IU Theatre + Dance is pleased to bring in distinguished artists and scholars for its Collins Lecture series, providing insight, history, and the creativity of professionals to our students and greater Bloomington community.
Collins Memorial Lecture
Lynde Rosario - 2025 Collins Memorial Lecturer
Lynde Rosario
Please join us on Monday, Jan 27 for an enriching lecture by Lynde Rosario.
Lynde Rosario (she/her/hers) is a Dramaturg and the Director of Fellowship Programs at Playwrights’ Center. She was also the President of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas from 2022-2024. Current and former affiliations include: National New Play Network, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, The Latinx New Play Festival, The Playwrights Realm, Working Theater Company, Unicorn Theatre, TheatreLab, Curious Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, The Catamounts, Local Theater Company, Creede Repertory Theater, Athena Project, Letter of Marque Theater Company, and The Anthropologists.
This will take place during our annual At First Sight: Festival of New Works. To learn more about the rest of the festival schedule, click here: https://theatre.indiana.edu/on-stage/productions/2024-2025/at-first-sight-2025.html
2025 Collins Memorial Lecture Details
JANUARY 27, 2025
COLLINS MEMORIAL LECTURE
11:15 am
Lee Norvelle Theatre
and Drama Center
Room A201
Price: FREE
About Lynde Rosario
Lynde Rosario (she/her/hers) is a Dramaturg and the Director of Fellowship Programs at Playwrights’ Center. She was also the President of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas from 2022-2024. Current and former affiliations include: National New Play Network, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, The Latinx New Play Festival, The Playwrights Realm, Working Theater Company, Unicorn Theatre, TheatreLab, Curious Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, The Catamounts, Local Theater Company, Creede Repertory Theater, Athena Project, Letter of Marque Theater Company, and The Anthropologists.
About Ralph L. Collins
Ralph L. Collins (1907-1963) was born in Eclectic, Alabama. He was educated at the University of the South, where he earned a B.A. in 1928, and at Yale University, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1933. Before joining the Department of English at Indiana University in 1935, he did editorial work for Atlantic Monthly and taught one year at the University of Tennessee. At Indiana, he served as varsity tennis coach from 1940 to 1945 and as director of the Writers Conference from 1941 to 1948. He was named assistant dean of faculties in 1948, and vice president and dean of faculties in 1959.
As a teacher and scholar, Dean Collins was principally interested in the area of theatre and drama. He published articles in the area of theatre and drama, including many in Modern Language Notes, Philosophical Quarterly, Theatre Annual, and University of Kansas Review. For many years, he taught undergraduate courses in modern drama and in Shakespeare and a graduate seminar on George Bernard Shaw.
Even after assuming his many administrative duties, Dean Collins maintained his interest in theatre. For him, drama was not merely a form of entertainment. It was an intense presentation of behavior, a projection of gestures of mind and heart, and a searching analysis of motives and moral foundation. No static memorial could honor the memory of Ralph L. Collins as does this memorial lecture series.
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