The Secret Life of the Proletariat

Since the last time I posted, I have moved, not once but twice – first to Madison, Wisconsin, where I spent a year at UW in the PhD program in Theatre and Drama Research, and then to Lubbock, Texas, where I am now pursuing a PhD in Theatre Arts at Texas Tech. Madison is a lovely place to live and UW is a great school.

I thought when I first went to UW that I’d be able to study directing and dramaturgy and be able to continue, on some scale, my theatre practice. This wasn’t how it worked out for me, and I was unhappy doing straight research. So I transferred to Texas Tech, where the program is something like 60% academic, 40% practice – and where I’ll be able to continue writing plays and do a creative dissertation.