Angela (Angie) M Sweigart-Gallagher
PhD Theatre Research, Minor: Curriculum and Instruction
University of Wisconsin
MA Theatre Research
University of Wisconsin
BA English and Theatre
Mary Washington College (now University of Mary Washington)
Angie is a theatre scholar and practitioner whose work in both domains often focuses on political theatre and performance. She also specializes in applied theatre as a teaching and learning tool.
She is currently an Associate Professor of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University where she teaches beginning and advanced acting courses, as well as courses in Political Theatre and Performance, Drama for Teaching and Learning, Arts Administration & Marketing, and Theatre, Sustainability, and the Natural World.
As a director for University Theatre, Angie focuses on collaborative approaches to theatre-making. She enjoys working with student actors and is committed to helping inexperienced theatre artists develop their own artistic processes and voice.
Publications
Book:
2014 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Victoria P. Lantz, editors. Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance, Routledge, 2014.
Articles (Peer Reviewed):
2021 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Don’t Go in the Worknest”: Rule-making and Rule-breaking in Anne Negri’s With Two Wings, Youth Theatre Journal, vol. 35, no. 1-2, pp. 15-24.
2020 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Victoria P. Lantz. “Staging American Girlhood the Pleasant Way,” Youth Theatre Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, 2020, pp. 3-15.
2019 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Melissa C. Thompson. "Satire as Strategy for Resistance and Persistence in A Series of Modest Pronouncements," Theory in Action, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2019, pp. 75-98.
2017 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. "Poor Piper: Academic Performances and Maternal Interruptions Made Public. "On the Maternal" a special issue of Performance Research, vol. 22, no.4 October 2017, pp. 102-104.
2015 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Aaron C. Thomas. “The Location’s the Thing: Endstation Theatre Company and Dramaturgies of Place,” Theatre Topics, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2015, pp. 25-35.
2014 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Playing Patriots: The Role(s) of Child Protestors in the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party Movements,” Youth Theatre Journal, vol. 28, no.1, 2014, pp. 74-86.
2012 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “John Hunter Booth’s Created Equal: A Federal Theatre Model for Patriotism.” The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, vol. 24, no.2, Spring 2012, pp. 67-88.
2009 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “The Promise of Democracy: Imagining National Community in Paul Green’s The Lost Colony." Theatre Symposium, vol. 17, 2009, pp. 97-112.
Book Chapters:
2023 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “A Raisin in the Sun’s Theatrical Legacy,” Critical Insights: A Raisin in the Sun, edited by Peter Bailey, Salem P, 2023, pp. 214-231. (Invited submission)
2018 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Kristin Hunt. "An Ethical Balancing Act: Student Labor and Project-Based Learning," The Performing Arts as High-Impact Practice, edited by Susan Kattwinkel and Michelle Hayford, Palgrave Publishing, 2018, pp. 136-146. (Submission accepted based on abstract)
2014 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “‘Raising the Next Generation of Patriots’: The Use of Applied Theatre and Drama Techniques in the Tea Party’s Vacation Liberty Schools,” Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance, edited by Angela Sweigart-Gallagher and Victoria P. Lantz, Routledge, 2014, pp. 34-49.
Book and Play Reviews:
2022 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Vermont Stage 2020-2021 Season,” New England Theatre Journal, vol. 33, 2022, in production.
2021 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Vermont Stage 2019-2020 Season,” New England Theatre Journal, vol. 32, 2021, pp. 192-195.
2020 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela “Vermont Stage 2019-2020 Season,” New England Theatre Journal, vol. 31, 2020, pp. 222-225.
2019 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Vermont Stage 2018-2019 Season,” New England Theatre Journal, vol. 30, 2019, pp. 169-172.
2017 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “A Review of Roe by Arena Stage, a co-production with Oregon Shakespeare,” PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research, vol. 1, no. 2, June 2017, Article 11. Submission was peer reviewed.
2013 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Brewed: A Performance Review.” Theatre Journal, vol. 65, no. 3, October 2013, pp. 418-420.
2013 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project” (Book Review). By Elizabeth A. Osborne. Theatre Journal, October 2013, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 448-449.
2010 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela. “Bluest Water: A Performance Review.” Theatre Journal vol. 62, no. 2, May 2010, pp. 298-301.
Competitively Reviewed Publications:
2020 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Kristin Hunt. "Sarah Kane's Blasted." How to Teach a Play: Essential Exercises for Popular Plays, edited by Miriam Chirico and Kelly Younger, Bloomsbury Methuen Publishers, pp. 271-273.
2019 Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela and Melissa C. Thompson. "Performance Materials: All Night Check," "21st-Century Shifts in Spectatorship and Audience Research," Performance Matters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 88-97.
Other Publications:
2020 Hughes, Erika and Angela Sweigart-Gallagher, “Reevaluating intergenerational performance in the time of COVID-19.” Youth Theatre Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2021, pp 114-117.
Courses Taught:
FRPG Do-It-Yourself Theatre
PCA 107 Beginning Acting
PCA 307 Characterization
PCA 250 Research Methods
PCA 332 Directing
PCA 373 Drama for Teaching and Learning
PCA 375 Theatre, Sustainability, and the Natural World
PCA 340 Performance Art
PCA Special Topics: Arts Administration & Management