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Patrick McKelvey

Patrick McKelvey

Patrick McKelvey is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he works at the intersection of performance studies, theater history, queer and feminist disability studies, and the history of work and welfare. Portions of his current book project, “Crip Enterprise: Disability Goes to Work in US Performance,” have appeared in Theatre Journal and Theatre Survey. icon

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Shoptalk: Overheard at ASA and ASTR 2022

By Mary Zaborskis & Patrick McKelvey

In this special mega edition of Shoptalk, guess which performative utterance was said at which conference.

Shoptalk: Overheard at the Virtual Conference

By Patrick McKelvey & Mary Zaborskis

In this parodic installment of Shoptalk, we salute the year of conferences that have tried to be.

Shoptalk: Overheard at ATHE

By Patrick McKelvey

Theater theorists, historians, and practitioners gathered in Orlando for this year’s annual meeting of ATHE, the Association for Theatre in Higher ...

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