Sarah E Bedwell

My dramaturgy is based in unpacking historical and contemporary biases between play text and audience. I am interested in extrapolating how drama challenges systems of oppression, and how to invite the audience to reckon with those realities.

I have experience teaching playwriting, musical theatre, and dramatic play with ages 3-14. Presently, my focus is on pedagogical development in higher education. I am deeply invested in advancing the resources available to artist-students that are equally practical and theoretical.

My research is based in the advancement of disability representation and rhetoric in the American theatre. My work proposes alternate dramaturgies for the continued emancipation of disabled artists across theatrical disciplines.