Last words & BROKN A tribute to Joan of Arc and Brian Torrey Scott Elastic Arts, Chicago July 12, 2016

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Acknowledgements

Boundless thanks to Jill Adamson.

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Notes on contributors

Matthew Goulish(Last words)

Matthew Goulish is dramaturg for Every house has a door. His books include 39 Microlectures: in proximity of performance (Routledge, 2000), and The Brightest Thing in the World: 3 lectures from The Institute of Failure (Green Lantern Press, 2012). His essays have appeared in Art Journal, The Drama Review, and the books Support Networks, in the Chicago Social Practice History Series (School of the Art Institute of Chicago/University of Chicago Press, 2014), Performing Cities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), and Beckett and Musicality (Ashgate, 2014). He teaches at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Email: [email protected]

Lin Hixson(BROKN)

Lin Hixson directs Every house has a door, the performance group she co-founded in 2008. She was director of the group Goat Island (1987–2009). She was awarded the United States Artists Ziporyn Fellowship, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from Dartington College of Arts, University of Plymouth, all shared with Matthew Goulish. Her writing has been published in the journals Poetry, The Drama Review, and Performance Research; and in the anthologies Live: Art and Performance; Perform, Repeat, Record; and Manifesto Now. She is Full Professor of Performance at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Email: [email protected]