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Stephen A. Schrum[edit]
Stephen A. Schrum is a theatre director and an academic [1] his work ranges from online based performance in virtual worlds, play writing and he has published a variety of book on theatre. Schrum is currently a theatre lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh where he lectures courses based on Theatre and Technology. Alongside lecturing over the past years Schrum has worked for Theatre in Higher Education delivering conferences and workshops based on the topic Theatre and Technology [2]. Prior to this Schrum attended the University of California it was there that he received his PHD in Dramatic Art [3] alongside his PHD Schrum also has a MA in Theatre from Ohio University and a BA in Theatre from Temple University.
Online Performance[edit]
Schrum uses online virtual performance platforms to create performances one being ATHEMOO that "served as a virtual theatre for a fairly large number of online performances" [4] it allowed a new platform for performances to be based rather than in the conventional setting of a theatre space. Schrum created a performance in 1996 called Net Seducation this was one performance that was staged in ATHEMOO, the performance "is set in a internet chat room and meeting place, with a bar, dance floor, and people to meet" [5] Schrum talked about this performance at a recent online cyposium this allowed for "cyberformers to discuss their online performances with other artists, researchers and interested participants" [6] speaking about this performance created in 1996 in relation to todays vast amount technology and new performance platforms that have been created to allow artists to further develop cyberformance's, that are no longer text based, but allow for the creation of avatars.
A new performance that Schrum is most recently working on is a performance in Second Life in which Schrum aims to "model Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty" [7] through the exploration of technology and performance.
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Publications[edit]
The details of Stephen A. Schrum's publications have been taken from either cyposium.net or musofyr Schrum Biography retrieved 26/10/2012
Schrum, A Stephen. Theatre in Cyberspace: Issues of Teaching, Acting and Directing. Editer 2000
Schrum, A Stephen. Theatre in Second Life® Holds the VR Mirror Up To Nature, in Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics. 2009
Schrum, A Stephen. Teaching in the Virtual Theatre Classroom in Teaching Through Multi-User Environments. 2010
References[edit]
- ^ Danet, Brenda (2001) Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online, pg 151, Berg ISBN 1 85973 424 3 (paper)
- ^ Schrum, A Stephen Theatre in Cyberspace: Issues of teaching, Acting and Directing pg 293 1999 Peter Lang Publishing
- ^ http://www.musofyr.com/Biography/Biography.html retrieved 26/10/2012
- ^ Sant, Toni International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, Volume 4 Number 1 A Second Life for online performance:Understanding present developments through an historical context. Pg 74 Retrieved on 23-10-2012
- ^ Danet, Brenda (2001) Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online, pg 151, Berg ISBN 1 85973 424 3 (paper)
- ^ http://www.cymposium.net/ An online symposium on cyberperformance 2012 retrieved 25/10.2012
- ^ http://www.musofyr.com/Biography/Biography.html retrieved