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Writer and curator Megan Dunn interviews Dr Jennifer Kokai, author of ‘Swim Pretty: Aquatic Spectacles and the Performance of Race, Gender, and Nature’

Dr Jennifer Kokai is an award-winning educator, playwright, scholar, and Director of School of Theatre and Dance, at University of South Florida. As a scholar, Kokai is recognized internationally for her work on tourism and performance, with a focus on themed and immersive entertainments. In 2017, she published the well-reviewed monograph 'Swim Pretty: Aquatic Spectacles and the Performance of Race, Gender, and Nature' with Southern Illinois University press, and in 2019 co-edited the anthology, 'Performance and the Disney Theme Park Experience: The Tourist as Actor'.

An edited version of this interview was first shown before a screening of 'Million Dollar Mermaid' (1952) dir. Mervyn Le Roy, on Wednesday 16 November 2022 in the Gallery, as part of a public programme film series 'Sirens of the Silver Screen' in conjunction with 'Megan Dunn: The Mermaid Chronicles' Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, 21 October - 18 December 2022.