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Oedipus at Palm Springs

Author : Five Lesbian Brothers (Theater troupe)
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0573697027
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Oedipus at Palm Springs written by Five Lesbian Brothers (Theater troupe) and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Irreverent theater group the Five Lesbian Brothers get their greasy prints on a classic. 'Oedipus at Palm Springs' follows the dark adventure of two couples on a retreat to the desert resort town. While new parents Fran and Con try desperately to jump-start their sex life, May-December love bunnies Prin and Terri can't keep their hands off each other. What begins as a hilarious, boozey weekend takes a horrific turn after a secret is revealed. Two parts comedy with a shot of tragedy shaken over ice, Oedipus at Palm Springs is a brave examination of the messy guts of relationships."--P. [4] of cover.

Oedipus at Palm Springs [program].

Author : Five Lesbian Brothers (Theater troupe)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Oedipus at Palm Springs [program]. written by Five Lesbian Brothers (Theater troupe) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage

Author : Helene P. Foley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520283872
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage written by Helene P. Foley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.

Acts of Gaiety

Author : Sara Warner
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472028758
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Acts of Gaiety written by Sara Warner and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against queer theory's long-suffering romance with mourning and melancholia and a national agenda that urges homosexuals to renounce pleasure if they want to be taken seriously, Acts of Gaiety seeks to reanimate notions of "gaiety" as a political value for LGBT activism by recovering earlier mirthful modes of political performance. The book mines the archives of lesbian-feminist activism of the 1960s–70s, highlighting the outrageous gaiety—including camp, kitsch, drag, guerrilla theater, zap actions, rallies, manifestos, pageants, and parades alongside "legitimate theater”-- at the center of the social and theatrical performances of the era. Juxtaposing figures such as Valerie Solanas and Jill Johnston with more recent performers and activists including Hothead Paisan, Bitch and Animal, and the Five Lesbian Brothers, Sara Warner shows how reclaiming this largely discarded and disavowed past elucidates possibilities for being and belonging. Acts of Gaiety explores the mutually informing histories of gayness as politics and as joie de vivre, along with the centrality of liveliness to queer performance and protest.

Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage

Author : Melinda Powers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191083143
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage written by Melinda Powers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its long history of performance and reception, Greek drama has been interpreted and adapted in ever-changing ways to share in the preoccupations and tensions of particular historical moments. Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage explores this tradition by investigating a cross section of theatrical productions that have reimagined Greek tragedy in order to address social and political concerns in the US. Studying performance and its role in creating social, historical, and cultural identities, this volume draws on cutting-edge research to move discussion away from the interpretation of dramatic texts in isolation from their performance contexts and towards an analysis of the dynamic experience of live theatre. The study focuses particularly on the ability of engaged performances to pose critical challenges to the long-standing stereotypes and political policies that have contributed to the misrepresentation and marginalization of underrepresented communities. However, in the process it also uncovers the ways in which such performances can inadvertently reinforce the very stereotypes they aim to challenge, demonstrating that ancient drama can be a powerful, yet dangerous tool in the search for justice.

Theatre and Sexuality

Author : Jill S. Dolan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350316326
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Theatre and Sexuality written by Jill S. Dolan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre & Sexuality explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatre's creation and reception. The book offers clear introductions to sexual identity politics, ways of 'reading' sexuality on stage and a select history of LGBTQ theatre, including a reading of Split Britches/Bloolips' production Belle Reprieve.

The Secretaries

Author : Five Lesbian Brothers (Theater troupe)
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0573697019
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book The Secretaries written by Five Lesbian Brothers (Theater troupe) and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Something's rotten in Big Bone! Pretty Patty Johnson is thrilled to join the secretarial pool at the Cooney Lumber Mill under the iron-fisted leadership of sultry office manager Susan Curtis. But she soon begins to feel that all is not right-the enforced diet of Slim-Fast shakes, the strange clicking language between the girls, the monthly disappearance of a lumberjack. By the time Patty discovers murder is part of these office killers' skill set, it's too late to turn back! In the guise of satiric exploitation-horror, The Secretaries takes an unflinching look at the warping cultural expectations of femininity"--P. [4] of cover.

The Best Plays Theater Yearbook

Author : Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879103460
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Best Plays Theater Yearbook written by Jeffrey Eric Jenkins and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers plays produced in New York, theater awards, details of productions, prizes, people, and publications, as well as the editors' choices of the ten best plays.

Contemporary American Drama

Author : Annette Saddik
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074863066X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary American Drama written by Annette Saddik and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential playwrights and performance artists such as Tennessee Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Charles Ludlum, Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley and Will Power, alongside avant-garde theatre groups. Saddik traces the development of contemporary drama since 1945, and discusses the cross-cultural impact of postwar British and European innovations on American theatre from the 1950s to the present day in order to examine the performance of American identity. She argues that contemporary American theatre is primarily a postmodern drama of inclusion and diversity that destabilizes the notion of fixed identity and questions the nature of reality.

Theatre World 2005-2006: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre

Author : John Willis
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557837080
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Theatre World 2005-2006: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre by : John Willis

Download or read book Theatre World 2005-2006: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre written by John Willis and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its 62nd year, 'Theatre World' provides a complete statistical and pictorial record of the Broadway and off-Broadway theatre season. Each entry includes complete cast lists, producers and directors, authors and composers, opening dates, plot synopses, and biographical information.

