Migrations! We set our journey into motion with Martin’s expertise in kochemer loshn— lost beggar-tongue of hobo, thief, and rogue (might Mad Men help to put it back in vogue?).... Read more about The Melloniad 2019
The Mellon School! We set off once again, this time to theaters sacred and profane. Martin opened up our panorama as altar boys stumbled on or into drama.... Read more about The Melloniad 2016
What gets performed—and what do we abandon? What’s to become of repertoire and canon? In Martin’s talk, we learned to our surprise how hard it is for plays to Nortonize.... Read more about The Melloniad 2015
“Theater must take place somewhere.” O, but where? How can we track this beast without a lair, A moving target thanks to traveling players? How can the Mellon School unpack the layers?... Read more about The Melloniad 2014
Martin marched us off to Goethe’s drum And put the mundi back in theatrum. Dodging the bullet of Orientalism, “World theatre” became rallying cry and prism.... Read more about The Melloniad 2013
