Rosalie Purvis (born 1975) is a Dutch-American theatre director and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in literature and dance from Bard College, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in directing from

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus. Being New York City's first publ ...

, and is studying toward a Doctor of Philosophy in performing and media arts at Cornell University. Much of her stagecraft was associated with the prestigious Duke Romijn Theatre in Amsterdam. She also co-wrote the best-selling Dutch children's book, ''Jana’s nachtreis'', with Ceseli Josephus Jitta. Purvis later moved to the United States and founded an avant-garde theater company, Token 150, in New York City. In the United States, Purvis is best known for her work on

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The Good Person of Szechwan ''The Good Person of Szechwan'' (german: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, first translated less literally as ''The Good Man of Setzuan'') is a play written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht, in collaboration with Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berlau ...

'' and for reviving Jonathan Levy's classic, ''Charlie the Chicken'' for contemporary audiences. She has also staged new works by T.D. Mitchell and Mya Kagan.nytheatre.com Sept. 19, 2007 Purvis is currently Libra Assistant Professor of English and Theatre at the University of Maine.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Purvis, Rosalie American theatre directors American women theatre directors Postmodern theatre Bard College alumni 1975 births Living people Brooklyn College alumni