2.5 Minute Ride

Author : Lisa Kron
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781583424001
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book 2.5 Minute Ride written by Lisa Kron and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: playscript

Memories of the Revolution

Author : Holly Hughes
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472068636
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Memories of the Revolution written by Holly Hughes and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scripts, interviews, photos, and critical commentary documenting the riotous beginnings of this long-lived experimental theater space for women

Well (Large Print 16pt)

Author : Lisa Kron
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458781291
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Well (Large Print 16pt) written by Lisa Kron and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed writer/performer Lisa Kron's newest work is all about her Mom. It explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of her mother's extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighborhood, despite her inability to heal herself. In this solo show with other people in it, Kron asks the provocative question; Are we responsible for our own illness? But the answers she gets are much more complicated than she bargained for when the play spins dangerously out of control into riotously funny and unexpected territory.

I Still Believe Anita Hill

Author : Amy Richards
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558618104
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book I Still Believe Anita Hill written by Amy Richards and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing collection of essays looks back at the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings that ignited a national debate about workplace sexual harassment. In the fall of 1991, Anita Hill captured the country’s attention when she testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee describing sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas, who had been her boss and was about to ascend to the Supreme Court. We know what happened next: she was challenged, disbelieved, and humiliated; he was given a lifelong judicial appointment. What is less well-known is how many women and men were inspired by Anita Hill’s bravery, how her testimony changed the feminist movement, and how she singlehandedly brought public awareness to the issue of sexual harassment. Twenty years later, this collection brings together three generations to witness, respond to, and analyze Hill’s impact, and to present insights in law, politics, and the confluence of race, class, and gender. With original contributions by Anita Hill, Melissa Harris-Perry, Catharine MacKinnon, Patricia J. Williams, Eve Ensler, Ai Jen Poo, Kimberly Crenshaw, Lynn Nottage, Gloria Steinem, Lani Guinier, Lisa Kron, Mary Oliver, Edwidge Danticat, Kevin Powell, and many others. “These timely essays show us how those historic hearings brought sexual harassment (especially in the workplace) into the public eye, while also revealing what still hasn’t changed, and reminding us of the intersection of race, class, gender, and power that underlies this contentious issue.” —Publishers Weekly

Theatre History Studies 2016, Vol. 35

Author : Sara Freeman
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817371109
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Theatre History Studies 2016, Vol. 35 written by Sara Freeman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosemarie K. Bank and Michal Kobialka, eds., Theatre/Performance Historiography: Time, Space, Matter / Reviewed by Danny Devlin

American Theatre Ensembles Volume 1

Author : Mike Vanden Heuvel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135005156X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book American Theatre Ensembles Volume 1 written by Mike Vanden Heuvel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across two volumes, Mike Vanden Heuvel and a strong roster of contributors present the history, processes, and achievements of American theatre companies renowned for their use of collective and/or ensemble-based techniques to generate new work. This first study considers theatre companies that were working between 1970 and 1995: it traces the rise and eventual diversification of activist-based companies that emerged to serve particular constituencies from the countercultural politics of the 1960s, and examines the shift in the 1980s that gave rise to the next generation of company-based work, rooted in a new interest in form and the more mediated and dispersed forms of politics. Ensembles examined are Mabou Mines, Theatre X, Goat Island, Lookingglass, Elevator Repair Service, and SITI Company. Preliminary chapters provide a sweeping overview of ensemble-based creation within the general historical and cultural contexts of the period, followed by a detailed study of the evolution of ensemble-based work. The case studies consider factors such as influence, funding, production, and legacies, as well as the forms of collective devising and creation, while surveying the continuing work of significant long-running companies. Contributors provide detailed case studies of the 6 companies from the period and cover: * A chronicle of development and methods * Key productions and projects * Critical reception and legacy * A chronological overview of significant productions From the long history of collective theatre creation, with its sources in social crises, urgent aesthetic experimentation and utopian dreaming, American ensemble-based theatre has emerged at several key points in history to challenge the primacy of author-based and director-produced theatre. As the volume demonstrates, US ensemble companies have collectively revolutionized the form and content of contemporary performance, influencing experimental, as well as mainstream practice.

(M)Other Perspectives

Author : Lynn Deboeck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000887480
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book (M)Other Perspectives written by Lynn Deboeck and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health, queer parenting, embodied dramaturgy, cultural practice, and immigration. Across the breadth of these themes, we interrogate the cultural implications and politics of how we script, perform, receive, and define mothers, challenging many of the normalizing and patriarchal tropes associated with the mother-as-character. This book includes critical essays examining twenty-first century dramatic literature, first-hand ethnographic accounts of motherhood in practice, interviews, feminist manifestos, and artist reflections. In its deliberately curated variety, this collection seeks to resist homogeneity and offer instead a range of approaches to key questions: what versions of motherhood get staged, and why? And what do dramatic representations tell us about the role of mothers in our own fraught contemporary moment? This collection will be of great interest to those in academia who are teaching, researching, or studying in the fields of Theatre and Performance Studies, American Studies, and Feminist and Gender Studies.