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Theatre Research Symposium at Villanova. Abstract Due March 14, 2014

As you may know, we are quickly approaching the Villanova Theatre Department’s Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium event on Thursday, May 1st. This year’s event is particularly exciting as we will be hosting a conversation with our guest speaker Emily Mann, playwright, director, and artistic director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ. The goal of PTRS is to provide a forum for theatre scholars and practitioners to share their research and enter into a dialogue about current trends in theatrical practice and scholarship. Every year, PTRS features a panel of Emerging Scholars, giving Villanova students an opportunity to present conference-style papers for a gathering of prominent theatre scholars. Papers presented at the conference will also be eligible for blind review publishing in Praxis: The Journal for Theatre, Performance Studies and Criticism. CALL FOR PAPERS PTRS is currently seeking papers to present for the Emerging Scholars panel for theatre research. The subject of