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Marie Kelly
Dr Marie Kelly is programme director of the MA in arts Management & creative producing at the Department of Theatre, UCC, where she was head of department during 2015 and 2016. Marie worked at the Abbey Theatre in general management and as assistant to the artistic director from 1993 to 2001. In 2001, she set up the Abbey’s Casting Department and was head of casting until 2006. Over the course of her career, Marie worked on close to 200 productions for the Abbey in addition to touring productions. She is interested in dramaturgy and contemporary Irish theatre as well as theatre producing, casting and arts management. Her Ph.D. (UCD, 2011) explored theatre experimentation and performing the plays of Tom Mac Intyre, and she has published on these and related topics. Marie is co-president of the Irish Society for Theatre Research and a member of the board of Everyman Theatre, Cork.
Contact: Department of Theatre, School of Film, Music and Theatre, University College Cork, Muskerry Villas, Cork, Ireland.