Biography
Bethany Schaufler-Biback is a PhD student at the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies where she also recently earned her MA. Bethany’s research lives within the realm of audience studies, concerning ideas of audience care, affect, and accessibility. In addition to her work as a student, Bethany is a theatre practitioner, where she frequents roles in stage management, producing, and accessibility coordination.
Selected Works:
“Online Fan Pedagogy and Co-Moderation: Negotiating Experience, Community, and Exclusion at Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour.” Taylor Swift, Narrative, and Pop. Ed. Alison Halsall. 2026. (Forthcoming).
“Participation as Intimate Act: Audience Reflections on Strategies of Consent in Roll Models.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance 3.1 (2024): 48-62. Co-authored with Kelsey Jacobson.
“The Self-governing Audience in asses.masses at FOLDA 2023.” Play: The Blog. Ed. Jenn Stephenson and Mariah Horner. 16 June 2023.
“Left out of the In: Investigating Accessibility’s Influence on Theatre Audience In-groups.” InQuiry at Queen’s. 9 March 2023.
Education
Cohort
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