LaVahn Hoh

LaVahn Hoh is an expert on technical theater, special effects, drama and the circus. Since 1969 he has been a professor of drama in the Department of Drama at the University of Virginia.[1] He was born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he majored in speech and drama. He later received his Master of Fine Arts in drama from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[2]

Work

Hoh has spent more than 40 years researching the history of the circus. He has also worked as the archivist for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and has appeared in several films including a two-hour documentary commemorating the history of the American circus. He also appeared on an A&E special that investigated the lives of Dare Devils and on A&E's biography of The Flying Wallendas.[3] Publications such as People and USA Today have profiled his work.[4] Beyond his work with the circus, Hoh also wrote an influential text on special effects while he was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2009 Hoh received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Virginia Theatre Association.[5] He teaches the only class on the circus in America and is the co-author of the book Step Right Up! The Adventure of Circus in America[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=7848
  2. ↑ http://www.uwec.edu/newsbureau/release/past/1999/99-08/080999circus.html
  3. ↑ http://oscar.virginia.edu/asp/PeopleView.asp?txtPersonID=7899
  4. ↑ http://www.semesteratsea.org/voyages/fall-2012/fall-2012-deans-faculty-staff.php
  5. ↑ http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=7848
  6. ↑ http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2011/09/26/faculty-facts-lavahn-hoh/


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