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Hi, I am a student at UW-Madison. This page is my journey for a project in one of my classes, gen&ws 410!

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Why I Chose Brooke O'Harra
I decided to pick Brooke O'Harra as my artist. I chose this artist because her Wikipedia page is very minimal: only describing her work Theater of a Two-headed Calf and her appearances on television, which only describes one instance. Based on her website, her work is extensive, and she currently works as a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. Also, O'Harra has had many lecturer events in the past few months, and she teaches various classes ranging from self-scripting to studies on queer archives.

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Contributions to O'Harra's Wikipedia Page
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Brooke O'Harra
Brooke O'Harra is a director, playwright, performer, and (with composer Brendan Connelly) co-founder of the Obie Award winning Theater of a Two-headed Calf.  '''O'Harra has been awarded numerous times for her work, as she has been the recipient of the NEA/TCG Developing Directors Grant, a Harp Artist in Residence, etc. O'Harra's work covers a wide range of practice from Western theater to Japanese theater. O'Harra's position as a director involves common practices such as casting, which she aims to find performers who are willing to be a part of the entire project development. The performers O'Harra works with are also encouraged to utilize their creative backgrounds, which she uses to format performative statements. '''

Projects
'In June 2016, O'Harra displayed one of her projects I’m Bleeding All Over the Place: Studies in Directing and Nine Encounters Between Me and You'' at La MaMa, which showcased the fourth event of her nine-part project. This project was written, directed, and produced by O'Harra in the beginning of April 2014, and included ten performers to create an "emotional landscape of everyday conflict" on stage. O'Harra plans to transform this project to written words in a book centered around the process of directing in the future. '''

'In February 2019, O'Harra displayed her collaborative performance with artist Sharon Hayes in a project named Time Passes'' at the Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia. This piece was around eight hours long and consisted of a performance stemming from Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse. O'Harra's performance focused on the concept of gender, and how the inhabitation of women has changed overtime.  From May to June 2023, O'Harra partnered with Girard College to create a multimedia performance named Be Holding. This performance was created with poet Ross Gay, through the transformation of poetry to performance. This performance focuses on ideas of racial justice and Black genius, while centering a story around Julius Erving, a former basketball icon. '''

Appearances on Reality Television

 * A Dating Story, Episode 110: Jason, Brooke and Ross