Playing with Theory in Theatre Practice

SARAH BAY-CHENG Associate Professor of Theatre at the University at Buffalo, USA JOHN BELL Chair of the Performing and Fine Arts Department at DeSales University, USA HERBERT BLAU Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor of the Humanities at the University of Washington, USA CAROL BROWN Performer, Choreographer and Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies at NICAI, University of Auckland, New Zealand LENORA INEZ BROWN served as the Head of the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the Theatre School, DePaul University, and as the president for Theatre for Young Audiences/USA Board, USA STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Theory at the University of Miami, USA LAURA R. DOUGHERTY Voice and Speech Practitioner and Pedagogue HARRY FEINER Theatre Stage Designer MARK FORTIER Director of the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada DORITA HANNAH Architect, Scenographer and Professor of Spatial Design at Massey University's College of Creative Arts, New Zealand BROOK HANEMANN Taught Theatre for five years at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus where she was appointed the first head of the Columbus Tennessee Williams Foundation, USA MICHAL KOBIALKA Professor of Theatre in the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance at the University of Minnesota, USA JULIA LISTENGARTEN Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Central Florida, USA JOHN LUTTERBIE Professor at Stony Brook University where he teaches the History of Performance Art and Performance Theory DONALD MCMANUS Assistant professor and Resident Artist at Emory University, USA BRUCH MCCONACHIE Chair of Theatre Arts at the University of Pittsburgh, USA ALISSA MELLO Theatre Maker and Performer based in New York City, USA CHRISTOPHER NIESS Chair and Artistic Director for the University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre, USA MICHAEL ROHD Founding Artistic Director of Sojourn Theatre in Portland, Oregon, USA SHANNON SCROFANNO Scenic and Multimedia Artist based in Los Angeles, USA MANON VAN DE WATER Professor of Theatre Research and Director of the Theatre for Youth program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USa S. E. WILMER Head of the School of Drama, Film and Music at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland STEPHANI ETHERIDGE WOODSON Associate Professor of theatre at Arizona State University, USA

Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this innovative book explores theory as an accessible, although complex, tool for theatre practitioners and students.Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this innovative book explores theory as an accessible, although complex, tool for theatre practitioners and students. These chapters invite readers to (re)imagine theory as a site of possibility or framework that can shape theatre making, emerge from practice, and foster new ways of seeing, creating, and reflecting. Focusing on the productive tensions and issues that surround creative practice and intellectual processes, the contributing authors present central concepts and questions that frame the role of theory in the theatre. Ultimately, this diverse and exciting collection offers inspiring ideas, raises new questions, and introduces ways to build theoretically-minded, dynamic production work.