A theatre artist and scholar, Julia Listengarten has worked professionally in New York City with various experimental theatre companies and is currently Professor of Theatre, Artistic Director, and Coordinator of Graduate Studies at the University of Central Florida. Her research interests include avant-garde theatre, contemporary scenographic practice, and performances of national identity. Her translation of Christmas at the Ivanovs' (with Karin Coonrod) premiered off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company and was included in Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950. Among her directing credits are Bernarda Alba, Seminar, Cloud 9, Marisol, Eurydice,The Burial at Thebes, Gem of the Ocean, Vinegar Tom, and The Baltimore Waltz, and she is the recipient of many meritorious achievement awards in directing from the Kennedy Center.
Her books include Russian Tragifarce: Its Cultural and Political Roots (Susquehanna UP, 2000), Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1950-2000 (with Knopf; Yale UP, 2011), Playing with Theory in Theatre Practice (with Alrutz and Wood; Palgrave, 2012), and Modern American Drama: Playwriting 2000-2009, Voices, Documents, New Interpretations ( with Rosenthal; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018). She has contributed to many edited theatre collections and her articles have been published in Recherches Semiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry, SCENE, Translation Perspectives, Ecumenica Journal of Theatre and Performance, and Slavic and East European Performance, among others. She has recently co-edited the 8 volume series Decades of Modern American Drama: Playwriting from the 1930s to 2009 and is currently editor of Stanislavski Studies: Practice, Legacy and Contemporary Theater journal.
contemporary and avant-garde theatre practices, performance and identity politics, performance as social practice.
Pegasus Award (2020), University of Central Florida
NEA Big Read (2020)
NEA Big Read (2019)
NEA Big Read (2018)
NEA Big Read (2017)
Women of Distinction Award (2019), University of Central Florida
Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2019), University
of Central Florida
Pabst Steinmetz Innovation Arts & Wellness Award (2018)
Research Incentive Award (RIA) (2017-18), University
of Central Florida
Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) (2018), University
of Central Florida
Scroll & Quill Society (2017), University of Central Florida
Excellence in Directing (2019), Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival
Excellence in Directing (2018), Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival
Excellence in Directing (2017), Kennedy
Center American Theatre Festival
Excellence in Directing (2016), Kennedy Center American Theatre
Festival
Excellence in Directing (2014), Kennedy
Center American Theatre Festival
Information Fluency Award (2013), University
of Central Florida
Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2012), University of Central Florida
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19520 | THE5307 | Contemporary Theatre Practice | Mixed-Mode/Reduce Seat-Time(M) | Tu 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM | Not Online |
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16702 | THE5945L | Theatre Practicum Ⅰ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Not Online | |
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16703 | THE5946L | Theatre Practicum Ⅱ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Not Online | |
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16704 | THE6947L | Theatre Practicum Ⅲ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Not Online | |
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80706 | THE5910 | Research Methods in Theatre | Video Strmng (V) COVID DL exmp | Tu 12:00 PM - 01:20 PM | Available |
Theatre 5910 is a graduate seminar in theatre research and writing. The course will encourage students to explore various types and modes of theatre research, to develop a plan of research toward their final project for the course, to generate a production vision that comes out of such research, and to examine their writing closely for the clarity and efficiency of style, structure, and argument. The course will also prepare graduate students for the challenges of the thesis project. During course meetings, students will be sharing their research, presenting oral reports, and discussing short writing assignments. Class discussions will also treat journals and theatre organizations that might be particularly helpful in students’ research as well as the development of their professional career. Matters of research and discussion may include the following: Research Resources 1. Library Resources 2. Organizations/Publications 3. MLA Style 4. Annotated Journal Bibliography/Literature Review Research methodologies 1. Historiography (primary/secondary/tertiary sources) 2. PAR (Practice as Research) 3. Case-Study Dramaturgy (including Play Analysis and Translation Analysis) toward Generative Collaborative Practice Theory as a Lens Peer Review/Book Review/ Collaborative Practices Coursework will culminate in a final digital performance project. In additional to the performance component, the student digital portfolio will include research findings, production vision, and literature review/ bibliography. |
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80673 | THE5945L | Theatre Practicum Ⅰ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Available | |
Theatre 5945L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research” approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or providing dramaturgy to a production team. Students will work on their projects independently. Appointments to discuss the projects should be requested via email: julia.listengarten@ucf.edu. |
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80674 | THE5946L | Theatre Practicum Ⅱ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Available | |
Theatre 5946L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research” approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or providing dramaturgy to a production team. THE 5946L builds on the experiences that the students gained through THE 5945L (Theatre Practicum I). Students will work on their projects independently. Appointments to discuss the projects should be requested via email: julia.listengarten@ucf.edu. |
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80671 | THE6507 | Dramatic Theory and Criticism | Video Strmng (V) COVID DL exmp | Tu,Th 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Available |
This course investigates theoretical developments in theatre and their connections with theatre history and dramatic literature. What is the impact of theory on theatre practice and dramatic literature? How does the evolution of theatre theory reflect the development of theatre? What is the place of theatre theory in the context of the world’s cultural and intellectual history? What are the ways in which theory may interact with theatre practice in contemporary theatre settings? How can we--theatre practitioners of the twenty -first century--interact with theory to challenge our own practice? |
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80675 | THE6947L | Theatre Practicum Ⅲ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Available | |
Theatre 6947L is a graduate theatre practicum that fosters a “practice as research” approach to studying and practicing theatre. Students will engage in an approved practice-based project throughout the semester. These activities may include, but not limited to, directing a scene or a fully produced production, devising a performance, or providing dramaturgy to a production team. THE 6947L builds on the experiences that the students gained through THE 5945L (Theatre Practicum I) and THE 5946L (Theatre Practicum II). Students will work on their projects independently. Appointments to discuss the projects should be requested via email: julia.listengarten@ucf.edu. |
Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Session | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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62123 | THE5945L | Theatre Practicum Ⅰ | World Wide Web (W) | C | Not Online | |
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62124 | THE5946L | Theatre Practicum Ⅱ | World Wide Web (W) | C | Not Online | |
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Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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18160 | THE5205 | American Theatre | Face to Face Instruction (P) | Tu,Th 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Available |
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17259 | THE5945L | Theatre Practicum Ⅰ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Available |
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17260 | THE5946L | Theatre Practicum Ⅱ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Available |
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17261 | THE6947L | Theatre Practicum Ⅲ | Face to Face Instruction (P) | 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Available |
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Updated: Aug 20, 2020