A Champion of LIAC
We are saddened to learn of the death of long-time member at UU Fellowship at Stony Brook, LIAC Board Vice President and congregational representative, and friend, John Lutterbie. Despite an exhausting battle with cancer, John continued to show up to ensure a bright future for our Council and the community he loved dearly. Dr. Lutterbie was a professor at Stony Brook University.
John is survived by his beloved wife Sara, son Simon, daughter and son-in-law Julia and Brian Dillon, granddaughters Lily and Eliana, and mother Johanna, brothers Tom (wife Sandy) and Gary (wife Peggy), sister-in-law Lucy, and their children and grandchildren.
Memorial Service for John Lutterbie
Saturday, October 19 at 3:00 PM
UU Fellowship at Stony Brook
All are welcome. A reception will follow.
For those unable to attend in person, this will also be livestreamed.
From John's bio on the Stony Brook University website:
Dr. Lutterbie holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin and the PhD in Theatre History and Criticism from the University of Washington in Seattle. His research interests are exploring the value of neuroscience and dynamic systems theory to understanding the nature of theatre and performance. His most recent book, Toward a General Theory of Acting: Cognitive Science and Performance (Palgrave-Macmillan), is an application of the research to the art of the actor. Currently he is using his understanding of the brain and complex systems to develop a theory of time-based aesthetics and explore the function of art as an instrument of change in everyday life. He served as Associate Director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, and is the founder and co-director of the Center for Embodied Cognition, an interdisciplinary research center that uses the Arts as the focal point for understanding cognition, the body and intersubjective relationships. He has published widely, including his first book Hearing Voices: Modern Drama and the Problem of Subjectivity (University of Michigan Press), chapters in Performance and Cognition: Theatre Studies and the Cognitive Turn (Palgrave-Macmillan), Affective Performance and Cognitive Science: body, brain and being (Methuen), The Routledge Companion to Michael Chekhov and essays in Theatre Journal, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Performance Research, The Journal of Psychiatry and the Humanities, and Modern Drama.
