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Amanda Ewing
University of Michigan Educational Theater Company
M.A. Theatre & Performance Studies, King’s College London, 2013
Dissertation: “An Utterance Unheard: Examining the Rhetoric of Community Art in Detroit”
B.A. Theatre & English, Music Minor, Alma College, 2011
Graduated Cum Laude
I am a theatre artist with a focus on cultural memory and community engaged performance. As the Program Coordinator for the University of Michigan’s Educational Theatre Company (UMetc), I produce, assistant direct, and program the company’s academic and school year performances. I am also the Artistic Director of BoxFest Detroit, an annual theatre festival to support the work of female-identifying directors. I have worked regionally with the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, University of Michigan’s InterArts Program, Heritage Works, Ann Arbor Dance Works, A Host of People, Tipping Point Theatre, Matrix Theatre Company, Puzzle Piece Theatre, and the Michigan Equity Theatre Alliance; and internationally with the London-based production company, Turtle Key Arts. I have a Master of Arts from King’s College, London in Theatre & Performance Studies and a Bachelor of Arts from Alma College in Theatre and English.
I am an Actor’s Equity Association Membership Candidate, a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, and an Alumni Epsilon member of the International English Honorary Sigma Tau Delta.
Cultural Memory, Community Engaged Performance, Performance Studies, Social Justice, Feminist Theatre, Theatre for Social Change
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