Dr.
Dawn
Larsen Associate Professor
of Theatre Francis
Marion
University people.fmarion.edu/llarsen/ "Genie" by Margaret Krakowiak
Dr. Dawn
Larsen,
Associate Professor, Theatre was raised in
Forsyth, MO. She has been acting
professionally since the age of two and directing professionally
for
over
twenty-five years. She has received
numerous grants for and was the president of the last traveling
tent
theatre
company, The Hard Corn Players for over ten years. Her area of
research,
including several published articles, is late nineteenth, early
twentieth
century American Popular Entertainment.
She is currently Administrative Vice President of the Southeastern
Theatre Conference. Education Ph.D. Speech Communication with
an
Emphasis
in Theatre and Performance Studies, Southern IllinoisUniversity
at Carbondale.
Areas
of
specialization:Theatre history and
criticism and Performance Studies
Dissertation:Corn
Under Canvas:Reconstructing
Toby Shows in Tennessee,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, July 1999.
M.A., Communication Arts,
Austin Peay State
University, Clarksville, TN.
Thesis:A Continuing History of Toby Shows
With An Acknowledgment Of The Past And Plans For The Future,
University
Microfilms, May 1991.
Areas of
specialization:Theatre
history and performance, and Television Production
B.A., Speech and Theatre,
University of
Missouri – Columbia.
Area
of
Specialization:Performance
A.A.,
Speech
and Theatre,
Cottey
College,
Nevada, MO.
Website: people.fmarion.edu/llarsen for Dr. Larsen's
links
to additional vita information, class notes, schedules, audition
board,
intersting theatre sites, etc.
Dr.
Dawn
Larsen
Associate
Professor
of
Theatre
Arts
Ph.D.,
Southern
Illinois University Carbondale
HFAC
110
/
(843) 661-1545 llarsen@fmarion.edu
