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Performance, Trauma and Puerto Rico in Musical Theatre

Defiant Joy and Care-Based Solidarity in Puerto Rican Theatre

Colleen Rua is an assistant professor in the School of Theatre and Dance and is affiliated faculty in the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Arts in Medicine. Her research interests include Latinx theatre, contemporary Puerto Rican theatre, the American musical, and theatre for youth. Her book "Performance, Trauma, and Puerto Rico in Musical Theatre," puts commercial theatre in conversation with community-engaged practice in Puerto Rico, and considers theatre artists as performers of care in response to natural disasters, trauma, and healing.

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