Kathryn Farley

Kathryn Farley is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University. Portions of this paper were extracted from her dissertation, Teaching Performance in the Digital Age: Computerized Technologies, Improvisational Play Techniques and Interactive Learning Processes. At Northwestern she has taught undergraduate courses exploring the performance of contemporary drama, the adaptation of fiction and the integration of technology into live theatre. Kathryn’s research on the technology and theatre production has been published in such diverse entities as Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Theatre Journal and Crossings: Electronic Journal of Art and Technology. In 2006 she received a Researcher-in-Residence grant from the Daniel Langlois Foundation of Montreal, Canada to examine the personal archives of Sonia Landy Sheridan, a pioneering technological arts educator. Kathryn's multimedia portfolio can be found at http://www.kathrynfarley.org.