Meet the Guest Editors - JeanMarie Higgins
Name
Jeanmarie Higgins
Position
Associate Professor
Organization
Penn State School of Theatre
Where did you go do school?
The University of Washington, UVA, and Drew University
What are your areas of research/interest?
Domestic space & theatre
Theatre pedagogy
What got you started in theatre?
A girl in my class got expelled, and I was her understudy for the school play.
What is your favorite performance you've ever seen or been a part of? Why?
There's this company in Seattle, Akropolis Performance Lab, that produces adaptations of modernist plays in their basement theatre for audiences of eight-to-ten people. I saw their production of Glas Nocturne, an adaptation of a Swedish novel from the turn of the 20th century, with a set made of nothing but bookshelves, books, a ceramic basin, and a par lamp hung outside the basement window. With a live piano score. So simply done and so fully realized. (Like any amazing theatre, it's hard to explain, but) it was like dreaming.
What piece of advice would you give to emerging scholars?
When you are submitting essays to journals, bring your voice forward. Turn that seminar paper into a proper essay - say something.
If someone were to write a play about your life, what would the title be?
Until the Bitter End
What is a fun fact that we should know about you?
I am an outstanding parallel parker.
Jeanmarie Higgins
Position
Associate Professor
Organization
Penn State School of Theatre
Where did you go do school?
The University of Washington, UVA, and Drew University
What are your areas of research/interest?
Domestic space & theatre
Theatre pedagogy
What got you started in theatre?
A girl in my class got expelled, and I was her understudy for the school play.
What is your favorite performance you've ever seen or been a part of? Why?
There's this company in Seattle, Akropolis Performance Lab, that produces adaptations of modernist plays in their basement theatre for audiences of eight-to-ten people. I saw their production of Glas Nocturne, an adaptation of a Swedish novel from the turn of the 20th century, with a set made of nothing but bookshelves, books, a ceramic basin, and a par lamp hung outside the basement window. With a live piano score. So simply done and so fully realized. (Like any amazing theatre, it's hard to explain, but) it was like dreaming.
What piece of advice would you give to emerging scholars?
When you are submitting essays to journals, bring your voice forward. Turn that seminar paper into a proper essay - say something.
If someone were to write a play about your life, what would the title be?
Until the Bitter End
What is a fun fact that we should know about you?
I am an outstanding parallel parker.
