Amy Borsuk

Job Title: PhD Candidate & Teaching Associate in Drama, Critic, Dramaturg
Organization affiliation:

Queen Mary University of London

Location: London,
Member since: 2015
Education:

PhD Drama (expected 2020), Queen Mary University of London
MA Theatre/Performance, Queen Mary University of London, 2016
BA (Hons), English, Scripps College, 2014

Biography:

Amy was born and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Scripps College in 2014 and working in LA theatres including at Center Theatre Group, she moved to London in 2015 where she earned her MA in Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary University of London (Distinction). She is currently a PhD candidate in Drama at Queen Mary, researching the politics and aesthetics of London Shakespearean theatre industry practices of being 'radical', 'experimental' or 'innovative'.

As a dramaturg, Amy is interested in new play production and Shakespearean adaptation. She is focused on the role of digital research in the production process, digital forms and methods of dramaturgy including CS and markup languages. She is also interested in producing intersectional, inclusive, and accessible performances.

Areas of Expertise:

Digital humanities use in dramaturgy, contemporary British and American new play development, conditions of artistic labour in the UK and US, London theatre including Shakespeare and new play development, London theatre criticism, English early modern performance

Language(s) spoken:

English, French

Recent Work:

Exeunt Magazine, theatre critic

PUNK ROCK (dir. Michael Howcroft), London School of Music, 2016

TWISTOV (dir. Sophie Austin), Teatro Vivo and Dash Arts, London, 2016

BENT (dir. Moises Kaufman), Center Theatre Group Los Angeles - assistant dramaturg, 2015

Literary Fellow, Center Theatre Group Los Angeles, 2015

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