Michelle MacArthur

Drama students Adam Kleinsmith, Hayley Mehenka, and Kate Fase.Drama students Adam Kleinsmith, Hayley Mehenka, and Kate Fase rehearse a short play in the CAW Student Centre in preparation for “Performing Precarity.”

Dramatic art students to act out effects of financial insecurity

Drama students will perform across campus on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in a site-specific show tackling financial insecurity and its impact on the student experience.
professorsClockwise from top left: Steven Palmer, Adrian Guta, Hajar Fatemi, Michelle MacArthur, Naved Bakali, Yanhong Li, and Alexander Daros are recipients of SSHRC Insight and Insight Development grants recently announced by the federal government.

Funding supports exploration of societal challenges

Seven UWindsor professors are recipients of SSHRC Insight or Insight Development grants recently announced by the federal government.
poster image of vitals -- paramedic slumped in ambulanceA performance of Vitals, followed by a panel discussion featuring Essex-Windsor EMS workers, is open to the campus community Thursday.

Paramedic pressures subject of play

A performance of Vitals, followed by a panel discussion featuring Essex-Windsor EMS workers, is open to the campus community Thursday.

Students rehearse a scene of “Good White Men.”Students rehearse a scene of “Good White Men,” one of four plays performed via Zoom as part of a research project. Led by dramatic arts professor Michelle MacArthur, the study showed it is possible to have a communal theatre experience despite the audience and actors being in lockdown. Photo by Sébastien Heins.

Live theatre over Zoom? Study shows it works

Theatre can provide a communal experience even when the audience and actors are in lockdown, says drama professor Michelle MacArthur.