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Alison Bowie achieved her undergraduate degree in History from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) in 2006. While working for the Living Arts Centre (Mississauga, ON) she developed the French Educational Arts Program through a Trillium Foundation of Ontario grant, which is now fully self-sustaining. Alison is passionate about teaching and the development of students' critical analysis, writing, and creative skills. She has 7 years of experience teaching in a university setting, and has acted as a Teaching Assistant and Instructor of record at both the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA) and Concordia University (Montréal, QC). Alison is currently co-authoring a new textbook on Dramaturgy with Professor Gene Gibbons for the Concordia University Department of Theatre's new introductory dramaturgy course.
Alison completed a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Dramaturgy at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA) in 2014 and is a PhD Candidate in the Humanities program run out of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University (Montréal, QC), supervised by Louis Patrick Leroux, Sherry Simon, and Hervé Guay (UQTR). Her research is funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture as well as the Concordia Faculty of Arts & Science. Alison's research project focuses on the intersections of cultural and linguistic contact zones, dramaturgy, collective memory, and theatre history in a Québec context. |
Alison is currently working as the Project Manager for the 4-year Circus Dramaturgy project, led by Professor Louis Patrick Leroux, a collaboration between Concordia University and the Ecole nationale de cirque (Montréal, QC). She has also worked as Project Assistant for the Lost Stories Project run by Professor Ronald Rudin through Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. Shortly Alison will begin her new role as Research Assistant for the "History of English-language Drama and Theatre in Québec, 1930-2015" project run by Professor Erin Hurley (McGill University).
Alison also continues to be an active member of the theatre community. Since moving to Montréal in 2014, she has translated two plays, one of which has been produced twice (Me & You, Talisman Theatre, 2016 & 2018). She also worked as the Marketing & Development Assistant for Repercussion Theatre (2015), has helped with web design and implementation for Black Theatre Workshop, the Montreal English Theatre Awards, and Generator's Artist Producer Resource (Toronto, ON). She has also worked as a grant writer, copy editor, and writer as part of her on-going role as Associate Dramaturg for SpiderWebShow Performance. Alison also follows her passion as a photographer and musician (piano & voice).
Alison also continues to be an active member of the theatre community. Since moving to Montréal in 2014, she has translated two plays, one of which has been produced twice (Me & You, Talisman Theatre, 2016 & 2018). She also worked as the Marketing & Development Assistant for Repercussion Theatre (2015), has helped with web design and implementation for Black Theatre Workshop, the Montreal English Theatre Awards, and Generator's Artist Producer Resource (Toronto, ON). She has also worked as a grant writer, copy editor, and writer as part of her on-going role as Associate Dramaturg for SpiderWebShow Performance. Alison also follows her passion as a photographer and musician (piano & voice).