Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality [Paperback]

1. Introduction? 2. Should I??Part 1: Unlocking the Mind??3. Inventory of Choice? 4. Performing Beyond the Binary??Part 2: Expanding the Heart??5. The (Ab)Normal Heart  (Classwork, Dramaturgy, Research)? 6. Lets Talk About Sex, Baby??Part 3: Choreographing Gender and Sexuality??7. Gender Affirming Movement? 8. Embodying the Binary? 9. Queering the Body??Part 4: Codeswitching Gender and Sexuality??10. Owning Your Voice? 11. Binary Dialects? 12. Queering the Voice??Part 5: Putting it Together??13. Youve Been Cast, Now What?

Adi Cabral (they/ them) is the Associate Professor of Voice

and Movement in the Department of Theatre and Dance at

the University of Nevada, Reno, and works professionally

as a Dialect Coach, Intimacy Professional, and Audiobook

Narrator. Their professional credits include productions at

Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Alliance

Theatre, Houston Stages, Theatre Squared, Utah Shakespeare

Festival, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Repertory

Theatre of St. Louis, New Repertory Theatre, Mildreds

Umbrella Theatre Company, Stage Q, New Hazlett Theater,

Hangar Theatre Company, Central Square Theatre, Edinburgh

Fringe Festival, and Darlinghurst Theatre. Their research and

publications focus on cultural competency in performance

training with a focus on Spanish accents and queer inclusivity.

They are a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-

Thompson Speechwork, a Reiki Master, and a proud member

of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and SAGAFTRA.

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