Assistant Professor of Theatre
Brittney S. Harris
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Recent News & Announcements
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Official Selection, James River Short Film Showcase
Top 4 Finalist for 2021 'The Breath Project' Festival
Official Selection, James River Short Film Showcase
Pedigree is an official selection in the 2022 James River Short Film Festival hosted by the James River Film Society and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Now in its 27th year, JRFS is an annual juried competition festival devoted to the short. The centerpiece is an international juried competition for short films (20 minutes or less) from aro
Pedigree is an official selection in the 2022 James River Short Film Festival hosted by the James River Film Society and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Now in its 27th year, JRFS is an annual juried competition festival devoted to the short. The centerpiece is an international juried competition for short films (20 minutes or less) from around the globe that best embody what the James River Film Society and James River Film Festival are all about – the art of film and film as art.
Pedigree will be live-streamed starting January 28th through Jan. 30th via jamesriverfilm.org.
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Directed Intimate Apparel, ODURep
Top 4 Finalist for 2021 'The Breath Project' Festival
Official Selection, James River Short Film Showcase
For the Fall 2021 mainstage season for ODURep, I directed Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage.
From my director statement/vision:
"our redefining of Nottage’s breathtaking text aims to comb out the desires within and expose them at their seams. I’ve come to describe our production as a patchwork quilt of woven narratives stitched together over
For the Fall 2021 mainstage season for ODURep, I directed Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage.
From my director statement/vision:
"our redefining of Nottage’s breathtaking text aims to comb out the desires within and expose them at their seams. I’ve come to describe our production as a patchwork quilt of woven narratives stitched together over time through the themes of gender, race and class, and religion. We seek to open a space within which to examine, through a different lens, the silhouettes of the “history of the present” and its complicated tensions wrought of contradictory desires....
For the past 6 weeks, the entire cast and production team have diligently rehearsed, revised, and rehearsed again still within the confines of a pandemic wrought world."
Read full my director statement/vision here
Top 4 Finalist for 2021 'The Breath Project' Festival
Top 4 Finalist for 2021 'The Breath Project' Festival
Top 4 Finalist for 2021 'The Breath Project' Festival
My piece Pedigree has been selected as one of the top 4 finalist in the nationally acclaimed 2021 The Breath Project Festival (TBP).
Through art, action and advocacy, The Breath Project seeks to build a more equitable theater community in this country, and actively dismantle structural racism in the American Theater. In partnership with th
My piece Pedigree has been selected as one of the top 4 finalist in the nationally acclaimed 2021 The Breath Project Festival (TBP).
Through art, action and advocacy, The Breath Project seeks to build a more equitable theater community in this country, and actively dismantle structural racism in the American Theater. In partnership with theater companies across the country, the free festival featured 24 world premiere works created by multidisciplinary theater artists of color, all 8 minutes and 46 seconds in length.
The theme is "8:46", and all submissions must be a recording of a live performance of original work that has been created in the past year, and must be 8 minutes and 46 seconds in length, in remembrance of George Floyd and his untimely, unjustified death.
Pedigree premieres December 4th, 2021 with a talk-back with the artists at
5pm PS | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET
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Fall 2021 Solo News: BEING B.A.D.
Fall 2021 Solo News: BEING B.A.D.
Top 4 Finalist for 2021 'The Breath Project' Festival
Shifting from virtual conferences and festivals back to live theater, my one-woman show 'Being B.A.D.' toured locally and nationally for Fall 2021.
Embodying creative resistance against oppressive gender stereotypes and domestic violence, 'Being B.A.D.' is a piece about personal acceptance and redemption from the cycle of abuse. Each con
Shifting from virtual conferences and festivals back to live theater, my one-woman show 'Being B.A.D.' toured locally and nationally for Fall 2021.
