Erin B Mee

Education:

2004 - Ph.D. in Performance Studies.  New York University.

1996 - MA in Performance Studies.  New York University.

1985 - AB in English and American Literature. Harvard College. Concentration in creative writing.

Research Interests:

Modern and Contemporary Indian Performance, Immersive, Interactive, Site-Based and Multi-Sensory Theatre, Digital Performance, Contemporary Adaptations of Classical Greek tragedy, Sanskrit Aesthetic Theory, Food and Performance

Bio:

Erin B. Mee is a scholar-director whose productions have been experienced in over 36 countries including Argentina, Australia, China, England, France, India, Italy, Lithuania, Nepal, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, and the United States where she has directed at the Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, SoHo Rep, HERE, The Magic Theatre, and The Guthrie Theater. She is the Founding Artistic Director of This Is Not A Theatre Company, with whom she has conceived and directed Pool Play, A Serious Banquet, Readymade Cabaret, Ferry Play, Subway Plays, Festival de la Vie for the Avignon Festival, Versailles, Pool Play 2.0  for the International Theatre Festival of Kerala, Theatre In The Dark: Carpe Diem, Play!, Readymade Cabaret 2.0, Play…In Your Bathtub 2.0 (also translated into Russian and performed by WOWWOWWOW in Moscow), Tree Confessions (starring Kathleen Chalfant) for the Edinburgh, Brighton, Camden, Melbourne, Greater Manchester, Hamilton, Singapore, Sydney, and Philadelphia Fringe festivals and the Nepal International Theatre Festival, and Adentros y Afueras, Confesiones de un Árbol, y Una Obra en tu Bañera for the International Theatre Festival of Buenos Aires (FIBA), as well as Dreamscapes (in Spanish, Italian, and English-language versions) which has been performed in Alghero and Vilnius after having been workshopped in Buenos Aires. She is the author of Theatre of Roots: Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage, co-editor of Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage, editor of DramaContemporary: India, and co-editor of Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000. She has written numerous articles for TDR, Theatre Journal, Performance Research, Critical Stages, American Theatre Magazine, and other journals and books. Her born-digital Scalar article “Hearing the Music of the Hemispheres” won the ATHE-ASTR Award for Best Digital Article in 2016. She has lectured and taught in India, Italy, China, Argentina, Nepal, England, Spain, Bulgaria, and the US. She is Ambassador of Purposeless Play and Goofy Events for the Republic of Užupis.

Awards:

2023-2024 Fulbright Award to teach at Universidad Nacional de Artes in Buenos Artes and conduct research into multi-sensory theatre in Buenos Aires.

2016 ATHE-ASTR Award for Excellence in Digital Theatre and Performance Scholarship or born digital article: http://scalar.usc.edu/anvc/music-of-the-hemispheres/index

1993 Fulbright Grant to study "Ritual Dance and Dance-Drama of Kerala, India, with Reference to Modern Drama."