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FROM THE AWARD COMMITTEE:
Romanska’s
article "succeeds taking a relatively
difficult and opaque subject,
Grotowski’s 1962 re-staging of
Wyspiański’s Akropolis against the
background of Auschwitz, both
accessible and rewarding for readers
who are not specialists in Polish
theatre. While Romanska’s analysis
remains grounded in theatre, and her
conclusion is ultimately about
theatrical production, she raises many
questions about history, memory, and
national mythology that most readers
will want to learn more about. What is
particularly impressive is the scope
of the article, which ranges over the
entire twentieth century. [...]
Romanska’s work makes a convincing
argument that we need to be paying
more attention to theatre in Poland.”
2010
GERALD KAHAN SCHOLAR'S PRIZE
Awarded by the
American
Society for Theatre Research, for
“best essay written and published in
English in a refereed scholarly journal.”
The winning essay is judged as "displaying
originality in the broad field of theatre
and performance, exhibiting critical
rigor, showing an acquaintance with
related research in theatre and
performance, and promising future
professional development in the field.”
FROM THE AWARD COMMITTEE:
Romanska’s essay
offers“an excellent unpacking of both
Stanislaw Wyspianski’s 1904 drama, Akropolis,
and its production history. Her essay
made use of extensive sources to tell
a complicated story-layered text,
performance, and context, paying
attention to the original script as
well as performances, especially,
those directed by Jerzy Grotowski. The
essay provides a missing, though
essential, analysis of a production
that is often cited, but perhaps
rarely understood in its full context.
The methods of historiography and
documentary analysis are excellent and
provide an instructive model for
future performance scholarship.”
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