Embodying creative resistance against oppressive gender stereotypes and domestic violence, 'Being B.A.D.' is a piece about personal acceptance and redemption from the cycle of abuse. Each conference appearance was accompanied by a moderator talkback on my artistic process and the “performance of redemption”.
Highlighted
Keybank Rochester Fringe Festival
Intl' Gender & Sexuality Studies Conf (IGSS)
Return to Live Theater!
Fall 2021 Solo News: BEING B.A.D.
Newest Solo Work: Pedigree
Honored to be making a return to live theater playing “Susan” in Generic Theater’s production of RACE by David Mamet, directed by Miguel Girona.
Running Sept. 3-26 at the Generic Theater under Chrysler Hall | Norfolk, VA.
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For tickets: https://bit.ly/3l7SLpx
***Trigger Warning: this play contains adult language and discussion of sensitive topics such as racism and sexual assault.
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Newest Solo Work: Pedigree
Fall 2021 Solo News: BEING B.A.D.
Newest Solo Work: Pedigree
Drafted and filmed between Summer 2020-2021, Pedigree features a first-time protester sharing her emotional experience with being arrested and disrespected. This solo performance piece is about personal acceptance and recovery from the inexplicit influences of racial hatred and violence.
To complement each showing, there will be a subsequ
Drafted and filmed between Summer 2020-2021, Pedigree features a first-time protester sharing her emotional experience with being arrested and disrespected. This solo performance piece is about personal acceptance and recovery from the inexplicit influences of racial hatred and violence.
To complement each showing, there will be a subsequent talkback reflection with the audience addressing issues of racial and personal disparities of protesting and the permission to challenge the status quo.
Pedigree will debut at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), featured in the BTA Panel: Personifying Resistance: Devising Theatre for Social Justice with Adanma Barton, moderated by Omiyemi Artisia Green
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BEING B.A.D. Goes International!!
Podcast Interview: 'How to Tie a Tie'
Podcast Interview: 'How to Tie a Tie'
Being BAD has been invited to the 2021 BorderLight Festival International Theatre + Virtual Fringe.
Streaming July 22—31, 2021.
As one of 100s of “fringe” festivals worldwide, the BorderLight Festival Fringe serves as a platform for independent artists and companies to showcase their work and engage new audiences as part of a vibrant festi
Being BAD has been invited to the 2021 BorderLight Festival International Theatre + Virtual Fringe.
Streaming July 22—31, 2021.
As one of 100s of “fringe” festivals worldwide, the BorderLight Festival Fringe serves as a platform for independent artists and companies to showcase their work and engage new audiences as part of a vibrant festival environment.
The 2021 BorderLight VIRTUAL Fringe Festival program will showcase the work of more than 100 artists from 4 countries including Canada, India, Ireland, Italy, as well 13 states across the US, including Ohio.
Podcast Interview: 'How to Tie a Tie'
Podcast Interview: 'How to Tie a Tie'
Podcast Interview: 'How to Tie a Tie'
My short play 'How to Tie a Tie' will be featured on Red Clay Plays Podcast w/ Monet Noelle Marshall. Featuring audio dramas and interviews with brilliant artists, Red Clay Plays champions Southern Black playwrights and the worlds they create with their words.
Produced by MOJOAA Performing Arts Company, based in Raleigh, NC.
The reading wa
My short play 'How to Tie a Tie' will be featured on Red Clay Plays Podcast w/ Monet Noelle Marshall. Featuring audio dramas and interviews with brilliant artists, Red Clay Plays champions Southern Black playwrights and the worlds they create with their words.
Produced by MOJOAA Performing Arts Company, based in Raleigh, NC.
The reading was accompanied by a playwright interview with me! Take a listen!
