Sarah Lucie

Sarah Lucie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities & Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from The Graduate Center, CUNY, an MA in Performance Studies from NYU, and a BA in Theatre and English from Boston College. Her academic roles include media editor of Performance Studies: An Introduction and Assistant Editor of TDR: The Drama Review.

• Education:
  • PhD, Theatre and Performance, The Graduate Center, CUNY
  • MA, Performance Studies, New York University
  • BA, Theatre and English, Boston College

Lucie’s research interrogates contemporary performance through new materialism, ecocritical theory, and posthumanism. Her current book project, Acting Objects: Staging New Materialism, Posthumanism, and the Ecocritical Crisis, explores eco-conscious human-nonhuman relationships in performance. She collaborates in a writing collective producing Mourning the Ends: Collaborative Writing and Performance (Punctum Books, 2023).

Her work critically engages with digital art, environmental crises, and interdisciplinary performance practices. Recent publications include analyses of data-driven performance, collaborative theatre pedagogy, and entangled agency in spatial environments. She has reviewed major works like Tomás Saraceno’s installations and Hito Steyerl’s interventions.

Teaching and professional roles include courses in theatre history, script analysis, and critical theory at NYU and other institutions. She has worked as a dramaturg, actor, and stage manager, and served as General Manager for East Coast Artists.

Her scholarly networks include Routledge and Performance Research Books collaborations. Current projects emphasize posthumanist frameworks in performance and eco-critical methodologies.