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Dr. Brater’s research aims to bring attention to art, 艺术家, 观众群体, 尤其是女性, who have been underrepresented historically by theatre critics and scholars. Her work emphasizes the relationship between theatrical performance and social and political engagement.

她目前的出书计划, 与Methuen戏剧公司签约, engages in a close reading of 21st Century American social justice campaigns through the lens of theatre, and aims to elucidate the parallels between advocacy and theatre and suggest ways to exploit these parallels for progressive change in both disciplines. Case studies include examples of faith-based social justice campaigns, youth led movements March for Our Lives and Black Lives Matter, 社会变革的剧场 courses and training programs, 以及流行病的虚拟宣传. And what happens when right-wing advocates employ these techniques? Finally, the January 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is explored as a transgressive event that falls outside the limits of advocacy as theatre. By looking at ways that advocacy as theatre can provide an apparatus for strengthening our democracy, we can establish a more just and equitable country and inspire sustainable engaged citizenship among the theatre community.

Her first book, RUTH MALECZECH AT MABOU MINES: WOMAN'S WORK, was published by Methuen Drama in 2016. 关于马布矿的章节出现在《十大博彩推荐排名》中, 集体创作, AND DEVISED PERFORMANCE and in CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION IN PERFORMANCE, 都是由Palgrave Macmillan出版的. Other writing has appeared in publications including AUJOURD'HUI/SAMUEL BECKETT TODAY and 剧院 JOURNAL. Recent publications include chapters and articles in the CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO AMERICAN 剧院 since 1945, 1970-1995年的美国剧团, 和美国戏剧杂志 & 剧院. 即将出版的出版物包括《十大博彩推荐排名》, 露西娅, and Lear: Gender and Performance at Mabou Mines" for ANALYZING GENDER IN PERFORMANCE (Palsgrave MacMillan) and a chapter on Lee Breuer for the new series GREAT NORTH AMERICAN STAGE DIRECTORS (Methuen Drama).

Brater was the founding Artistic Director of Polybe + Seats. 在公司15年的历史中, they partnered with other Brooklyn cultural organizations including the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92, 滨水博物馆和秀船驳船, and the Old Stone House to create socially engaged work. 最近, Brater directed Sarah Badiyah Sakaan’s THE ART OF HIJAB, 科尔黑, 以及正确的祈祷方式, a new play that explores Muslim feminist identity. The project was supported by a 2014-16 residency at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 来自ART/NY的创意空间资助, 以及布鲁克林艺术委员会的资助. The production was presented at the Bay Ridge Brooklyn Public Library and in a performance residency at the Obie-award winning gallery FiveMyles in partnership with the Arab American Association of New York.

Recent directing work includes the Turkish American Rep Theatre & Entertainment's DAUGHTERS OF ANATOLIA at the Tank and as part of the annual Turkish flag raising ceremony in Bowling Green in 2024 and WE THE WOMEN at the Tank NYC in 2023; Doc Andersen-Bloomfield’s LITTLE DID I KNOW for Jersey City Theater Center’s 2022 New Play Festival; FLORIDA! by Amanda Sage Comerford for Luna Stage’s NEA-granted Voting Writes project in 2020; and a protest performance as part of a demonstration against mistreatment of incarcerated immigrants at the Essex County Correctional Facility on the steps of the Newark Hall of Records in 2019.

Brater’s teaching encourages students to map connections between theater literature, 历史, 并将理论与自己的舞台实践相结合, challenging them to excel both intellectually and creatively and to examine connections between the performative and the political. 她教戏剧史课程, 社会变革的剧场, and site-specific performance and was excited to be embark on a teaching/directing collaboration with Jersey City Theater Center and New Jersey Playwrights Lab in 2022-24: http://stevenses.eagle1027.com/theatre-and-dance/2022/10/25/the-department-of-theatre-and-dance-announces-new-exciting-new-jersey-strategic-partnership/, culminating in a production of Ravin Patterson's commissioned work DANTE'S RENAISSANCE. Brater is currently collaborating with JCTC and the NJPL again on the Garden State New Play Festival: Bridging Art and Community: http://njplaylab.org/the-garden-state-new-play-festival-bridging-art-and-community/

Brater is the program coordinator for the BA 和MA in Theatre Studies and the Graduate Certificate in Theatre of Diversity, 包容 & 社会变革. She served as a 2018-2020 Community Engaged Teaching and Learning Fellow, served on the University Senate from 2018-2021, and is the current vice chair of the Graduate Council. She is a leader with the multifaith advocacy organization New Jersey Together, the recipient of a Loving Leadership award from Faith in New Jersey and was recognized as a 2022 NJ 11 hero by Rep. Mikie Sherill for her community organizing work. In 2024 she was honored to receive the Outstanding Service Award from 十大博彩推荐排名州立's Office of Community Engagement & 合作伙伴关系. 布拉特拥有博士学位.D. 和M.来自纽约市立大学研究生中心的菲尔.A. 巴纳德学院毕业.