ODU Welcomes Newest Asst. Professor of Theatre
Publication News: Smith & Kraus 2021 Monologue Anthology
ODU Welcomes Newest Asst. Professor of Theatre
Starting in Fall 2020, Brittney has been promoted as the newest tenure-track Assistant Professor of Theatre for the Theatre Program at Old Dominion University. The area of focus is in Community Engaged Theatre and Theatre for Social Change. Prior to her promotion, she was brought on as a visiting professor for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Directing ''Hidden History: The Banjo'
Publication News: Smith & Kraus 2021 Monologue Anthology
ODU Welcomes Newest Asst. Professor of Theatre
Directed by Brittney S. Harris and produced by the Zeiders American Dream Theater....
“Hidden History: The Banjo” will premieres Juneteenth (June 19) as a salute to freedom through expression and creativity. Featuring an array of music, dance, and spoken word poetry from talented local artists and following the performance, WHRO’s Lisa Go
Directed by Brittney S. Harris and produced by the Zeiders American Dream Theater....
“Hidden History: The Banjo” will premieres Juneteenth (June 19) as a salute to freedom through expression and creativity. Featuring an array of music, dance, and spoken word poetry from talented local artists and following the performance, WHRO’s Lisa Godley will lead a community discussion about African and African American Culture, the importance of reconnecting music to cultural origins, and more.
The performance will begin at 2:30 p.m. on June 19 at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Miller Studio Theatre
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Publication News: Smith & Kraus 2021 Monologue Anthology
Publication News: Smith & Kraus 2021 Monologue Anthology
Publication News: Smith & Kraus 2021 Monologue Anthology
From short play 'How to Tie a Tie' (Grace's monologue) was selected for publication in the Best Women's Monologues 2021 Anthology from Smith & Kraus Publishers.
S & K Publishers are the global leader in theatre book publishing.
Anthology will be available in Fall 2021.
Solo News: BEING B.A.D.
Podcast Interview: 'This is SO Not a PBS Special'
Publication News: Smith & Kraus 2021 Monologue Anthology
From conferences to fringe festivals, my one-woman show 'Being B.A.D.' will be featured/toured in Spring & Summer 2021. Each show is accompanied by a talkback reflection with the audience addressing issues of gender disparity and awareness of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Embodying creative resistance against oppressive gender stereoty
From conferences to fringe festivals, my one-woman show 'Being B.A.D.' will be featured/toured in Spring & Summer 2021. Each show is accompanied by a talkback reflection with the audience addressing issues of gender disparity and awareness of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Embodying creative resistance against oppressive gender stereotypes and domestic violence, 'Being B.A.D.' is a piece about personal acceptance and redemption from the cycle of abuse.
Highlighted
Podcast Interview: 'This is SO Not a PBS Special'
Podcast Interview: 'This is SO Not a PBS Special'
Podcast Interview: 'This is SO Not a PBS Special'
I recently sat down for a conversation on “With Good Reason” about how performers, artists, and directors have kept the stage lights burning with creativity during the pandemic! “This is SO Not a PBS Special: Directing Symotmatic: IRL"
ATME Innovation Fellowship Recipient
Podcast Interview: 'This is SO Not a PBS Special'
Podcast Interview: 'This is SO Not a PBS Special'
Recipient of the ATME Innovation Fellowship for solo piece ‘Being B.A.D.’ and the Performance of Redemption.
ATME grants awards to support innovation in one of three categories: New Work, Teaching, and Writing. The Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) is shaping the future of kinesthetic and aesthetic education and the premi
Recipient of the ATME Innovation Fellowship for solo piece ‘Being B.A.D.’ and the Performance of Redemption.
ATME grants awards to support innovation in one of three categories: New Work, Teaching, and Writing. The Association of Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) is shaping the future of kinesthetic and aesthetic education and the premiere organization of and for theatre practitioners who specialize in physical training.
Prof. Harris: "Theatre is a platform for change..."
Virtual Solo Performance Workshop Offered: WTF Festival 2020
Prof. Harris: "Theatre is a platform for change..."
Interviewed by Cullen Strawn of Tidewater Family Plus Magazine, this article features my affinity for Devised and Activist theatre-- read more about my approach to how theatre can be a platform for social change.
