"Performing mind, heart, and place."
Mission: Perspectives in Performance is a collaboration between the Department of Theatre & Dance, the Truth, Community Healing, and Transformation Faculty Fellows, the Office of Community Building and Connections, and the Office of Equity, Equal Opportunity, and Title IX.The purpose of Perspectives in Performance is to bring exciting and provocative artists to Sewanee whose work addresses communal belonging, dialogue across difference, and the variety of human experience. Perspectives in Performance will present these professional artists within programs that facilitate meaningful conversations with students, faculty, staff, community members, and participants. By producing high-quality theatre, Perspectives in Performance will enrich student exposure to a broad range of voices not easily accessible on the domain. Perspectives in Performance’s dynamic programming will guide Sewanee beyond considering mind, heart, and place into performing it.
What's the latest?
In addition to its roster of student-led performances, Sewanee Theatre and Dance’s 2025-26 season includes an exciting new component: the first production in the Perspectives in Performance (PIP) series, Eleanor Burgess’ The Niceties.
PIP in the Press
Read about PIP's production of The Niceties
What's Next?
Keep an eye out for PIP's next production - King James by Rajiv Joseph - which uses the career of LeBron James as a backdrop to hop through time watching the ebb and flow of the friendship between Matt and Shawn, a white man and black man from Cleveland, as they navigate isolation, ambition, failure and success, and what it means to have a genuine connection with another person over time.
About
A collaborative effort between many University offices, the purpose of PIP is to bring exciting and provocative artists to Sewanee whose work addresses communal belonging, dialogue across difference, and the variety of human experience.
“PIP is dedicated to performing mind, heart, and place,” says Dr. Britt Threatt, Asst. Professor of English
Participating departments include: the Department of Theatre and Dance; the Truth, Community Healing, and Transformation (TCHT) Center; the Office of Community Building and Connections; and the Office of Equity, Equal Opportunity, and Title IX (EEOT).
“With PIP, we have an opportunity to bring diverse professional artists to campus to produce work that deals directly with issues of identity and belonging,” says Hamilton. “By experiencing these questions and conversations through the play, we are offered a framework through which all of us can have a deeper conversation after the show ends.” - Prof. Sarah Lacy Hamilton, Asst. Professor of Theatre
The goal of the Perspectives in Performance series is to engage students, faculty, staff, and community members in meaningful conversation with one another and with the performance participants. All performances include opportunities for facilitated discussion, led by Title IX Coordinator and Senior Director of EEOT Sylvia Gray.
WHO is PIP?
the Perspectives in Performance team is currently comprised of:
Prof. Sarah Lacy Hamilton - Asst. Professor of Theatre
Dr. Britt Threatt - Asst. Professor of English
Dr. Sylvia Gray - Title IX Coordinator & Senior Director of EEOT (Equity, Equal Opportunity, & Title IX)
Prof. Jordan Vera - Asst. Professor of Theatre
Dr. Cecilia Cerja - Asst. Professor of Politics and Women's and Gender Studies
Tarneka Ezell - Asst. Director of the Office of Community Building and Connections
