Theatre, Performance and Change [Hardcover]

This book works to 'make change strange' from and for the field of theatre and performance studies. Growing from the idea that change is an under-interrogated category that over-determines theatre and performance as an artistic, social, educational, and material practice, the scholars and practitioners gathered here (including specialists in theatre history and literature, educational theatre, youth arts, arts policy, socially invested theatre, and activist performance) take up the question of change in thirty-five short essays. For anyone who has wondered about the relationships between theatre, performance and change itself, this book is an essential conversation starter.

1. Stephani Etheridge Woodson and Tamara Underiner; Introduction.- 2. Daniel Banks; Taking the Mic: Hip Hops Call for Change.- 3. Paul Bonin-Rodriguez & Charlotte M. Canning; Rehearsing Citizenship: Performance as Public Practice in the Undergraduate Curriculum.- 4. David Calder; Street Performers Working for Change.- 5. Young Ai Choi; The Third Space: Inter-cultural Youth Performance as a Catalyst for Change.- 6. Jan Cohen-Cruz; Uncommon Partnerships.- 7. Kathryn Dawson; Reflections on School Change through the Arts.- 8. Linda Essig; n=1.- 9. John Fletcher; Denouement: Notes on the End(s) of Activism.- 10. Marcela A. Fuentes; Making Change: Performance and the Workings of the Event.- 11. Lorenzo Garcia; Adding to the Dialogue with Latina/o Plays for Young Audiences.- 12. Nadine George-Graves; An Environment of Cascading Consequences.- 13. Jamie Haft; Creating a Populist Theatre.- 14. Norifumi Hida; Laying the groundwork for dramatic results: ASSITEJs Next Generation.- 15. Jorge A. Huerta; Fifty Years of Chicano Theatre: Mapping the Face(s) of the New American Theatre.- 16. Lisa Jackson-Schebetta; In the Heights at the University lÓ-