Feminist Theatres in the USA: Staging Women's Experience

by Charlotte Canning

Overview

Interviews with over 30 women provide first-hand accounts of the excitement, struggles and innovations of the dynamic feminist theatre of the 1970s and 80s. A compelling combination of historical survey, critique and celebration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415098045
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/1995
Series:	Gender in Performance
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Charlotte Canning is Assistant Professor in the department of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin. She has published a wide varieky of articles about feminism and theater history.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Dedication Epigraph Table of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Two Projects 1 Writing the History of Feminist Theater Groups 2 Feminism, Theater, and Radical Politics: Intersecting at Experience 3 Collectivity and Collaboration 4 Representing Community and Experience: Plays About Mothers and Daughters 5 Representing the Patriarchy and Experience: Plays About Violence Against Women 6 The Community as Audience Conclusion: Changes and Legacies Appendix A List of Interviews Appendix B Interview Questions Appendix C Feminist Theaters and Producing Organisations Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"["Feminist Theaters in the U.S.A.] offers a comprehensive examination of the heady movement (early 1970s to mid-1980s) that had its roots in avant-garde theatre of the 60s with its left-wing politics and communally created work: lots of group improv before the curtain went up and frequent audience participation afterwards."
-"Back Stage

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