Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance [Hardcover]

Honorable Mention from the 2022 International Latino Book Awards for Best Nonfiction - Multi-Author

A curated collection of new Latinx and Latin American plays, monologues, interviews, and critical essays that asks the question: what is the common ground between Latinx and Latin American artists?

Featuring a mix of plays and scholarly essays, this work originally emerged from the Latino Theater Company'sEncuentro de las Am?ricasfestival, produced in partnership with the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 2017. The collection chronicles not only the theatrical productions of the festival, but also features a transnational exploration of U.S. Latinx and Latin American theatre-making.

Alongside plays by Evelina Fern?ndez, Alex Alpharaoh, J.Ed Araiza and Carlos Celdr?n this anthology also includes a mix of monologues, snapshots, profiles and interviews that together provide a dynamic account of these intersections within U.S. Latinx and Latin American Theater. A unique collection it serves not only as a testament to the diversity of Latinx artists, but also to the strength of the Latinx Theater movement and its ever-growing networks across the Hemispheric Americas.

Full playtexts include:

Dementiaby Evelina Fern?ndez
WET: A DACAmented Journeyby Alex Alpharoah
Miss Juliaadapted by J.Ed Araiza
10 Millionby Carlos Celdr?n

Trevor Boffoneis a Lecturer in the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. His work using Dubsmash and TikTok with his students has been featured on Good Morning America, ABC News, Inside Edition, and Access Hollywood, among numerous national and local media platforms. He is the author ofRenegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok. He is the co-editor ofEncuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater; Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx alSÌ