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What is Dramaturgy? Some Answers From Our Members:
"I define the art/science of dramaturgy as the life-blood of live theatre, whether there is an identifiable “dramaturg” on board or not. Dramaturgs ask questions of the script/project and provide feedback to the production team—both of these activities sustain and generatively challenge the production. I like the notion of a dramaturg as an audacious co-creator as explored in D.J. Hopkins’ “Research, Counter-text, Performance” (Theatre Topics 13.1, pp. 4-5)."
-- Jane Barnette, Resident Dramaturg at Kennesaw State University
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Vicki Stroich
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Vicki Stroich
Interim Artistic Director
Alberta Theatre Projects
Calgary, ABVicki Stroich is Artistic Associate – Festival at Alberta Theatre Projects in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where she has been a member of the Artistic Team for over ten years. Vicki’s focus at ATP is dramaturgy and programming for the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays; a national Festival that develops and premieres new plays by Canadian playwrights. She was a Program Director for the Banff Playwrights Colony at The Banff Centre for the past three years and was on the faculty of the program, working with Canadian playwrights from across Canada, for the past seven years. She also freelances locally and nationally as a dramaturg, facilitator, and director. Favourite freelance projects include dramaturgy of The Notorious Right Robert and his Robber Bride by Sean Dixon for the Caravan Farm Theatre in 2012, sitting on the jury for the 2008 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, directing The Vajayjay Monologues by Lindsay Burns (New York International Fringe Festival and Urban Curvz Theatre, Calgary) and, of course, her work at the Enbridge playRites Festival. Her work has included dramaturgy of dramatic text, devised theatre and performance creation. She is the proud recipient of a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Achievement for her contributions to new work. Vicki served as VP Canada of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for two terms and was Conference Chair of the international 2010 LMDA Conference in Banff before becoming President of LMDA in 2012. She is proud to serve the organization she joined in 2001.
