Dr. Dawn Larsen Associate Professor
of Theatre Francis
Marion
University "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 Chair of the History, Literature, Criticism and
Theory
committee 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.
