Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

As the Dramaturg for IU Theatre & Dance, Madison contributes to the planning of the mainstage and summer seasons, mentors student dramaturgs and their work on productions, and works with the M.F.A. Playwrights on the development of new plays for the annual At First Sight Festival. For IU Theatre, she has also worked as a dramaturg on Hamlet, Little Shop of Horrors, Wonderful Town, The Goat, Pippin, as well as many new plays for the At First Sight Festival. 

Madison has an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from the University of Iowa where she served as a dramaturg with the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. She previously worked at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, the oldest and largest multinational writing residency in the world, and in the Literary Office at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut.

Hear an interview with Madison Colquette on Indiana Public Media