|
Dr. Adrienne Macki Braconi earned her Ph.D. in Theatre at Tufts University, 2008. She holds a M.A. in Theatre Education, Emerson College, 2002; B.A. in Theatre, Middlebury College, 1993. Her current research focuses on African American theatre, gender and performance, and American drama. Special interests include the plays of G.B. Shaw, dramaturgy, theatre education, women in American theater, and theatre for young audiences.
Dr. Macki Braconi’s work has been published in Theatre Survey, Theatre Symposium, Theatre Journal, New England Theatre Journal, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Theatre History Studies, Puppetry International, and the Encyclopedia of Ethnic American Literature. Dr. Macki Braconi’s chapters and articles include: “Staking Their Claim: African American Women Dramatists, 1930-1960” (forthcoming); “Fashioning Herself a Lady: Anna Cora Mowatt’s Career” (forthcoming); “Bearing Witness: The Noose as an Iconic Prop in African American Theatre” (2010); “(Re)constructing Community and Identity: Harlem Experimental Theatre and Social Protest” (2008); “Talking B(l)ack: Construction of Gender and Race in the Plays of Eulalie Spence” (2007); “Challenging Gendered Spaces: Anna Cora Mowatt’s Courageous Oratory” (2006); “Along the Parade Route: Gender and Race Relations, Industry and Popular Justice” (2004). She has presented her research at the American Society for Theatre Research, Black Theatre Network, American Literature Association, International Federation for Theatre Research, International Shaw Society, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Macki Braconi taught at Boston College, Northeastern University, Tufts University, and Eastern Nazarene College, consulted independently as a public speaking coach, and worked in educational outreach for North Shore Music Theatre. After earning her BA, she spent 7 years in private industry in human resources and served as a public school teacher. Recently, she directed Gao Xingjian’s The Other Shore in Boston and directed a staged reading of Carlton and Barbara Molette’s Fortunes of the Moor. Her credits include acting, directing, dramaturgy, and consulting on other regional theater projects.
She has received fellowships, grants and awards from the American Association of University Women, the American Society for Theatre Research, the Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans at the University of Maryland, the International Shaw Society, and the Black Theatre Network. She is the recipient of Provost's General Education Course Enhancement Grant Competition Award (2010) and the New Scholar Award in the School of Fine Arts (2010).
Currently, Dr. Macki Braconi is working on her book manuscript, Staging the “Folk”: African American Theatre in Harlem, 1926-1948, and has begun research for her second book project, Enacted Violence: Materiality, Cultural Memory, and African American Performance. She serves on the editorial board of New England Theatre Journal and is a board member of the American Theatre and Drama Society. |
Email: adrienne.macki@uconn.edu
Phone: 860-486-0285
Fax: 860-486-3110
Department of Dramatic Arts
802 Bolton Rd., Unit 1127
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1127
|
