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Arnold Aronson
Arnold Aronson is a theatre historian and Professor of theatre at Columbia University in New York. He has published widely on theatre and scenography including books: Ming Cho Lee: A Life in Design (2014); The Disappearing Stage: Reflections on the 2011 Prague Quadrennial (2012); Looking into the Abyss: Essays in Scenography (2005); American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History (2000); American Set Design (1985) and the forthcoming The Routledge Companion to Scenography (October 2017) and a revised second edition of The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography (2018). He has a long association with the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design and Theatre Architecture having served as President of the International Jury in 1991 and 1999, curator of the US exhibit in 1995 and General Commissioner in 2007. Professor Aronson is co-editor of the journal Theatre and Performance Design published by Routledge.