Dr. Sandberg
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Location | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
| Introduction | I am a professor of theatre at Calvin College in Grand Rapids Michigan. There I enjoy directing Shakespeare and adapting classics for the stage, but I also write my own stuff there. Just this past year, I did a theatre for social justice piece about refugees called "GRAINS OF HOPE: REFUGEE EXPERIENCE IN WEST MICHIGAN" based on over a hundred interviews with new refugees settling in my home city of Grand Rapids. Then...In my spare time I also work as a theatre director for Actors' Theatre Grand Rapids where I produced and directed the the world premieres of two of my own works: "SEVEN PASSAGES: THE STORIES OF GAY CHRISTIANS," and "LINES: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF RACE" which opened in the Autumns of 2007 and 2010 respectively. I teach theatre history, performance studies, ethnographic research and theatre, theatre for social justice, and directing classes at Calvin. I have a passion for Africa, sometimes leading Calvin College's Semester in Ghana program. |
| Interests | Theatre for Social Justice, Theatre for Development, Eating Healthy -- Vegan if possible, Helping people at every turn. Equality, Beauty in simplicity |
| Favorite movies | Amelie, Some Like it Hot, Rear Window, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Beginners, Forks Over Knives, Food Inc., Annie Hall, Midnight in Paris, Tsutsi, Life of Pi, Bringing up Baby, Sabrina |
| Favorite music | Wilco, Fleet Foxes, Gungor, Josh Ritter, Laura Marling, Regina Spektor, Gretchen Parlato, Fiona Apple, Coldplay, U2, Mumford and Sons, the National, Laura Mvulva, David Bowie, Sufjan Stevens, Florence+The Machine |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird, 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, The Elephant Vanishes, Pride and Prejudice, Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, Room With a View, and a new favorite is Where'd Ya Go Bernadette |