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Mona Knio
Program:
Performing Arts
Position:
Associate Professor, Theater
Contact Data:
Email: mknio@lau.edu.lb
Office: Safadi F.A 505 - Ext: 1175
Beirut campus
Degrees:
Ph.D. in Theater Studies, Leeds University, U.K.
M.A. in Theater Studies, Leeds University, U.K.
B.A. in Fine Arts, Beirut University College
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Dr. Mona Knio's research interests include shadow play, lighting design and stage technical directing. She is a board member on Al Madina Theater and the Arab Theater Training Center. She conducts and organizes workshops in theater education and technical stagecraft in Lebanon and the Arab world.
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Publications
- “The Cultural Significance of Shadow Play in the Arab Middle Eastern Theatre Performance Tradition.” June 1997.www.daucom.es/malic.
- A translation of the above article: “De L’Arabesque Au Theatre D’Ombres,” Cassandre Hors Serie N0.3 (1999), Theatres des mondes arabes.
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- Utopia, Gulbenkian Theatre, LAU, January 2009
- The Blind, Gulbenkian Theatre, LAU, May 2008
- En Kephale, Gulbenkian theatre, LAU, January 2008
- To Hell with Meryl Streep, Al Madina Theater, Beirut, May 2007