Dr. Charlotte M. Canning began her time at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) helping to develop the Performance as Public Practice program in the Department of Theatre and Dance; a program in which she now serves as a professor. From her first book, Feminist Theaters in the USA: Staging Womens’ Experience in 1996 to her 2016 Joe A. Callaway Prize winning book, Canning is also an active historian and author in addition to her many roles as part of the University. Previously serving as the chair of Faculty Council at UT Austin, she continues to serve as the head of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism, most recently adding the roles of Special Consultant to the Vice President for Student Affairs on Faculty Relations and Secretary to General Faculty to her list of duties. We recently sat down with Canning to discuss additions to the many hats she wears here at UT Austin, as well as her most recent book: Theatre & the USA.
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