Theater Arts: “Ultimate Simplicity”

Posted on by Elliot Berkman

Below is a guest post by Harry Wonham (Theatre Arts), who writes:

I don’t have much useful to say about the department’s deliberations, except that TA took seriously the advice that “ultimate simplicity” (in terms of process and result) should be our mantra. I could elaborate, but that would not be fully in keeping with the spirit of “US.”

UO Theatre Arts Metrics

In the list of Scholarly Outputs, Theatre Arts would like to add the categories Theatre Production and Outside Professional Work to go along with Articles, Books, Book Chapters, Conference Papers.

The Venue of Work for the Theatre Productions category would be Producing Theatres. The Quality Index ranking for the Theatre Productions category would be:

  1. National/Regional Theatres
  2. Local Theatres
  3. University Theatres
  4. Community Theatres

The Venue of Work for the Outside Professional Work category would also be Producing Theatres. The Quality Index ranking for the Outside Professional Work category would also be:

  1. National/Regional Theatres
  2. Local Theatres
  3. University Theatres
  4. Community Theatres

The Quality Index ranking for other forms of Scholarly Output should read:

  1. Top Tier Journals in Theatre Arts (listed in random order)
    1. The Drama Review
    2. Performing Arts Journal
    3. Theatre Journal
    4. Comparative Drama
    5. Theater
    6. New Theatre Quarterly
    7. Contemporary Theatre Review
    8. Theatre Topics
    9. Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
    10. Studies in Theatre and Performance
    11. American Theatre Magazine
    12. Modern Drama
    13. New England Theatre Journal
    14. Canadian Theatre Journal
    15. Latin American Theatre Review
    16. Arte Publico
    17. Journal of Stage Directors and Choreographers
    18. Theatre Design and Technology
    19. Ecumenica
    20. Shakespeare Bulletin
  2. Top Tier Academic/Trade Presses for books published in Theatre Arts (listed in random order)
    1. Yale University Press
    2. Routledge
    3. University of California Press
    4. Norton
    5. Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
    6. Bloomsbury/Methuen Drama
    7. Duke University Press
    8. Palgrave Macmillan
    9. Dramatists Play Service
    10. Samuel French Inc.
    11. Southern Illinois University Press
    12. University of Oklahoma Press
    13. University of Iowa Press
    14. Focal Press
    15. University of Michigan Press
    16. Norwestern University Press
    17. McFarland & Co.
    18. Oregon State University Press
  3. Top Professional Organizations in the field (listed in random order)
    1. American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)
    2. Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
    3. International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR)
    4. United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
    5. Kennedy Center American College Theatre association (KCACT)
    6. United Scenic Artists
    7. Actors Equity Association
    8. Society for Directors and Choreographers
    9. Theatre Communications Group
    10. Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAGAFTRA)
    11. Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
  4. Top Awards (listed in random order)
    1. Scholarly Awards (National or International)
      1. Granted by the American Society for Theatre Research
        1. Distinguished Scholar Award
        2. Sally Banes Publication Prize
        3. Errol Hill Award
        4. Gerald Kahan Scholar’s Prize
        5. Oscar G. Brockett Essay Prize
        6. Distinguished Scholar Award
        7. Cambridge University Press Prize
        8. Community Engagement Award
        9. José Esteban Muñoz Targeted Research Working Session
      2. Granted by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education
        1. Ellen Stewart Career Achievement in Professional Theatre and Career Achievement in Academic Theatre
        2. Oscar Brockett Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education
        3. Leadership in Community-Based Theatre and Civic Engagement
        4. Outstanding Book
        5. Outstanding Article
        6. Excellence in Editing
        7. Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting
        8. Jane Chambers Playwriting
        9. ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Scholarship
      3. Granted by the International Federation for Theatre Research
        1. New Scholars’ Prize
        2. Helsinki Prize
    2.  Performance
      1. Tony Award/Regional Theatre Tony Award
      2. Drama Desk Award
      3. Drama League Award
      4. New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award
      5. Obie Award
      6. Outer Critics Circle Award
      7. Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
      8. Lucille Lortel Award
    3.  Design
      1. USITT
      2. Prague Quadrennial
  5. Top Fellowships (listed in random order)
    1. Performance
      1. The Shepard and Mildred Traube Fellowship (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
      2. The Denham Fellowship (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
      3. The Mike Ockrent Fellowship (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
      4. The Sir John Gielgud Fellowship (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
      5. The Charles Abbott Fellowship (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
      6. The Kurt Weill Fellowship (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
    2.  Scholarship
      1. ASTR Research Fellowships
      2. ASTR Targeted Research Fellowships
      3. IFTR Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Opportunity at the University of Kent
      4. Fulbright
      5. USITT

 

 

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