This research cluster is led by Lisa Marie Rollins (Assistant Professor, Performance Play and Design) and co-conveners (forthcoming).

This cluster is a co-creative praxis and research initiative to engage with world building through the technologies of making for the theater stage. We will curate guest artist residencies, new performance and play incubators and artistic / design thinking leadership retreats. This cluster will prioritize global majority and equity-oriented artists working on the stage.

The Theater Makers cluster works inside THE IRIS LAB, led by Professor Rollins. THE IRIS LAB will lead to the establishment of WORLD / BUILD: Center for Theater Makers. WORLD/BUILD is being created to serve UC, local, national and international artists who strive to utilize their worldmaking skills to create a more just and compassionate world.  WORLD / BUILD is a space of inquiry, intervention, and creative empowerment that advances UC Santa Cruz’s ambition to become a model of anti-racist, decolonial forward creative practices that serve American theater and beyond.

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