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At various times he was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia; a Rotary Foundation World Peace Fellow in Thailand where he adapted and directed An Evening with Global Peacemakers; covered Italy’s Spoleto Festival and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, for American Theatre magazine; delivered talks and presentations in Finland, Romania, and (then) East Germany for the State Department; traveled to Israel and Palestine through the Palestine American Research Center); and gave a series of talks on engaged art, American culture, and critical thinking in Vietnam and Japan, where he also made pilgrimages to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | At various times he was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia; a Rotary Foundation World Peace Fellow in Thailand where he adapted and directed An Evening with Global Peacemakers; covered Italy’s Spoleto Festival and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, for American Theatre magazine; delivered talks and presentations in Finland, Romania, and (then) East Germany for the State Department; traveled to Israel and Palestine through the Palestine American Research Center); and gave a series of talks on engaged art, American culture, and critical thinking in Vietnam and Japan, where he also made pilgrimages to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | ||
| − | As a professor at the University of Louisville in the USA, he | + | As a professor at the University of Louisville in the USA, he teaches courses in script analysis, applied theatre, the enjoyment of theatre, and playwriting. He is Founding Director of the university’s Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation Program. |
==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance== | ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance== | ||
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Russell Vandenbroucke () is an American theatre researcher, director, dramaturg, playwright.
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Biography
Vandenbroucke earned his Doctor of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama and has worked as a director, dramaturg, playwright, and producer at regional theatres across the country.
He began his career as Assistant Literary Manager of the Yale Repertory Theatre, later becoming Literary Manager of the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and Producer of its literary cabaret. From there he became Associate Producer of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He was also artistic director for Chicago’s Northlight Theatre for eleven seasons.
At various times he was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia; a Rotary Foundation World Peace Fellow in Thailand where he adapted and directed An Evening with Global Peacemakers; covered Italy’s Spoleto Festival and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, for American Theatre magazine; delivered talks and presentations in Finland, Romania, and (then) East Germany for the State Department; traveled to Israel and Palestine through the Palestine American Research Center); and gave a series of talks on engaged art, American culture, and critical thinking in Vietnam and Japan, where he also made pilgrimages to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
As a professor at the University of Louisville in the USA, he teaches courses in script analysis, applied theatre, the enjoyment of theatre, and playwriting. He is Founding Director of the university’s Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation Program.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
He published three books, the most relevant to South Africa being Truths the Hand Can Touch: The Theatre of Athol Fugard (Theatre Communications Group)
Sources
Russell Vandenbroucke 1986. Truths the Hand Can Touch: The Theatre of Athol Fugard. Theatre Communications Group
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https://louisville.edu/theatrearts/about/faculty/vandenbroucke
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