Urban Dramaturgy: The Global Art Project of JR Free

Bertie Ferdman is a performance scholar and curator whose research specialties are on site-specific theatre, urban performance practices, and contemporary performance. She was the initiator of the two Site-Specific Theatrical Performance Symposia at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center and is currently curating a performance and art festival exchange between Marseille and Brooklyn: brklyn2mars. Her articles and reviews have appeared in PAJ, Theatre Journal, Theater Survey (upcoming), Western European Stages, and Theater (upcoming) for which she is guest editing a special issue on site-specific theatre. She is Assistant Professor in the Speech, Communications, and Theatre Arts department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York.