Peter Eckersall is professor and executive officer in the PhD program in theatre and performance at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and is a Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne. Publications include: Machine Made Silence (ed. with Kristof van Baarle, 2020), The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics (ed. with Helena Grehan, 2019), New Media Dramaturgy (co-authored with Helena Grehan and Ed Scheer, 2017), Performativity and Event in 1960s Japan (2013) and We’re People Who Do Shows, Back to Back Theatre: Performance, Politics, Visibility (co-edited with Helena Grehan, 2013). He was co-founder/dramaturg of Not Yet It’s Difficult. Recent dramaturgy includes: Everything Starts from a Dot (Sachiyo Takahashi, LaMama), Phantom Sun/Northern Drift (Alexis Destoop, Beursschouwburg, Riga Biennial).
Peter Eckersall
Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. Asian Studies, Monash University, Australia.
M.A. Asian Studies, Monash University, Australia.
B.Ed. Drama and Media Studies, Rusden-Deakin University, Australia.
Japanese theatre and performance, Japan culture, ecology and performance, dramaturgy and theatre and politics.
Contact Information
Peter Eckersall
Adjunct Professor pae5862@nyu.edu 19 University Pl. 5th FloorNew York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-7620
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