Monday Night Guest Speaker Series-John Bergman
Hollins University 7916 Williamson Road , Roanoke, Virginia 24019
Go to www.BrownPaperTickets.com or www.facebook.com/hollinsplaywrights/events/ to request the Zoom link. Each Monday night the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University and Mill Mountain Theatre present a talk by a prominent working professional theatre artist. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing the Monday Night Guest Speaker Series will be presented live via Zoom. John Bergman (theatre artist, drama therapist) is core faculty for the Certificate in New Play Performance at Hollins and teaches courses for the M.F.A. playwriting program as part of the new concentration in applied theatre. He is the founder and director of Geese Theatre Company USA, founder/teacher of Geese Company UK, and a board member of Transcena in Romania. Bergman has worked in prisons in Brazil, Romania, New Zealand, Australia, Bulgaria, and Croatia and has presented internationally at over 500 professional conferences. He is the recipient of the NADTA 2005 Research Award. Admission: free, open to the public. June 29, July 6, 13, 20, 7:30 pm