On TAP

On TAP: A Theatre and Performance Studies Podcast

Education EN ↓ 94 episodes

On TAP is a three-headed, freewheeling conversation about topics of current interest to graduate students, professors, independent scholars, and all those interested in academic Theatre and Performance Studies. Each edition features established scholars in Theatre and Performance Studies chatting about several topics of field-wide interest, including trends in ideas and scholarly methods, pedagogy, career development, notable developments in research, publishing and hiring, and news-worthy events. Something like a cross between a casual faculty seminar and an impromptu conversation at a confer...

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May 8, 2026

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Episodes

On TAP 016 25.09.2017

On this edition, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss Jessica Berson's award-winning book, The Naked Result, plus Confederate monument removal, and our favorite TV shows.

On TAP: 015 29.08.2017

In this edition, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey welcome Noe Montez of Tufts University to talk about the quantitative features of the TAPS job market. We also discuss the Aesthetic Perspectives framework published by Americans for the Arts and Heiner Goebbels' essay Research or Craftsmanship.

On TAP: 014 24.05.2017

Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey respond to listener questions. We share some of our biggest writing influences, opine on peer-review, and offer advice for emerging scholars. Plus, one tweet makes Harvey giggle, and a lucky listener wins an On TAP coffee mug!

On TAP: 013 21.04.2017

The co-hosts talk about Lisa Freeman's book, Antitheatricality and the Body Public, and MOOCs, plus Maaike Bleeker of University of Utrecht joins us to talk about TAPS in Europe.

On TAP Special: Oskar Eustis 31.03.2017

Sarah Bay-Cheng talks to Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater, about the state of non-profit theatres, market thinking in theatre and academia, and what stories should be the next to be told on American stages.

On TAP: 012 27.03.2017

In this episode, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss Julia Walker and Glenn Odom's article about Performance Studies and Modernist Studies, the place of applied theatre in TAPS, and 2017-18 season announcements from regional theatres. We also end up talking about the movie Arrival.

On TAP: 011 22.02.2017

The hosts welcome Jennifer Parker-Starbuck of the University of Roehampton in London to talk about TAPS in the UK. We also discuss arts funding in the Trump era, and David Hare's condemnation of European director's theatre.

On TAP: 010 25.01.2017

In this first edition of 2017, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss Branislav Jakovljevic's book, Alienation Effects, the publication TheTheatreTimes.com, and uses of social media in theatre and performance academia.

On TAP: 009 11.12.2016

With special guest Henry Bial of KU, the co-hosts talk about Theatre Studies vs. Performance Studies in 2016, the ramifications of the Presidential Election for the profession, and the statistical tools administrators use to gauge academic output.

On TAP: 008 15.11.2016

Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey get together to discuss the 2016 job market, Emma Rice's departure from Shakespeare's Globe in London, and the ASTR conference in Minneapolis. This edition was recorded in Minneapolis, just before the 2016 election in the US.

On TAP Special: P Carl 28.10.2016

Pannill Camp talks to P Carl of Emerson College and Howlround about gender and casting in academic theatre.

On TAP: 007 18.10.2016

In this edition, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss Nicolas Ridout's book, Theatre and Ethics, trigger warnings in performance pedagogy, and issues related to race and casting in college theatre productions.

On TAP: 006 15.09.2016

In this edition, the co-hosts discuss dramaturgy on the campaign trail, the Call for the Future section of essays in Theatre Survey, and the classes they are currently teaching in the new term.

On TAP Special: Sara Warner 29.08.2016

Sarah Bay-Cheng talks to Sara Warner of Cornell University about Paula Vogel's recent completion of a PhD degree.

On TAP: 005 15.08.2016

Our ATHE Special! In this edition, Sarah, Harvey, and Pannill discuss PSi 22 in Melbourne, Australia and the keynotes given by Bruno Latour and Rebecca Schneider, and past ATHE conferences. Plus, in our first live recording, the co-hosts welcome Brian Herrera, Charlotte Canning, and D.J. Hopkins to talk about their favorite texts for introductory courses.

On TAP: 004 01.06.2016

Sarah Bay-Cheng, Pannill Camp, and Harvey Young discuss the future of On TAP, Beyoncé's visual album, Lemonade, and the Comedie-Francaise Registers Project in light of criticism of Digital Humanities initiatives.

On TAP: 003 28.04.2016

In this edition, special guest Patricia Ybarra, ATHE President, discusses adjunct and contingent labor, plus live vs. mediated performance spectatorship, and the costs of an MFA degree.

On TAP: 002 18.03.2016

In this edition, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss the Scalar/Hemispherica "What is Performance Studies?" ebook, performance practice in PhD training, and scholarly criticism of Hamilton.

On TAP: 001 07.02.2016

In this edition, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Harvey Young, and Pannill Camp discuss the new podcast, the twentieth anniversary of Joseph Roach's Cities of the Dead, and the 2016 job market.

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