{"id":2590,"date":"2012-08-06T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=2590"},"modified":"2017-12-21T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:34:22","slug":"johnsonm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/johnsonm\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson, Martha B"},"content":{"rendered":"

Areas of Special Interest and Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directing and acting; traditional Asian theater and performance; Asian American theater; ancient Greek performance; contemporary women\u2019s theater.<\/p>\n

Recent Shows Directed at Augsburg:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eurydice<\/em>\u00a0by Sarah Ruhl<\/p>\n

Life is a Dream\u00a0<\/em>(La vida es sue\u00f1o<\/em>) by Pedro Calder\u00f3n de la Barca, translated and adapted by\u00a0Nilo Cruz<\/em>\u00a0(area premiere)<\/p>\n

Hedda Gabler<\/em>\u00a0by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Rolf Fjelde<\/p>\n

Illusion\u00a0<\/em>by Pierre Corneille, freely adapted by Tony Kushner<\/p>\n

Blood Wedding<\/em>, by Federico Garcia Lorca, a new version by Ted Hughes<\/p>\n

Artistic Work Outside Augsburg (selected):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-founder and Core Group Member, Mu Performing Arts<\/p>\n

Playwright,\u00a0Dipped in Love<\/em>, produced by Mu Performing Arts at the Mixed Blood Theater, New Directions Festival, 2007; and the Minnesota Fringe Festival, 2008<\/p>\n

Associate Director,\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, directed by Rick Shiomi, Mu Performing Arts, at the Southern Theater, 2006<\/p>\n

Co-creator and performer,\u00a0Floating Mothers<\/em>, at the Playwrights\u2019 Center, 2002<\/p>\n

Co-creator and director,\u00a0The Hand that Holds the String<\/em>, produced by Mu Performing Arts, Southern Theater, 1997<\/p>\n

Director, choreographer, co-creator,\u00a0Triangles<\/em>, Out-There Series, produced by Walker Art Center and the Southern Theater, 1993<\/p>\n

Vice-President, Association for Asian Performance, 1990 – 1993<\/p>\n

Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cReflections of Inner Life: Masks and Masked Acting in Ancient Greek Tragedy and Japanese Noh Drama,\u201d\u00a0Modern Drama<\/em>, 35, May, 1992 (Special East-West Issue)<\/p>\n

Co-editor, Association for Asian Performance (AAP) Newsletter, 1987 – 1993<\/p>\n

Department Activities:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Chair, Theatre Arts Department, 2004 – 2005<\/p>\n

Chair of Speech\/Communication and Theatre Arts Department and Theatre Arts Program Director, 1997 – 2004<\/p>\n

Degree Area and Thesis\/Dissertation Title:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theater and Drama with a Minor in Art History and Classics<\/p>\n

Dissertation title: The Mask in Ancient Greek Tragedy: A Reexamination Based on the Principles and Practices of the Noh Theatre of Japan<\/p>\n

Current Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stage direction and dramaturgy; the creation and performance of new theatre works; playwriting; cross-cultural explorations of the traditional theatres of Asia; Asian American theatre; reexaminations of ancient Greek plays and performance; women\u2019s theatre.<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n
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  • B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/li>\n
  • M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/li>\n
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Areas of Teaching<\/h2>\n
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    • Stage Direction<\/li>\n
    • Theatre History and Criticism I and II<\/li>\n
    • Introduction to Asian and Asian American Theater<\/li>\n
    • Creative Drama: Acting and<\/li>\n
    • Improvisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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