First Name
Bree
Middle Name
Last Name
Rothbart
City
Flourtown
Country
United States
State or Province
PA
Job Title
Freelance Dramaturg and Theatre Theorist
Website
Biography
Bree Rothbart is currently working as a freelance dramaturg and theater theorist. They graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1989. From 1992-1997 they performed and toured with The Living Theatre. In 1994, Brad became one of the original members of the RAT Conference, a loose association of alternative theaters across the United States. 1995 brought an opportunity to perform and present at the ThisAbility Conference in Ann Arbor, a conference that spawned the seminal disability arts film, Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back.
During the 1999-2000 theater season, Brad created and curated a reading series called Underground Voices: From the Marginalized to the Transgressive at Theatre Double in Philadelphia. The series presented under-heard American playwrights who are dedicated to stretching the boundaries of the theatrical experience. TheatreForum published Brad's academic essay Ahistoricity, Multiplicity and Velocity: Radical Discontinuity and its Effects on the Dramaturgical Process in TF 21 (Summer/Fall 2001). They graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with an MA in Drama. Their essay, Once More Unto The Breach: An Anatomized Philippic Regarding the Relationship of Disability to the Contemporary American Theatre, was published by American Theatre in October 2015.
During the 1999-2000 theater season, Brad created and curated a reading series called Underground Voices: From the Marginalized to the Transgressive at Theatre Double in Philadelphia. The series presented under-heard American playwrights who are dedicated to stretching the boundaries of the theatrical experience. TheatreForum published Brad's academic essay Ahistoricity, Multiplicity and Velocity: Radical Discontinuity and its Effects on the Dramaturgical Process in TF 21 (Summer/Fall 2001). They graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with an MA in Drama. Their essay, Once More Unto The Breach: An Anatomized Philippic Regarding the Relationship of Disability to the Contemporary American Theatre, was published by American Theatre in October 2015.
Areas of Expertise
Post-modern textual adventures, contemporary playwrights, multidisciplinary work, cabaret, the piece that makes everyone else go, "Huh?" I am also happy to look at playwright applications for grants, fellowships, and residencies, as I've been a reviewer /evaluator for many years.
Language(s) spoken
English and German.
Interested in freelance opportunities
Yes


