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About sbaycheng

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Performance Review Editor for THEATRE JOURNAL, listserv moderator and blogger for the American Theatre & Drama Society. Also blogging about theatre, performance, and digital culture at http://performaddict.com.

Digital Technology: performative or performance?

Posted on February 19, 2012

Over at Found History, Tom Scheinfeldt is writing about digital technology and what he’s called the “performative humanities.” Based on a recent talk at Brown University, Scheinfeldt considers “game changing” in the digital humanities, mostly through analogies to baseball, including … Continue reading →

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digital historiography and performance

Posted on January 14, 2012

Just back from three (count ‘em, 3!) simultaneous performance festivals in New York and will be writing more on that soon. In the meantime, here’s a link to my blog post for the Digital Humanities Initiative at Buffalo (DHIB) on … Continue reading →

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Guggenheim creates its first mobile app

Posted on November 7, 2011

For Maurizio Cattelan: All, the Guggenheim Museum creates its first mobile app. So, the experience of art that so annoyed theatre director, Anne Bogart back in 2008 (see here) has now become an integral part of the exhibit. I’m looking … Continue reading →

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WWJD? – Procession by Torn Space Theatre

Posted on October 1, 2011

What would Jane’s Addiction do? Almost 150 years after Nietzsche pronounced, “God is dead,” we are hardly without our rituals. Some religious, some secular–repetition, community, and belief in something larger than oneself remain proven hallmarks of a satisfying life. Theatre, … Continue reading →

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