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Atay Citron is associate professor and former chair of the Theatre Department at the University of Haifa. He is the head of the Ebisu Sign Language Theatre Laboratory and the director of its first show, It’s Not About Ebisu. In 2006, he founded the first full-time academic training program for medical clowns, and since then, he has been studying the work of medical clowns as well as the work of ritual clowns, shamans and traditional healers all over the world. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Performance Studies, New York University, and is the co-editor of Performance Studies in Motion (Bloomsbury, 2014). Citron is an independent theatre artist. He served as artistic director of international and alternative theatre festivals, and was awarded the 2004 Rosenblum Prize for excellence in the performing arts. Senior Researcher, Theatre Project