CS: What drew you to theatre?
BH: Desire. The desire to use the stage to amplify narratives that had not been seen in the forefr
Interviewed by Cullen Strawn of Tidewater Family Plus Magazine, this article features my affinity for Devised and Activist theatre-- read more about my approach to how theatre can be a platform for social change.
CS: What drew you to theatre?
BH: Desire. The desire to use the stage to amplify narratives that had not been seen in the forefront. As a creative, it is my duty to provide a sacred forum/space for artist to create, explore, discover, and breathe life into their narratives...
Applied Theatre Workshop: 'Ur Roots Amplified'
Virtual Solo Performance Workshop Offered: WTF Festival 2020
Prof. Harris: "Theatre is a platform for change..."
Serves as lead project facilitator for a four-week (July 2020) creative applied theatre performative project with Teens with a Purpose's AdventuroUS Teen Summer Experience.
Workshop implores Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed 'Forum Theatre' techniques/exercises in relation to various locations/spaces in Norfolk, Virginia.
More information to come...
Virtual Solo Performance Workshop Offered: WTF Festival 2020
Virtual Solo Performance Workshop Offered: WTF Festival 2020
Virtual Panel: 'Why We Protest: Black Actors and Artists Discuss Activism in Their Work'
Again this summer, as a ‘Featured Speaker’ for the Women’s Theatre Fringe Festival of NC, I'm leading a two-parter workshop series on solo performance development ‘Flyin Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration’.
- Part 1 of Flyin' Solo (July 16 @7p ET) will focus on developing material for your one-person show
- Part 2 (July 23 @7p ET
Again this summer, as a ‘Featured Speaker’ for the Women’s Theatre Fringe Festival of NC, I'm leading a two-parter workshop series on solo performance development ‘Flyin Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration’.
- Part 1 of Flyin' Solo (July 16 @7p ET) will focus on developing material for your one-person show
- Part 2 (July 23 @7p ET) will focus on the development of production & performance.
Participants are strongly encouraged to register for both parts.
Virtual Panel: 'Why We Protest: Black Actors and Artists Discuss Activism in Their Work'
Virtual Panel: 'Why We Protest: Black Actors and Artists Discuss Activism in Their Work'
Virtual Panel: 'Why We Protest: Black Actors and Artists Discuss Activism in Their Work'
Virtual conversation with local Black actors and artists on activism in their work. Free and open to the public.
Panel is June 9, 2020, 5:30-6:30pm
Panel led by: Terrance Afer-Anderson
Panelists: Tommy Coleman, Deirdre Love, Kai B. White, Le’Royce Bratsveen, Brittney S. Harris, Cory “The Talented Blind Guy” and LaQuita Marie Staten
UGA Alumna Receives Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award
Virtual Panel: 'Why We Protest: Black Actors and Artists Discuss Activism in Their Work'
UGA Alumna Receives Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award
University of Georgia Alumna Brittney S. Harris Receives 2020 Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award.
The Robert C. Anderson Award is given to recent Ph.D.s or terminal degree recipients for outstanding research at the university or immediately after graduating. It is named for the late Robert C. Anderson, who served as UGA’s vice president for
University of Georgia Alumna Brittney S. Harris Receives 2020 Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award.
The Robert C. Anderson Award is given to recent Ph.D.s or terminal degree recipients for outstanding research at the university or immediately after graduating. It is named for the late Robert C. Anderson, who served as UGA’s vice president for research and president of the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Virtual Solo Performance Workshop Offered
Virtual Panel: 'Why We Protest: Black Actors and Artists Discuss Activism in Their Work'
UGA Alumna Receives Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award
Offering a virtual solo development workshop 'Flyin' Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration with the "Get Virtual with Virginia Stage" series through the Virginia Stage Company’s Education and Community Engagement Department.
Workshop is May 14, 2020, 5:30-6:30pm. FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED.