News
Noteworthy happenings and updates from the Theatre Department and beyond.
Congratulations to Professor Olga Sanchez Saltveit!
Olga will be honored in May in the Patrick J. Durkin ‘79 Public Service Leardership Awards for Community Engaged Teaching and Scholarship.
The Patrick J. Durkin ’79 Public Service Leadership Awards honor individuals’ service and leadership in public and community affairs. The awards were inaugurated in 1994 through the support of Patrick Durkin ’79. The Award for Community Engaged Teaching and Scholarship recognizes and rewards a Middlebury College faculty or staff member of any rank in any field or discipline for high quality work integrating community engagement into their teaching and/or research. The award recipient demonstrates a record of successful teaching and/or research that is carried out through long-term, collaborative community-engaged partnerships that address a community-identified need or priority. The co-production of knowledge through these partnerships results in a public value and/or scholarly impacts in the field(s) of inquiry.
Upcoming Events Beyond Middlebury for Callie Kimball, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
First, Callie will workshop a new play in May at Portland Stage, with two public presentations the week of May 25, 2026.
Her play “Things That Are Round” will have its west coast premiere January 20 - February 21, 2027 at CapStage.
Finally, she was interviewed for a forthcoming book provisionally titled Thriving as an Adjunct: A Survival Guide for Part-Time Faculty, by Jennifer McKanry, Sarah Coppersmith, Lynetta McAllum, Linda Gaither, Jamie Martin, and CJ Jones, scheduled for release by Bloomsbury Publishing in March 2027.
New Textbook Co-Authored by the Theatre Department’s Professor Todd P. Canedy
Producing Dance: A Collaborative Art By Robin L. Kish, Wilson Mendieta, Jennifer Backhaus, Marc Jordan Ameel, Samantha Waugh, Kerri Canedy, and Todd P. Canedy
While this book is primarily for performers and choreographers, it addresses the theatre technician. This team comes together to help the reader understand more about the logistics of creating dance and collaboration to bring a production to fruition. It is not a book about choreography or creating a dance composition. Examining the ideals of artistic content with the realities of production.