Playing with language: Bilingual Russian theatre at the University of Oregon

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dc.contributor.authorBishop, Sarah Clovis
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-29T12:26:27Z
dc.date.available2025-10-29T12:26:27Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe incorporation of theatre in language learning has long been shown to increase students’ sense of belonging and to promote academic and personal success. While previous case studies largely focus on activities and performances that are conducted entirely in the target language, this article discusses the theatre class at the University of Oregon which collaboratively creates and performs a Russian-English bilingual play each year. Following a brief overview of the program, the article examines the winter 2024 production of The Shadow, Julia Nemirovskaya’s adaptation of the classic Soviet play by Evgenii Shvarts. The study draws on the text of the play, class activities, interviews with the instructors and students, and the author’s own personal experience as a volunteer member of the cast to highlight the unique benefits of a bilingual production. The use of both Russian and English enhances the inclusive nature of the theatrical experience. Students of all levels of experience take away valuable linguistic and cultural lessons; the most valued aspect, however, is the community it builds, bringing diverse students together and strengthening the language community.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationBishop, S. (2025) 'Playing with language: Bilingual Russian theatre at the University of Oregon', Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, 19(1), pp. 176-190. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.19.1.10en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/scenario.19.1.10
dc.identifier.endpage190
dc.identifier.issn1649-8526
dc.identifier.issued1
dc.identifier.journalabbrevScenarioen
dc.identifier.journaltitleScenario: A Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage176
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18132
dc.identifier.volume19
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of German, University College Corken
dc.rights© 2025, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectBilingual theatreen
dc.subjectRussianen
dc.subjectLanguage learningen
dc.subjectInclusive pedagogyen
dc.subjectRussian as a second languageen
dc.subjectCommunity-buildingen
dc.subjectPerformative language teachingen
dc.titlePlaying with language: Bilingual Russian theatre at the University of Oregonen
dc.typeArticle (non peer-reviewed)en
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