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The Dean’s Salon on April 16 hosted by Deborah Nelson, Dean of the Arts & Humanities at the University of Chicago, and featuring Peter Sellars, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA, and Avery Willis Hoffman, the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre.
This public event brought higher education into dialogue with professional theatre. The conversation explored the role of universities as sites of creative and critical collaboration—places where ambitious productions take shape through the intersection of scholarship, teaching, and artistic practice.
The Dean’s Salon on April 16 hosted by Deborah Nelson, Dean of the Arts & Humanities at the University of Chicago, and featuring Peter Sellars, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA, and Avery Willis Hoffman, the Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre.
This public event brought higher education into dialogue with professional theatre. The conversation explored the role of universities as sites of creative and critical collaboration—places where ambitious productions take shape through the intersection of scholarship, teaching, and artistic practice.
