The Thaumaturgy Department

(It's dramaturgy, not thaumaturgy.)

Gavin
CENTERSTAGE
Baltimore
Maryland
USA

thaumaturg
Main Entry: thau·ma·turg
Pronunciation: \ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtərj\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos working miracles, from thaumat-, thauma miracle + ergon work — more at Theater, Work

2011-2012 Season:
The Second City: Charmed and Dangerous
The Rivals
American Buffalo
Jazz
A Skull in Connemara
Into the Woods
The Whipping Man
Play Labs
Cabarets

The official blog of the Dramaturgy Department at Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE. For posts related to our current and upcoming shows, click the links to the right. Alternatively, you could begin at the beginning, and explore our posts in chronological order.

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February 4
Illuminating Childhood

Illuminating Childhood: Portraits in Fiction, Film, and Drama by (Professor) Ellen Handler Spitz

Experiencing the phases of childhood through art

Tags | into the woods | folk tale | folk tales | mythology | YA lit | children's literature | Grimm | childhood | ellen handler spitz

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July 18
"Yellow Brick Philosophy" | L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" | The New Republic

crying lionDr. Ellen Handler Spitz, professor at UMBC, considers the L. Frank Baum classic (in conjunction with her newest book, Illuminating Childhood).

Tags | L. Frank Baum | UMBC | children's literature | criticism | ellen handler spitz | into the woods | wiz | Wizard of Oz

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