Thomas Riccio
Dallas, Texas
Thomas Riccio is Professor of Performance and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Previous positions: Professor, University of Alaska; Artistic Director, Chicago's Organic Theater Company; Resident Director, Cleveland Play House; Assistant Literary Director, American Repertory Theatre; Visiting Professor: University of Dar es Salaam, University of Nairobi, and Korean National University for the Arts. He has directed over one hundred plays at American regional theatres, off-off and off Broadway and has worked extensively in the area of indigenous performance conducting research and/or creating performances in Africa, Alaska, Asia, and Europe. He devised and directed a performance in Ethiopia in 2009. The Peoples Republic of Sakha (central Siberia) declared him a “Cultural Hero”. His writings on performance have appeared in numerous international journals, books, and magazines. He is the Poo Pah Doo of Dead White Zombies, a Dallas-based post-disciplinary performance group, writing and directing Flesh World, (w)hole, and T.N.B. Earlier this year he conducted workshops and research in Nepal and India.
www.thomasriccio.com
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