"I realized that the job of dramaturgy isn’t to identify what’s wrong with plays & help fix them; rather the work was to encourage or inspire writers back to their desks, to embolden them to go the rest of the way..." –Todd London via HowlRound Theatre Commons bit.ly/3FhtMdE

Very much enjoyed bill doan’s performance and discussion on his art and anxiety tonight. Obviously a topic I have thought a lot about.

I'm just a girl, who is not an already famous music star adapting a movie, wishing her very well reviewed musical would get more traction.

Revisiting Pete is Bad at Tw!tter’s book Staging a Comeback and really really appreciating the comprehensive analysis of the media landscape that led to Disney’s artistic choices in musicals. Extremely solid historiography.

Finished first draft of the final body chapter of the book today, and we suddenly also have nearly 3,000 words of an introduction written? Jennifer Kokai and I are growing increasingly close to having an honest-to-goodness draft of this book done! #disneystudies

anyone have any scholarly work on the fans at Taylor Swift concerts exchanging friendship bracelet or similar interfan activities?

I called Anthropologie about the package that UPS vanished and they told me it wasn't their problem because they gave UPS the package, like I get to choose which service I want Anthro to deliver through.

Despite many obstacles, we submitted the full book manuscript, we are still talking to each other, and our respective families and friends are still talking to us.

The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble was here!! They held a great play for the kids today about "Zombie Thoughts". A kid friendly and engaging story about GAD and other anxiety disorders

Disney Parks and the Construction of American Identity: Tourism, Performance, Anxiety, by Jennifer Kokai and Tom Robson🏳️‍🌈. Officially forthcoming 2024 from Lexington Books.

Truly maybe the most magical thing about Jennifer Kokai and my book passing peer review is that it was only a month and a half between manuscript submission and reviewer report back. Grateful to whoever took on that labor and did it so quickly!

Going to Disney with a student group next week, and I'm creating a scavenger hunt for them of things to look for/think about in Magic Kingdom. Very fun to pull ideas from Jennifer Kokai and my past, current, and ongoing work and put them into this format for students.

Settling in for Finding Nemo: The Big Blue…and Beyond! A show so perplexing that Jennifer Kokai and I wrote an article about it.

My pledge til the end of time is, whenever on a hiring committee, whatever the industry, I will actively push against projections like this--the sort of "but they should really be at an R1" or "they'll just leave" or "they're overqualified." The only Q is/shd be: can they do it?

Excited to share this with the world and grateful for the endorsement of scholars I respect and admire!

Stealing the gimmick from Jennifer Kokai, here's my fave run of entries from our book's index: Jarrus, Kanan (character), 80 Jasmine (character), 85n8 Jaws (film), 74 Jedi religion, 74, 80, 86n24 Jefferson, Thomas, 48 Jerry Springer (television show), 190 Johnson, Lyndon, 171

Coming soon.... Jennifer Kokai

Academic friends, please consider asking your library to order a copy of "Disney Parks and the Construction of American Identity: Tourism, Performance, Anxiety." Jennifer Kokai and I would be ever so grateful! rowman.com/ISBN/978166693…