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We teach students of theatre to perform, to direct, to design, and encourage their studies in theatre history, theory and criticism, playwriting and comparative dramatic literature. We engage in various teaching and learning experiences daily. But what pedagogies seem best for and encouraged by the art of theatre? As author and veteran theatre educator, Patti P. Gillespie states, 'The time is ripe for a major reassessment of what we have done, what we are doing, and what we might do in the future to better our fields for the twenty-first century'. Teaching Theatre Today offers historical and contemporaneous insights into teaching and learning in academic theatre. The essays, which include a piece from a British scholar, present a beginning to a pedagogical assessment that is beneficial to the life of theatre in academe.

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Anne L. Fliotsos is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, she served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri, Columbia for two years. She has presented papers at numerous national conferences and at international conferences, and has published in Theatre Topics, Studies in Popular Culture, The Journal of American Culture, American Theatre, New England Theatre Journal, and Research in Drama Education. She is coauthor of the musical Oedipus!, published by Baker's Plays, and is currently writing a book on women stage directors of the United States for the University of Illinois Press. Gail S. Medford is an Associate Professor of Theatre whose concentration is on educational theatre, particularly in traditional minority colleges and universities. Dr. Medford has spent most of her nearly twenty years as an academician in these institutions, including Howard University, teaching and developing various courses in speech communication as well as theatre. She has made numerous presentations at professional conferences, such as the National Communication Association, and published in articles Negro Educational Review. She has and currently serves as a university administrator in faculty development and institutional assessment. Dr. Medford currently resides in Maryland with her retired military husband and two sons.

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