Professional Affiliation

Visiting Assistant Professor, West Virginia University

Wilson Center Project

Building Culture: Performance, Politics and Society in Bolshevik Russia, 1917-1929

Project Summary

Studies the relationship and interaction between culture, politics and society as they intersected in the world of theater during the revolution, Civil War and NEP. Emphasizes the grass-roots cultural practices in order to demonstrate the degree to which the theatrical culture of the 1920s was a product of the negotiation between the regime and society. Addresses continuity and change in culture.